AUGMENTING ONLINE CONTENT WITH ADDITIONAL CONTENT RELEVANT TO USER INTERESTS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of gathering information relevant to the interests of a user, the method comprising:
- receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source,wherein the activity history includes a description of a user action, and the action is initiated by the user;
generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and
storing the first metadata item as user profile information associated with the user in a user profile database.
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Abstract
A method of gathering information relevant to the interests of a user includes receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source, where the activity history includes a description of a user action initiated by the user, generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and storing the first metadata item as user profile information associated with the user in a user profile database. Generating the first metadata item may include extracting text from the activity history and generating the first metadata item based upon the text. The activity history may include a description of a user action. The method may further include providing a server plugin for performing a second method in response to access of web content on a server by the user, the second method comprising retrieving a content object from the server, determining if the first metadata item is relevant to the content object, adding a web link to the web content as a reference to the content object in response to the content object being relevant to the first metadata item; and providing the web content to the user.
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63 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of gathering information relevant to the interests of a user, the method comprising:
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receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source, wherein the activity history includes a description of a user action, and the action is initiated by the user; generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and storing the first metadata item as user profile information associated with the user in a user profile database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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22. A computer readable medium comprising program code for:
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receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source, wherein the activity history includes a description of a user action, wherein the action is initiated by the user; generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and storing the first metadata item as user profile information associated with the user in a user profile database. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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43. A system comprising:
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a computer memory for storing instructions; and a processor for executing the instructions, the instructions for; receiving activity history associated with the user from a network data source, wherein the activity history includes a description of a user action, wherein the action is initiated by the user; generating a first metadata item based upon the activity history; and storing the first metadata item in association with the user in a user profile database. - View Dependent Claims (49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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