Method and apparatus for serving files to browsing clients
First Claim
1. A method for serving files to browsing clients in response to requests made by said browsing clients, wherein said requests comprise a URL containing said user identification data and said URL includes a check sum, the method comprising:
- identifying a user by the inclusion of user identification data included in requests made by a browsing client;
processing first signals which represent human viewable data;
receiving second signals that represent a selected display structure;
processing said first signals and said second signals to produce output signals that are served to the requesting browsing client;
recording and analyzing a history of usage to identify topics of interest;
prior to said first signals being processed with said second signals, selecting specific first signals in response to a user'"'"'s own history of use in order to direct information of interest to a requesting browsing client; and
determining whether said check sum is valid before serving output signals to said browsing client.
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Abstract
Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating to the data itself and the display format for the data. The data is read and processed so as to combine a representation of the viewable data with executable instructions. The signals are then supplied to requesting browsing devices, after effectively being assembled as a real time on-line process.
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7 Claims
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1. A method for serving files to browsing clients in response to requests made by said browsing clients, wherein said requests comprise a URL containing said user identification data and said URL includes a check sum, the method comprising:
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identifying a user by the inclusion of user identification data included in requests made by a browsing client;
processing first signals which represent human viewable data;
receiving second signals that represent a selected display structure;
processing said first signals and said second signals to produce output signals that are served to the requesting browsing client;
recording and analyzing a history of usage to identify topics of interest;
prior to said first signals being processed with said second signals, selecting specific first signals in response to a user'"'"'s own history of use in order to direct information of interest to a requesting browsing client; and
determining whether said check sum is valid before serving output signals to said browsing client. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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