System and method for generating a modified web page by inline code insertion in response to an information request from a client computer
First Claim
1. An apparatus for accessing and providing information, comprising:
- a database having stored therein (i) reconfigurable associations between supplemental information and requested information, wherein said supplemental information is stored in at least one supplemental information source, and wherein said requested information is stored in at least one requested information source and (ii) profiles of users based on information provided by the users, the profiles including information indicative of preferences and demographics of the users including any of educational level, occupation, income range, gender, age, hobbies, musical preferences, dietary preferences, religious preferences, activities, interests, pet ownership, and location;
an interface for receiving input from a user;
a processor programmed to receive the input from said interface, and in response to said input obtain requested information from one of said requested information sources and determine the identity of the particular user that sent the input;
said processor further programmed to access the database for information included in a profile of the particular user and to identify from said database at least one reconfigurable association between said requested information and supplemental information, the identification being based on at least information in the profile and the requested information;
said processor further programmed to obtain said supplemental information from one of said supplemental information sources, in response to said at least one reconfigurable association; and
said processor still further programmed to prepare for delivery to a client device said supplemental information in conjunction with said requested information.
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Abstract
Information requested by a client is intercepted by a network server, which sends the request to the requested information source. The requested information is received and examined by the server to determine if the information is HTML format. If so, the server modifies the requested information by inserting format and request instructions then sends same to the client computer. The client uses the format and request instructions to send a request for supplemental information from a supplemental information source. The associated supplemental information is sent from the supplemental information source to the network client. The format instructions cause the requested information and supplemental information to be displayed in respective first and second display areas.
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38 Claims
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1. An apparatus for accessing and providing information, comprising:
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a database having stored therein (i) reconfigurable associations between supplemental information and requested information, wherein said supplemental information is stored in at least one supplemental information source, and wherein said requested information is stored in at least one requested information source and (ii) profiles of users based on information provided by the users, the profiles including information indicative of preferences and demographics of the users including any of educational level, occupation, income range, gender, age, hobbies, musical preferences, dietary preferences, religious preferences, activities, interests, pet ownership, and location; an interface for receiving input from a user; a processor programmed to receive the input from said interface, and in response to said input obtain requested information from one of said requested information sources and determine the identity of the particular user that sent the input; said processor further programmed to access the database for information included in a profile of the particular user and to identify from said database at least one reconfigurable association between said requested information and supplemental information, the identification being based on at least information in the profile and the requested information; said processor further programmed to obtain said supplemental information from one of said supplemental information sources, in response to said at least one reconfigurable association; and said processor still further programmed to prepare for delivery to a client device said supplemental information in conjunction with said requested information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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5. A system for accessing and delivering information, the system comprising:
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memory storing profiles of network clients based on information provided by the network clients, the profiles including information indicative of preferences and demographics of the network clients including any of educational level, occupation, income range, gender, age, hobbies, musical preferences, dietary preferences, religious preferences, activities, interests, pet ownership, and location, the memory further storing advertiser preferences of a plurality of advertisers, the advertiser preferences indicating characteristics of network clients to whom to direct advertising; a network server configured to receive from a network client a request for information and configured to determine the identity of the particular network client that sent the request; and an association module configured to access the memory for information included in a profile of the particular network client, and configured to select an advertisement from a particular advertiser to be delivered to the particular network client in association with the requested information, wherein the association module selects the advertisement according to at least information in the profile, the requested content, and the advertiser preferences and is further configured to determine a category of information in which the particular network client is interested based on the profile, and further configured to access the advertiser preferences to determine a match between the category of information and characteristics of network clients of the particular advertiser. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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11. A method for accessing and delivering information via a computer system, the method comprising:
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storing a profile of a network client based on information provided by the network client, the profile including information indicative of preferences and demographics of the network client including any of educational level, occupation, income range, gender, age, hobbies, musical preferences, dietary preferences, religious preferences, activities, interests, pet ownership, and location; storing preferences of an advertiser, the preferences indicating characteristics of network clients to whom to direct advertising; receiving a request from the network client for content; accessing the information included in the profile of the network client and the preferences of the advertiser to select an advertisement from the advertiser to be delivered to the network client in association with the requested content based at least on information in the profile, the requested content, and the preferences of the advertiser; and modifying the profile of the network client based on a history of information requested by the network client. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer readable program codes embodied therein for accessing and delivering information, the computer readable medium program codes including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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store a profile of a network client based on information provided by the network client, the profile including information indicative of preferences and demographics of the network client including any of educational level, occupation, income range, gender, age, hobbies, musical preferences, dietary preferences, religious preferences, activities, interests, pet ownership, and location; store preferences of an advertiser, the preferences indicating characteristics of network clients to whom to direct advertising; following receipt of a request from the network client for content, access information included in the profile of the network client and the preferences of the advertiser to select an advertisement from the advertiser to be delivered to the network client in association with the requested content based at least on information in the profile, the requested content, and the preferences of the advertiser; and modify the profile of the network client based on a history of information requested by the network client. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for accessing and delivering information, the system comprising:
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memory storing profiles of network clients based on information provided by the network clients, the profiles including information indicative of preferences and demographics of the network clients including any of educational level, occupation, income range, gender, age, hobbies, musical preferences, dietary preferences, religious preferences, activities, interests, pet ownership, and location, the memory further storing advertiser preferences of a plurality of advertisers, the advertiser preferences indicating characteristics of network clients to whom to direct advertising; a network server configured to receive from a network client a request for information and configured to determine the identity of the particular network client that sent the request; and an association module configured to access the memory for information included in a profile of the particular network client, and configured to select an advertisement from a particular advertiser to be delivered to the particular network client in association with the requested information, wherein the association module selects the advertisement according to at least information in the profile, the requested content, and the advertiser preferences and further wherein the association module modifies profiles based on a history of information requested by the network clients. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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