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Method and apparatus for serving files to browsing clients

  • US 6,826,565 B2
  • Filed: 08/20/2002
  • Issued: 11/30/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/15/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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:

  • 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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