Automatic subscriptions to documents based on user navigation behavior
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a subscription to a document that is available to a user via a network, wherein the document is associated with a level in a hierarchy having multiple levels, comprising the steps of:
- monitoring user behavior;
automatically triggering a subscription to the document, responsive to the monitoring, when the user exhibits a predetermined behavior with respect to the document, byautomatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses at least a predetermined percentage of documents at the level of the document in the hierarchy,automatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses at least a predetermined number of documents at the level of the document in the hierarchy,automatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses a predetermined number of pages at the level of the document in the hierarchy, andautomatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses at least a predetermined percentage of the total document;
wherein the subscription causes an electronic mail notification to be sent to the user responsive to another user subsequently modifying the document; and
wherein the electronic mail notification indicates how the document has been modified by including a plurality of modified portions of the document in the body of the notification.
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Abstract
A network device such as a server monitors user behavior and provides subscriptions to documents based at least in part on that behavior. Subscription triggers include requesting at least a predetermined percentage of the entire document, requesting at least a predetermined number of pages in a document, and requesting a document at least a predetermined number of times. If documents are organized in a root and branch structure, the subscription may be triggered based on the extent to which documents are requested in the structure, e.g., triggered upon request for a branch document related to a root document. Subscriptions may also be limited to a portion of a document, such as a branch document associated with a root document.
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4 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for providing a subscription to a document that is available to a user via a network, wherein the document is associated with a level in a hierarchy having multiple levels, comprising the steps of:
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monitoring user behavior; automatically triggering a subscription to the document, responsive to the monitoring, when the user exhibits a predetermined behavior with respect to the document, by automatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses at least a predetermined percentage of documents at the level of the document in the hierarchy, automatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses at least a predetermined number of documents at the level of the document in the hierarchy, automatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses a predetermined number of pages at the level of the document in the hierarchy, and automatically triggering a subscription to the document when the user accesses at least a predetermined percentage of the total document; wherein the subscription causes an electronic mail notification to be sent to the user responsive to another user subsequently modifying the document; and wherein the electronic mail notification indicates how the document has been modified by including a plurality of modified portions of the document in the body of the notification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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