Advanced internet interface providing user display access of customized webpages
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1. A program interface for use with internet web server capable of providing web pages accessed from a web site in a manner which presents the web pages tailored to an individual user, the interface comprising:
- a navigation program function to provide web site navigation data to the user; and
a site map program function, implemented through the program function to provide web site navigation data to the user and thereby provide a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user.
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Abstract
An Internet interface provided by an internet web server provides web pages presents in a manner which is tailored to an individual user. The interface provides web site navigation data to the user in accordance with personal preferences provided by the user. A site map program function then provides web site navigation data to the user, in order to provide a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user.
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1. A program interface for use with internet web server capable of providing web pages accessed from a web site in a manner which presents the web pages tailored to an individual user, the interface comprising:
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a navigation program function to provide web site navigation data to the user; and
a site map program function, implemented through the program function to provide web site navigation data to the user and thereby provide a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6)
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7. An internet interface for providing a site map corresponding to a web site which presents web pages tailored to an individual user, the interface presenting a site map of the web pages tailored to an individual user, the interface comprising:
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a user portion of the interface comprising a data file generated from user activity based on user data transmitted in response in part to user selections of a plurality of user-selectable fields, each field for describing a personal characteristic of said user and automatic transmission of data corresponding to the user selections upon initially accessing said web pages, wherein an analysis of the user selections provides a selection of plurality of discrete sections specifically tailored for said user; and
the plurality of discrete sections generating said site map according to at least one of a route which the person has gone or the plurality of discrete sections tailored for said user, thereby providing a diagram in accordance with the user selections. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for providing information through a web server capable of providing web pages accessed from a web site in a manner which presents the web pages tailored to an individual user, the method comprising:
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generating web site navigation data specific to the user by automatically transmitting user profile information over the Internet to an information provider upon accessing said web site;
providing the generated web site navigation data to the user; and
depicting portions of the web site visited by the user in accordance with the web site navigation data provided to the user. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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- 15. The method of claim 12 wherein the display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user includes an indication of web pages visited by the user, presented as a picture-in-picture window within the screen in combination with at least a portion of the entire web site accessible by the user.
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15-1. An Internet interface comprising a user unit and a web page unit for interfacing an information user with an information provider;
- said information provider providing at least N discrete data streams, the interface comprising;
said user unit comprising;
means for automatically generating an information user profile having at least one user-selectable data field, said at least one user-selectable data field; and
means for automatically transmitting said information user profile over the Internet to the information provider upon accessing said information provider; and
said web page unit comprising;
means for receiving said information user profile;
means for analyzing said information user profile with respect to N discrete data streams; and
for each of said N discrete data streams, means for selecting one data stream specifically tailored for each user from among a plurality of mutually exclusive data streams located within each of the N discrete data streams and outputting said selected data stream, said selection being in response to said analysis of the received information user profile.
- said information provider providing at least N discrete data streams, the interface comprising;
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16-2. The Internet interface of claim 15 wherein the user unit provides a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user, the display including a map of web pages visited by the user, presented in a tree and branch diagram in combination with at least a portion of the entire web site accessible by the user.
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17-3. The Internet interface of claim 15 wherein the user unit provides a display depicting portions of the web site visited by the user, the display including an indication of web pages visited by the user, presented as a picture-in-picture window within the screen in combination with at least a portion of the entire web site accessible by the user.
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