HTML guided web tour
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for providing a guided tour of some portion of the World Wide Web (WWW) as part of an ordinary web page comprising the steps of:
- initializing an array of tour web site Uniform Resource Locators (URLs);
initializing global variables including a number of pages to be displayed and a next page to be displayed, wherein the global variables initialized further include a display mode and a display timer;
creating a first frame for displaying a web page and a second frame for displaying controls for the guided tour;
calling a first routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a specific page of a Web site in the first frame;
calling a second routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a next page of a Web site in the first frame;
calling a third routine from the second frame to change a mode of display of pages in the first frame between a run mode and a single step mode, and when in the single step mode turning the display timer off;
initializing an array of comment web site URLs;
creating a third frame for displaying comments; and
accessing the array of comment web site URLs to display a comment corresponding to a displayed Web page in the first frame.
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Abstract
A guided tour of some portion of the World Wide Web (WWW) works as part of an ordinary web page, can be served by any web server, and can be used by web browsers without additional software. The system guides a user through a tour by displaying in sequence actual web pages in the tour along with a corresponding teaching web page. The teaching web page includes educational information about the current web page. The tour includes commentary, allowance for side trips, true visiting of the tour pages, not mere copies, maps, and "static" (user clicks for next page) and "dynamic" (a timer controls how long a tour page is on-screen) tours.
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11 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for providing a guided tour of some portion of the World Wide Web (WWW) as part of an ordinary web page comprising the steps of:
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initializing an array of tour web site Uniform Resource Locators (URLs); initializing global variables including a number of pages to be displayed and a next page to be displayed, wherein the global variables initialized further include a display mode and a display timer; creating a first frame for displaying a web page and a second frame for displaying controls for the guided tour; calling a first routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a specific page of a Web site in the first frame; calling a second routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a next page of a Web site in the first frame; calling a third routine from the second frame to change a mode of display of pages in the first frame between a run mode and a single step mode, and when in the single step mode turning the display timer off; initializing an array of comment web site URLs; creating a third frame for displaying comments; and accessing the array of comment web site URLs to display a comment corresponding to a displayed Web page in the first frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A computer implemented method for providing a guided tour of some portion of the World Wide Web (WWW) as part of an ordinary web page comprising the steps of:
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initializing an array of tour web site Uniform Resource Locators (URLs); initializing global variables including a number of pages to be displayed and a next page to be displayed, wherein the global variables initialized further include a display mode and a display timer; creating a first frame for displaying a web page and a second frame for displaying controls for the guided tour; calling a first routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a specific page of a Web site in the first frame; calling a second routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a next page of a Web site in the first frame; and calling a third routine from the second frame to change a mode of display of pages in the first frame between a run mode and a single step mode, and when in the single step mode turning the display timer off; wherein when in run mode, further receiving input from a user adjusting a time period of the display timer which calls the second routine to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a next page of a Web site in the first frame.
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5. A computer implemented method for providing a guided tour of some portion of the World Wide Web (WWW) as part of an ordinary web page comprising the steps of:
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initializing an array of tour web site Uniform Resource Locators (URLs); initializing global variables including a number of pages to be displayed and a next page to be displayed, wherein the global variables initialized further include a display mode and a display timer; creating a first frame for displaying a web page and a second frame for displaying controls for the guided tour; calling a first routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a specific page of a Web site in the first frame; calling a second routine from the second frame to access the array of tour web site URLs and display a next page of a Web site in the first frame; and calling a third routine from the second frame to change a mode of display of pages in the first frame between a run mode and a single step mode, and when in the single step mode turning the display timer off; wherein said array of tour web site URLs comprises entries stored on a user'"'"'s workstation. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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