Method and system for selecting a personalized set of information channels
DCFirst Claim
1. A method for distributing information to a plurality of user stations via a server based information distribution service over a network including the Internet, comprising:
- for each of the user stations, providing the user station with a directory of items, the directory being provided over the network to the user station by the information distribution service;
for each of the user stations, enabling a user at the user station to select a personalized set of multiple items from the directory; and
for each of the user stations, transferring, via the information distribution service over the network to the user station, information contained in a plurality of information objects corresponding to respective items of the selected personalized set of multiple items, in response to a single triggering action by the user at the user station.
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Abstract
A method for distributing information to a plurality of user stations each configured for communications with a multiplicity of servers via a non-proprietary network, includes steps for providing each of the user stations with a client interface that enables a user at that user station to select a personalized set of information channels from a listing of available information channels, wherein each information channel carries digital content from at least one of the servers; and providing each of the user stations with the digital content carried by the selected information channels. A corresponding system and user station are also described.
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45 Claims
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1. A method for distributing information to a plurality of user stations via a server based information distribution service over a network including the Internet, comprising:
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for each of the user stations, providing the user station with a directory of items, the directory being provided over the network to the user station by the information distribution service;
for each of the user stations, enabling a user at the user station to select a personalized set of multiple items from the directory; and
for each of the user stations, transferring, via the information distribution service over the network to the user station, information contained in a plurality of information objects corresponding to respective items of the selected personalized set of multiple items, in response to a single triggering action by the user at the user station. - 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, 39)
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27. A system for distributing information to a plurality of user stations via a server based information distribution service over a network including the Internet, comprising:
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first code that provides each of the user stations with a directory of items over the network from which a user at each respective one of the user stations can select a personalized set of multiple items; and
second code that effects transport, to each of the user stations, via the information distribution service, over the network, of information contained in a plurality of information objects corresponding to respective items of the personalized set of multiple items, in response to a single triggering action by the user at the respective one of the user stations. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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