Personalized internet content server system

• US 6,961,758 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Issued: 11/01/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Uber Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Krishnan, Venkatesh
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne, Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): SALL, EL HADJI MALICK
• Application Number:
  US09/896,582
• Publication Number:
  US 20030005077A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,586 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/224, 709/226, 709/229, 709/217, 709/218, 340/905, 340/910, 340/995
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A personalized content server system is described that includes a profile module that receives a profile file specifying personal preferences of a user for some content. An access module accesses remote content servers external to the personalized content server system for the content specified by the profile file. A content storage stores the content such that the content can be retrieved from the content storage when the user accesses the personalized content server system for the content via an access client.

Claims

1. A personalized content server system, comprising:

a profile module that receives a profile file specifying personal preferences of a user for vehicle traffic report content;

an access module that accesses at least one remote content server that contains the traffic vehicle traffic report content specified by the profile file, said at least one remote content server external to said personalized content server system and accessible via a global Internet;

a control module coupled with said access module, said control module for limiting said personalized content server system to receive only the vehicle traffic report content specified by said personal preferences of said user from said at least one remote content server; and

a content storage that stores the vehicle traffic report content such that the vehicle traffic report content can be retrieved from the content storage when the user accesses the personalized content server system for the vehicle traffic report content via an access client.

2. The personalized content server system of claim 1, wherein the control module filters out unwanted vehicle traffic report content obtained by the access module based on the profile file.

3. The personalized content server system of claim 1, wherein the profile module receives the profile file from the user via the access client through the Internet.

4. The personalized content server system of claim 1, wherein the profile module further comprises a graphical user interface to allow the user of the personalized content server system to input the profile file into the profile module.

5. The personalized content server system of claim 1, wherein the content is a dynamically changing content, wherein the access module also accesses the remote content servers for any updates of the retrieved content.

6. The personalized content server system of claim 1, wherein the access module accesses the remote content servers for the content by retrieving the addresses of the content only.

7. The personalized content server system of claim 5, wherein the content storage stores the Internet addresses and the access module again accesses the remote content servers for the content using the addresses when the content is requested by the user via the access client.

8. The personalized content server system of claim 1, wherein each of the remote content servers is a news server, an e-mail server, an Internet radio server, an application server, or an e-commerce server.

9. A personalized content server system, comprising:

a profile module that receives a profile file specifying personal preferences of a user for Internet radio content;

an access module that accesses a plurality of remote content servers that contains the Internet radio content specified by the profile file, said plurality of remote content servers external to said personalized content server system and accessible via a global Internet;

a control module coupled with said access module, said control module for limiting said personalized content server system to receive only the Internet radio content specified by said personal preferences of said user from said plurality of remote content servers; and

a content storage that stores the Internet radio content such that the content can be retrieved from the content storage when the user accesses the personalized content server system for the content via an access client.

10. The personalized content server system of claim 9, wherein the control module filters out unwanted Internet radio content obtained by the access module based on the profile file.

11. The personalized content server system of claim 9, wherein the content is a dynamically changing content, wherein the access module also accesses the remote content servers for any updates of the retrieved content.

12. The personalized content server system of claim 9, wherein the access module accesses the remote content servers for the content by retrieving the addresses of the content only.

13. The personalized content server system of claim 11, wherein the content storage stores the Internet addresses and the access module again accesses the remote content servers for the content using the addresses when the content is requested by the user via the access client.

14. A personalized content server system, comprising:

a profile module that receives a profile file specifying personal choice preferences of a user for Internet application content;

an access module that accesses a plurality of remote content servers that contains the Internet application content specified by the profile file, said plurality of remote content servers external to said personalized content server system and accessible via a global Internet;

a control module coupled with said access module, said control module for limiting said personalized content server system to receive only the Internet application content specified by said personal preferences of said user from said plurality of remote content servers; and

a content storage that stores the Internet application content such that the content can be retrieved from the content storage when the user accesses the personalized content server system for the content via an access client.

15. The personalized content server system of claim 14, wherein the content is a dynamically changing content, wherein the access module also accesses the remote content servers for any updates of the retrieved content.

16. The personalized content server system of claim 14, wherein the access module accesses the remote content servers for the content by retrieving the addresses of the content only.

17. The personalized content server system of claim 14, wherein the content storage stores the Internet addresses and the access module again accesses the remote content servers for the content using the addresses when the content is requested by the user via the access client.