APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INTERACTING WITH INTERNET CONTENT
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Abstract
The invention includes a method of presenting distributable computer readable media to a user in response to a user request. The method comprises the steps of identifying a definition of a Networked Information Monitor (NIM). A NIM frame is defined for the NIM using the definition. Content is then retrieved for the NIM. Then, the content is placed in NIM viewer defined by the frame. The invention also includes a method of altering a Networked Information Monitor (NIM). The method includes the step of receiving a message at a NIM. The message specifies a configurable feature of the NIM. The NIM is altered in accordance with the configurable feature of the message.
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31. A computer readable electronic storage medium, the electronic storage medium comprising machine readable instructions configured to operate on a first computing device to present Internet content to a user of said first computing device according to a computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, on the first computing device, information identifying a user of the first computing device; accessing a user profile associated with the user based on the obtained information identifying the user, wherein the user profile is accessed by the first computing device from electronic storage media accessible to one or more processors of the first computing device; obtaining on electronic storage media accessible to one or more processors of the first computing device machine readable instructions associated with a first networked information monitor, wherein the machine readable instructions associated with the first networked information monitor include one or more initial uniform resource locators at which content for the first networked information monitor is accessible over the Internet; initiating the first networked information monitor on the first computing device by executing the machine readable instructions associated with the first networked information monitor, wherein initiating the first networked information monitor includes generating, via the first networked information monitor, a request over the Internet for content to the one or more initial uniform resource locators, wherein initiation of the first networked information monitor on the first computing device is responsive to an indication in the accessed user profile that the first networked information monitor should be automatically initiated for the user of the first computing device; obtaining, via the first networked information monitor, first Internet content from the one or more initial uniform resource locators, said first Internet content programmed in a format readable by a dedicated Web browser program having native web navigation control features; and generating, via the first networked information monitor, a graphical user interface defined by the first Internet content to produce a visual manifestation of the first Internet content on an output apparatus of the first computing device, wherein the visual manifestation of the first Internet content is displayed independently from any window of a dedicated Web browser program including native web navigation control features, and wherein if the graphical user interface generated via the first networked information monitor provides any control to a user of the first computing device over access, via the first, to content obtained over the Internet from any uniform resource locators other than the initial uniform resource locators, such control is provided by features of the graphical user interface that are defined by content received by the first networked information monitor over the Internet in a format readable by a dedicated Web browser program having native web navigation control features. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A computer readable electronic storage medium, the electronic storage medium comprising machine readable instructions configured to operate on a first computing device to present Internet content to a user of said first computing device according to a computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, on the first computing device, information identifying a user of the first computing device; accessing a user profile associated with the user based on the obtained information identifying the user, wherein the user profile is accessed by the first computing device from electronic storage media accessible to one or more processors of the first computing device; obtaining on electronic storage media accessible to one or more processors of the first computing device machine readable instructions associated with a first networked information monitor, wherein the machine readable instructions associated with the first networked information monitor include one or more initial uniform resource locators at which content for the first networked information monitor is accessible over the Internet; initiating the first networked information monitor on the first computing device by executing the machine readable instructions associated with the first networked information monitor, wherein initiating the first networked information monitor includes generating, via the first networked information monitor, a request over the Internet for content to the one or more initial uniform resource locators, and wherein initiation of the first networked information monitor on the first computing device is responsive to an indication in the accessed user profile that the first networked information monitor should be automatically initiated for the user of the first computing device; obtaining, via the first networked information monitor, first Internet content from one or more initial uniform locators, said first Internet content programmed in a format readable by a dedicated Web browser program having native web navigation control features; and presenting, on an output apparatus of the first computing device, a manifestation of the first Internet content in a graphical user interface associated with said first networked information monitor, wherein the manifestation is displayed independently from any window of a dedicated Web browser program including native web navigation control features, and wherein if the graphical user interface associated with the first networked information monitor provides any control to a user of the first computing device over access, via the first networked information monitor, to content obtained over the Internet from any uniform resource locators other than the initial uniform resource locators, such control is provided by features of the graphical user interface that are defined by content received by the first over the Internet in a format readable by a dedicated Web browser program having native web navigation control features. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer readable electronic storage medium, the electronic storage medium comprising machine executable instructions configured to operate on a first computing device to present Internet content to a user of said first computing device according to a computer-implemented method comprising:
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obtaining, on the first computing device, information identifying a user of the first computing device; accessing a user profile associated with the user based on the obtained information identifying the user, wherein the user profile is accessed by the first computing device from electronic storage media accessible to one or more processors of the first computing device; obtaining, on electronic storage media accessible to one or more processors of the first computing device, machine readable instructions associated with a networked information monitor, wherein the machine readable instructions associated with the networked information monitor include one or more initial uniform resource locators at which content for the networked information monitor is accessible over the Internet; initiating the networked information monitor on the first computing device by executing the machine readable instructions associated with the networked information monitor, wherein initiating the networked information monitor includes generating, via the networked information monitor, a request over the Internet for content to the one or more initial uniform resource locators, and wherein initiation of the on the first computing device is responsive to an indication in the accessed user profile that the should be automatically initiated for the user of the first computing device; obtaining, via the networked information monitor, first Internet content from the one or more initial uniform resource locators in a format readable by a dedicated Web browser program having native web browsing control features; and displaying, on an output apparatus of the first computing device, a graphical user interface generated by said networked information monitor—
within which a visual manifestation of the first Internet content is presented, wherein the graphical user interface comprises one or more selectable options corresponding to functionality available to the user via the networked information monitor, wherein the visual manifestation of the first Internet content and the one or more selectable options included in the graphical user interface are displayed independently from any window of a dedicated Web browser program including native web browsing control features, wherein all of the selectable options included in the graphical user interface that correspond to functionality available to the user via the networked information monitor are defined by the first Internet content received by the networked information monitor from the initial uniform resource locators over the Internet. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58)
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