Apparatus and method for dynamically coordinating the delivery of computer readable media
First Claim
1. In a server system, a method of providing a networked information monitor to a user of a computing device, the method comprising:
- storing in electronic storage associated with a first server device, a collection of networked information monitor templates, the collection of networked information monitor templates comprising a first networked information monitor template configured to define a first networked information monitor,wherein the first networked information monitor template comprises;
(1) control characteristics defining one or more controls of the first networked information monitor that enable a user to manually navigate a network via the first networked information monitor;
(2) a content reference that comprises a uniform resource locator at which content for the first networked information monitor is accessible; and
(3) instructions configured (i) to cause the first networked information monitor to request the content from the uniform resource locator in the content reference, and (ii) to cause the first networked information monitor to generate a graphical user interface having a frame within which the content received from the uniform resource locator is displayed, wherein the size of the frame of the graphical user interface is defined by the first networked information monitor template, and wherein the one or more controls defined by the control characteristics are the only controls provided on the frame of the graphical user interface for manual navigation of a network via the first networked information monitor;
receiving a request from a client computing device at the first server device for the first networked information monitor template;
in response to the request, transmitting the first networked information monitor from the first server device to the client computing device.
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Abstract
The invention includes a method of tracking distributed content within a computer network. The method includes the step of identifying the delivery of a set of Network Information Monitors (NIMs). Information about each NTM within the set of NIMs is tracked. The information includes a first time at which a user opens a selected NIM, a second time at which the user closes the selected NW, and an identifier for the selected NIM. The information is used to determine sub-sets of NIMs that are displayed simultaneously. The invention also includes a method of identifying the delivery of a Network Information Monitor (NIM) to a user. Content information for the NIM is recorded. NIM use activity is tracked the user for a set of NIMs. The content information is correlated with the NIM use activity.
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20 Claims
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1. In a server system, a method of providing a networked information monitor to a user of a computing device, the method comprising:
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storing in electronic storage associated with a first server device, a collection of networked information monitor templates, the collection of networked information monitor templates comprising a first networked information monitor template configured to define a first networked information monitor, wherein the first networked information monitor template comprises; (1) control characteristics defining one or more controls of the first networked information monitor that enable a user to manually navigate a network via the first networked information monitor; (2) a content reference that comprises a uniform resource locator at which content for the first networked information monitor is accessible; and (3) instructions configured (i) to cause the first networked information monitor to request the content from the uniform resource locator in the content reference, and (ii) to cause the first networked information monitor to generate a graphical user interface having a frame within which the content received from the uniform resource locator is displayed, wherein the size of the frame of the graphical user interface is defined by the first networked information monitor template, and wherein the one or more controls defined by the control characteristics are the only controls provided on the frame of the graphical user interface for manual navigation of a network via the first networked information monitor; receiving a request from a client computing device at the first server device for the first networked information monitor template; in response to the request, transmitting the first networked information monitor from the first server device to the client computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system configured to enable provision of a networked information monitor to a user of a computing device, the system comprising:
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one or more servers, the one or more servers comprising; electronic storage configured to store a collection of networked information monitor templates, the collection of networked information monitor templates comprising a first networked information monitor template configured to define a first networked information monitor, wherein the first networked information monitor template comprises; (1) control characteristics defining one or more controls of the first networked information monitor that enable a user to manually navigate a network via the first networked information monitor; (2) a content reference that comprises a uniform resource locator at which content for the first networked information monitor is accessible; and (3) instructions configured (i) to cause the first networked information monitor to request the content from the one or more uniform resource locators in the content reference, and (ii) to cause the first networked information monitor to generate a graphical user interface having a frame within which the content received from the one or more uniform resource locators is displayed, wherein the size of the frame of the graphical user interface is defined by the first networked information monitor template, and wherein the one or more controls defined by the control characteristics are the only controls provided on the frame of the graphical user interface for manual navigation of a network via the first networked information monitor; and one or more processors configured to receive a request from a client computing device for the first networked information monitor template, and to transmit the first networked information monitor to the client computing device in response to the received request. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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