SYSTEM AND/OR METHOD FOR LINKING NETWORK CONTENT
First Claim
1. A method for linking network content, said method including the steps of:
- providing at least one network server which generates, stores and/or maintains a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said at least one network server and said linked-content facilities stored thereon;
receiving and processing at said at least one network server a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via a communications network, to view and/or acquire a linked-content facility for a selected network location; and
, displaying and/or providing said linked-content facility on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal for the selected network location.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a system (10) for linking network content (12n) over a communications network (14n). The system (10) including: at least one memory or storage unit (20n) operable to store and/or maintain a plurality of linked-content facilities (30n), each of the linked-content facilities (30n) being independently associated with a network location that contains network content (12n); at least one processor operable to execute software that generates, maintains and/or controls access to the linked-content facilities (30n) for a plurality of users (24n); and, at least one input/output device (22n) operable to provide an interface for the users (24n) to operate the software in order to retrieve and/or view the linked-content facilities (30n) for selected network locations from the memory or storage unit (20n), via the communications network (14n). Wherein the linked-content facilities (30n) stored and/or maintained on the memory or storage unit (20n) include system generated link content (32n,32An), and/or user generated link content (32n,32An) received from at least one user (24n), regarding network content (12n) related to the respective network locations. The present invention also provides associated methods (100) for linking network content (12n) for use with the system (10) of the invention.
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47 Claims
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1. A method for linking network content, said method including the steps of:
- providing at least one network server which generates, stores and/or maintains a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said at least one network server and said linked-content facilities stored thereon;
receiving and processing at said at least one network server a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via a communications network, to view and/or acquire a linked-content facility for a selected network location; and
, displaying and/or providing said linked-content facility on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal for the selected network location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
- providing at least one network server which generates, stores and/or maintains a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
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30. A machine readable medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to execute a method for linking network content, said method including the steps of:
- providing a central repository for storing and/or maintaining a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
providing at least one user operable terminal with controlled access to said linked-content facilities stored in said central repository;
receiving and processing a request sent from said at least one user operable terminal, via a communications network, to view and/or acquire a linked-content facility for a selected network location; and
, displaying and/or providing said linked-content facility on and/or to said at least one user operable terminal for the selected network location. - View Dependent Claims (31)
- providing a central repository for storing and/or maintaining a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
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32. A system for linking network content, said system being operable over a communications network, said system including:
- at least one memory or storage unit operable to store and/or maintain a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
at least one processor operable to execute software that generates, maintains and/or controls access to said linked-content facilities for a plurality of users; and
, at least one input/output device operable to provide an interface for said plurality of users to operate said software in order to retrieve and/or view said linked-content facilities for selected network locations from said at least one memory or storage unit, via said communications network;
wherein said linked-content facilities stored and/or maintained on said at least one memory or storage unit include system generated link content, and/or user generated link content received from at least one of said plurality of users, regarding network content related to the respective network locations. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
- at least one memory or storage unit operable to store and/or maintain a plurality of linked-content facilities, each of said linked-content facilities being independently associated with a network location that contains network content;
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43. A method for linking WWW content via the Internet and/or a mobile/cell phone network, said method including the steps of:
- acquiring details pertaining to network locations containing WWW content;
generating an independently associated linked-content facility for each of said network locations for which details were acquired; and
, selectively making said linked-content facilities available to WWW users upon request to enable them to discover, recommend and/or view WWW content related to other WWW content they are interested in and/or are viewing whilst navigating the Internet and/or mobile/cell phone network. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47)
- acquiring details pertaining to network locations containing WWW content;
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