Website with enhanced book memos

• US 9,558,284 B2
• Filed: 10/09/2012
• Issued: 01/31/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Highend Pte., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Highend Pte., Ltd.
• Inventors: Leppan, David, Simeonov, Hristo
• Primary Examiner(s): Lu, Hua
• Application Number:
  US13/647,439
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047352A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,575 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A website is augmented to indicate the presence of saveable enhanced book memos. A user can save an enhanced book memo to their memobook database, then view their saved book memos, either at the website, or using a downloaded program when not at the website. The enhanced book memos can include text and/or multimedia files that are not present on the website.

Claims

1. A system for providing, to a user, predetermined information augmenting a website, comprising:

a website server computer coupled to a communication network;

a file server computer coupled to a communication network;

a first data storage, coupled to the website server computer, for storing web page information representing a first web page of the website, the web page information including an enhanced bookmark indicator, the enhanced bookmark indicator being (i) associated with enhanced bookmark information and (ii) able to be included in web page information of another web site;

a second data storage, coupled to one of the website server computer and the file server computer, for storing the enhanced bookmark information, the enhanced bookmark information including information that is distinct from the web page information, the enhanced bookmark information having been created by a human editor other than the user; and

a third data storage different than the first and second data storages, coupled to the file server computer, for storing a memobook file associated with the user;

wherein the web site server computer is for

(a) providing via the communication network, to a user device associated with the user, the web page information;

and wherein the file server computer is for

(b) receiving via the communication network, from the user device, an actuation of the enhanced bookmark indicator,

(c) sending via the communication network, to the user device, an acceptance update so that the enhanced bookmark indicator indicates that the enhanced bookmark information has been saved to the memobook file,

(d) storing, in the memobook file, the enhanced bookmark information associated with the enhanced bookmark indicator before the enhanced bookmark information is presented to the user, and

(e) updating the enhanced bookmark information in response to an enhanced bookmark update from the human editor, so that when the user subsequently accesses the memobook file, the enhanced bookmark information, as updated by the enhanced bookmark update, is available from the memobook file.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the memobook file can be configured by the user to allow other users to view the enhanced bookmark information selected by the user.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the memobook file can be configured by the user to display enhanced bookmark information selected by an entity other than the user.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the enhanced bookmark information includes at least a title, a thumbnail image and a text field, the text field having information distinct from the web page information.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the file server computer is also for enabling the user to add information to the memobook file.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the first, second and third data storages is also for storing a browser plug-in program for enabling the user to download the memobook file to the user device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein one of the first, second and third data storages is also for storing an application program for enabling the user to download the memobook file to the user device.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the file server computer is also for

(f) sending via the communication network, to the user device, an enhanced bookmark update notice after the enhanced bookmark information has been updated in response to the enhanced bookmark update from the human editor.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the file server computer is also for

(g) providing, via the communication network, the memobook file to the user device with enhanced bookmark information adapted to a location of the user.

10. A method for providing, to a user, predetermined information augmenting a website, comprising:

(a) providing, from a website server computer to a user device associated with the user, web page information stored in a first data storage coupled to the website server computer, the web page information representing a first web page of the website, the web page information including an enhanced bookmark indicator, the enhanced bookmark indicator being (i) associated with enhanced bookmark information and (ii) able to be included in web page information of another web site;

(b) receiving, at a file server computer from the user device, an actuation of the enhanced bookmark indicator, the enhanced bookmark information being stored in a second data storage coupled to one of the website server computer and the file server computer, the enhanced bookmark information including information that is distinct from the web page information, the enhanced bookmark information having been created by a human editor other than the user;

(c) storing, by the file server computer, the enhanced bookmark information in a memobook file associated with the user before the enhanced bookmark information is presented to the user, the memobook file being in a third data storage coupled to the file server computer, the third data storage being different than the first and second data storages;

(d) sending, from the file server computer to the user device, an acceptance update so that the enhanced bookmark indicator indicates that the enhanced bookmark information has been saved to the memobook file; and

(e) updating, by the file server computer, the enhanced bookmark information in response to an enhanced bookmark update from the human editor;

whereby when the user subsequently accesses the memobook file, the enhanced bookmark information, as updated by the enhanced bookmark update, is available from the memobook file.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the the memobook file can be configured by the user to allow other users to view the enhanced bookmark information selected by the user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the memobook file can be configured by the user to display enhanced bookmark information selected by an entity other than the user.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the enhanced bookmark information includes at least a title, a thumbnail image and a text field, the text field having information distinct from the web page information.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the file server computer is also for enabling the user to add information to the memobook file.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein one of the first, second and third data storages is also for storing a browser plug-in program for enabling the user to download the memobook file to the user device.

16. The method of claim 10, wherein one of the first, second and third data storages is also for storing an application program for enabling the user to download the memobook file to the user device.

17. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

(f) sending, from the file server computer to the user device, an enhanced bookmark update notice after the enhanced bookmark information has been updated in response to the enhanced bookmark update from the human editor.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

(g) providing, from the file server computer to the user device, enhanced bookmark information from the memobook file, the enhanced bookmark information being adapted to a location of the user.