User preference based content linking
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one memory including computer program code,the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following;
receive one or more inputs of one user;
convert the one or more inputs into at least one user-defined text-based linking rule based upon semantic content preferences of the user;
when content becomes available as specified in the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule, process the content of a web page to be displayed at a user interface for the user, the web page including information for formatting the content that includes one or more words, anddetermine to modify the web page in accordance with the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule that adds at least one link to external content for at least one of the words displayed in the web page at the user interface, wherein the at least one word remains in a modified web page with an identical text as in the web page, and the at least one link is embedded in the at least one word only in the modified web page.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for user selectable content linking in internet applications. The usability of downloaded content may be modified for specific users by allowing a user to select the content in which and how their content data is linked. Particular text may be selected, and when content is downloaded from an origin service including the particular text, the text may be automatically linked to a service or database. The service or database is independent of the origin service and may be provided by a third party.
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31 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following; receive one or more inputs of one user; convert the one or more inputs into at least one user-defined text-based linking rule based upon semantic content preferences of the user; when content becomes available as specified in the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule, process the content of a web page to be displayed at a user interface for the user, the web page including information for formatting the content that includes one or more words, and determine to modify the web page in accordance with the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule that adds at least one link to external content for at least one of the words displayed in the web page at the user interface, wherein the at least one word remains in a modified web page with an identical text as in the web page, and the at least one link is embedded in the at least one word only in the modified web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving by an apparatus one or more inputs of one user; converting by the apparatus the one or more inputs into at least one user-defined text-based linking rule based upon semantic content preferences of the user; when content becomes available as specified in the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule, processing by the apparatus the content of a web page to be displayed at a user interface for the user, the web page including information for formatting the content that includes one or more words, and determining by the apparatus to modify the web page in accordance with the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule that adds at least one link to external content for at least one of the words displayed in the web page at the user interface, wherein the at least one word remains in a modified web page with an identical text as in the web page, and the at least one link is embedded in the at least one word only in the modified web page. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:
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receiving by an apparatus one or more inputs of one user; at least one determination by the apparatus to convert the one or more inputs into at least one user-defined text-based linking rule based upon semantic content preferences of the user; when content becomes available as specified in the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule, at least one determination by the apparatus to process the content of a web page to be displayed at a user interface for the user, the web page including information for formatting the content that includes one or more words; and at least one determination by the apparatus to modify the web page in accordance with the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule that adds at least one link to external content for at least one of the words displayed in the web page at the user interface, wherein the at least one word remains in a modified web page with an identical text as in the web page, and the at least one link is embedded in the at least one word only in the modified web page. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium carrying one or more sequences of one or more instructions which, when executed by one or more processors, cause an apparatus to at least perform the following steps:
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receiving one or more inputs of one user; converting the one or more inputs into at least one user-defined text-based linking rule based upon semantic content preferences of the user; when content becomes available as specified in the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule, processing the content of a web page to be displayed at a user interface for the user, the web page including information for formatting the content that includes one or more words, and determining to modify the web page in accordance with the at least one user-defined text-based linking rule that adds at least one link to external content for at least one of the words displayed in the web page at the user interface, wherein the at least one word remains in a modified web page with an identical text as in the web page, and the at least one link is embedded in the at least one word only in the modified web page. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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