Homepage access method, product, and apparatus

• US 7,035,896 B1
• Filed: 12/12/2000
• Issued: 04/25/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/1999
• Status: Expired

• Current Assignee: S Aqua Semiconductor LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Eric Schneider
• Inventors: Schneider, Eric
• Primary Examiner(s): Wiley, David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Delgado, Michael
• Application Number:
  US09/735,114
• Time in Patent Office: 1,960 Days
• Field of Search: 709/245, 709/226, 709/225, 709/229, 709/224, 709/202, 709/206, 709/203, 709/217, 455/2.01, 455/456.2, 455/186.1, 701/208
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests

Abstract

A device, network access apparatus executes any program such as a servlet, applet, script, or web browser. When a user logs in or when the user executes a program or in response to a user login, the system date/time may be determined. A URI corresponding to the system date/time may be retrieved from at least one data record of a database. The retrieved URI may then be accessed/resolved. In addition, the determination of the system date/time may be configured in response to any kind of login such as a network or web based login for the purpose of retrieving a URI as a starting page.

Claims

1. A homepage access method comprising:

generating a request to automatically select and access a homepage in response to launching a web browser having homepage selection information;

retrieving said homepage selection information from said web browser and a current time of said request, said homepage selection information including at least one resource identifier corresponding to at least one of a time and time range; and

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selecting and accessing the homepage from a server located from said at least one resource identifier corresponding to said at least one of a time and time range upon or after determining that said current time of said request corresponds to said one of a selected time and time range.

2. The method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said web browser is launched by at least one of a user, calendar program, and user login request, and wherein said current time of said request is a current local time of said user.

3. The method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one resource identifier corresponding to said at least one of a time and time range is scheduled in a calendar program capable of updating said homepage selection information of said web browser.

4. The method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said accessing the homepage further includes locating one or more network resources from said at least one resource identifier.

5. The method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said homepage selection information is retrieved from one of a list, data file, database, calendar, scheduler, user modifiable configuration settings, browser preferences, starting page preferences, and configuration preferences.

6. The method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said determining said current time of said request includes determining a current system date/time of at least one of said user and said request.

7. The method, as set forth in claim 1, further including contemporaneously accessing one or more homepages from each resource identifier of said at least one resource identifier.

8. The method, as set forth in claim 7, wherein said contemporaneously accessing said one or more homepages includes presenting each said accessed homepage across one or more display windows.

9. The method, as set forth in claim 1, wherein said at least one resource identifier is at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

10. A homepage access method comprising:

a user executing a client program, said client program including user homepage configuration information, said user homepage configuration information including a predetermined time range corresponding to at least one resource identifier,

determining that said current time of said user is within said predetermined time range corresponding to said at least one resource identifier in response to said user executing said client program; and

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accessing the homepage with said program from said at least one resource identifier.

11. The method, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said program is one of a web browser, user login request, and calendar program.

12. The method, as set forth in claim 10, further including said user scheduling said at least one resource identifier to correspond to said predetermined time range.

13. The method, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said accessing the homepage further includes locating a network resource from said at least one resource identifier.

14. The method, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said at least one resource identifier is at least one Uniform Resource Identifier (URI).

15. The method, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said homepage configuration information is retrieved from at least one of a list, data file, database, calendar, scheduler, user modifiable configuration settings, browser preferences, starting page preferences, and configuration preferences.

16. The method, as set forth in claim 10, wherein said determining said current time of said user when said program is executed includes determining a current system date/time in response to executing said program.

17. The method, as set forth in claim 10, further including contemporaneously accessing the homepage from each resource identifier from said at least one resource identifier.

18. The method, as set forth in claim 17, wherein said contemporaneously accessing the homepage includes displaying a separate display window for each said accessed homepage.

19. A homepage access method comprising:

receiving a request to access a user homepage;

retrieving user homepage selection information including a plurality of resource identifiers, wherein each said resource identifier corresponds to a separate homepage;

contemporaneously accessing a plurality of homepages from said plurality of resource identifiers; and

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presenting each said accessed homepage in its own display window.

20. The method, as set forth in claim 19, wherein said request is executed by at least one program.

21. The method, as set forth in claim 20, wherein said at least one program includes at least one of a web browser, calendar, user login, script, servlet, and applet.

22. The method, as set forth in claim 19, wherein said homepage selection information is retrieved from one of a list, data file, database, calendar, scheduler, user modifiable configuration settings, browser preferences, starting page preferences, and configuration preferences.

23. The method, as set forth in claim 22, wherein said starting page preferences include resource identifiers last visited by said user and said plurality of predetermined resource identifiers are accessed from said user last visited resource identifiers stored in said starting page preferences.