Web site screen rotation
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1. A method for rotating the display of a plurality of screens that are used to display a list of information on an Internet web site to provide more equitable exposure to the information on each of said screens, said method comprising the steps of:
- determining the number of screens in said list of information, where the number of screens is X;
initially displaying said plurality of screens in a first order from 1 to X; and
periodically changing said order of displaying said plurality of screens, wherein initially said plurality of screens are initially displayed in the order of 1>
X in a first period of time;
in said second period of time said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 2>
X followed by screen 1;
in said third period of time said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 3>
X, 1, 2;
in said fourth period of time said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 4>
X, 1, 2, 3; and
so on until the periodic changing the order of displaying said plurality of screens is again displaying said plurality of screens in the order 1>
X at which time the cycle starts over again.
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Abstract
A screen rotation tool for use on Internet web sites is disclosed that rotates the order in multiple screens in a list are sequentially displayed to more equitably display all screens in the list.
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1. A method for rotating the display of a plurality of screens that are used to display a list of information on an Internet web site to provide more equitable exposure to the information on each of said screens, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining the number of screens in said list of information, where the number of screens is X;
initially displaying said plurality of screens in a first order from 1 to X; and
periodically changing said order of displaying said plurality of screens, wherein initially said plurality of screens are initially displayed in the order of 1>
X in a first period of time;
in said second period of time said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 2>
X followed by screen 1;
in said third period of time said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 3>
X, 1, 2;
in said fourth period of time said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 4>
X, 1, 2, 3; and
so on until the periodic changing the order of displaying said plurality of screens is again displaying said plurality of screens in the order 1>
X at which time the cycle starts over again.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method for rotating the display of a plurality of screens that are used to display a list of information on an Internet web site to provide more equitable exposure to the information on each of said screens, said method comprising the steps of:
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determining the number of screens in said list of information, where the number of screens is X;
initially displaying said plurality of screens in a first order from 1 to X;
periodically generating a random sequence of numbers, each number in said random sequence of numbers being between 1 and X, and no number in said random sequence of numbers is repeated, and each said random sequence of numbers is used to periodically change the order in which said plurality of screens are displayed; and
periodically changing said order of displaying said plurality of screens by moving the last screen of said plurality of screens to be the first screen displayed to thereby periodically change the order in which said plurality of screens are displayed;
wherein initially said plurality of screens are initially displayed in the order of 1>
X in a first period of time, said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 2>
X followed by screen 1 in said second period of time, said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 3>
X, 1, 2 in said third period of time, said plurality of screens are displayed in the order of 4>
X, 1, 2, 3 in said fourth period of time, and so on until the periodic changing of the order of displaying said plurality of screens is again displaying said plurality of screens in the order 1>
X at which time the cycle starts over again.
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Current AssigneePiney Woods Patent Group LLC
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Original AssigneeJohn F. Coombs
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InventorsCoombs, John F.
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Primary Examiner(s)Bayerl, Raymond J.
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Assistant Examiner(s)Thai, Cuong T.
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Application NumberUS09/460,172Time in Patent Office1,334 DaysField of Search345/619, 345/781, 345/783, 345/730, 345/731, 345/732, 345/854, 345/766, 345/767, 345/760, 345/744, 707/501.1US Class Current715/783CPC Class CodesG06F 3/0481 based on specific propertie...
