Method for client-side personalization

• US 7,668,834 B2
• Filed: 02/01/2005
• Issued: 02/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ip Ot Sub Ulc
• Original Assignee: Vignette Corporation (Open Text Corporation)
• Inventors: McCullough, Sean M.
• Primary Examiner(s): ROBINSON, GRETA LEE
• Application Number:
  US11/047,961
• Publication Number:
  US 20050137999A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,848 Days
• Field of Search: 707/9, 707/10, 707/102, 707/100, 715/513, 715/234, 715/760, 715/749, 715/700, 709/201, 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/224, 709/202
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method or data processing system readable medium can be used for communications between a user and a network site. The method or medium may allow a user to determine what, if any, personal information should be transmitted to the network site. In one embodiment, the user may request personalization information including personalization rule(s) from the network site. The user can generate personalization logic based on the personalization information. In this manner, the user has better control over his or her personal information. The server computer at the network site may benefit because it does not have to generate the personalization logic for the user. Accordingly, the server computer at the network site may be able to accommodate more users or can respond to them faster.

Claims

1. A method of communicating with a client data processing system comprising:

receiving at a server computer a first communication from the client data processing system, wherein the first communication comprises a request for a personalization rule;

sending from the server computer to the client data processing system the personalization rule in response to the first communication from the client data processing system;

receiving at the server computer a second communication from the client data processing system, wherein the second communication comprises personalization logic with user-inserted information;

constructing information in accordance with the personalization logic received from the client data processing system; and

sending the constructed information from the server computer to the client data processing system.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first communication comprises receiving a request for personalization logic information, wherein the personalization rule is at least part of the personalization logic information, and wherein the personalization rule indicates how data is constructed before sending the constructed data from the server computer to the client data processing system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user-inserted information comprises user preference information, user profile data, user personal information, or a combination thereof.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating the first communication at the client data processing system and communicating the first communication to the server computer via a network.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a system comprising the client data processing system coupled to the server computer via a network, and wherein the server computer provides access to a network site.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising coupling the server computer to the client data processing system via a network and coupling the server computer to a database and wherein the first communication includes a request for information in the database.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the user information comprises user preference information, user profile data, user personal information, or a combination thereof.

7. A method for communicating with a client data processing system comprising:

sending from a server computer to the client data processing system a personalization rule;

receiving, at the server computer, a communication from the client data processing system, wherein the communication comprises a network address for a network site and a user information for a user corresponding to the personalization rule and wherein the personalization rule indicates how data is constructed by the server computer;

constructing the data in accordance with personalization rule and the user information and

sending the constructed data from the server computer to the client data processing system.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising providing a system comprising the client data processing system coupled to the server computer via a network, and wherein the server computer provides access to the network site.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising coupling the server computer to the client data processing system via a network and coupling the server computer to a database and wherein the communication from the client data processing system includes a request for information in the database.

11. A system for communicating with a client data processing system comprising:

a server computer configured to control a network site and receive a first communication from the client data processing system, wherein the first communication comprises a request for a personalization rule and at least one of;

minimum information needed for an HTTP communication;

linguistic language information;

a time-zone information;

an IP address;

or

an information regarding a territory where the data processing system is located, wherein the territory has a population of at least approximately 1,000 people;

wherein the server computer is further configured to send the personalization rule to the client data processing system and receive a second communication includes a request for a page and personalization logic assembled by a user at the client data processing system utilizing the personalization rule;

wherein the server computer is further configured to construct the page according to the personalization logic received form the client data processing system and send the constructed page to the client data processing system.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a client data processing system coupled to the server computer via a network; and

a

database coupled to the server computer.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the server computer comprises a processor and a tangible computer readable medium accessible by the processor and storing instructions executable to send personalization rules to client computers.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the first communication from the client data processing system includes a request for information in the database.

15. A computer program product comprising a tangible computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein, said computer readable program code adapted to be executed to implement a method for generating a report, said method comprising:

providing a system comprising a receiving element, a personalization element and a sending element;

receiving at a server computer configured to send personalization rules to client computers a first communication from the client data processing system, wherein the first communication comprises a request for a personalization rule, wherein the receiving element performs the receiving;

sending from the server computer to the client data processing system the personalization rule in response to the first communication from the client data processing system, wherein the sending element performs the sending;

receiving at the server computer a second communication from the client data processing system, wherein the second communication comprises personalization logic with user-inserted information, wherein the receiving element performs the receiving;

constructing information in accordance with the personalization logic received from the client data processing system, wherein the personalization element performs the personalization; and

sending the constructed information from the server computer to the client data processing system, wherein the sending element performs the sending.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein the method further comprises providing a system comprising communication code and page generation code and wherein the communication code receives the first communication and the second communication and sends the responses to the first communication and the second communication and wherein the page generation code constructs the information in accordance with the personalization logic forwarded by the communication code.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein receiving the first communication comprises receiving a request for personalization logic information, wherein the personalization rule is at least part of the personalization logic information, and wherein the personalization rule indicates how data is constructed before sending the constructed data from the server computer to the client data processing system.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the user-inserted information comprises user preference information, user profile data, user personal information, or a combination thereof.

19. A system comprising:

a server computer configured to;

receive a first communication comprising a request for a personalization rule from a client computer;

send the personalization rule in response to the first communication to the client computer;

receive at the server computer a second communication from the client computer, wherein the second communication comprises personalization logic with user- inserted information;

construct information in accordance with the personalization logic received; and

send the constructed information to the client computer; and

the client computer coupled to the server computer by a network, wherein the client computer is configured to;

send the first communication to the server computer; and

send the second communication to the server computer.