EP0848338A1
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Server providing documents according to user profiles
Assignee: Sony Deutschland GmbH
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Filing: 1996-12-12
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2016-12-12
Abstract
Abstract A server computer adapted to communicate with a user having a client computer via the Internet or an intranet. The server computer comprises: personal edition memory means (19) for storing data relating to users accessing the system; document memory means (23) for storing a plurality of documents; database management means (17) for requesting from the user personal information relating to him or her and storing the personal information in the personal edition memory means (19); automatic document assembly means (17) for retrieving from the document memory means (23) one of the plurality of documents; and transmission means (15,17) for transmitting the retrieved document onto the Internet or intranet for delivery to the client computer. The server is programmed so that when the user logs in to it, the automatic document assembly means (17) selects the document to retrieve according to the personal information relating to that user stored in the personal edition memory means (19).
Inventors
- 👤 William Bunney
- 👤 Kozo Tetsuya
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 05:01
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/953; G06F16/9535
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
152 words
A server computer adapted to communicate with a user
having a client computer via the Internet or an intranet, said
server computer comprising: personal edition memory means (19) for storing data relating to
users accessing said system; document memory means (23) for storing a plurality of
documents; database management means (17) for requesting from said user
personal information relating to him or her and storing said
personal information in said personal edition memory means
(19); automatic document assembly means (17) for retrieving from said
document memory means (23) one of said plurality of documents;
and transmission means (15,17) for transmitting the retrieved
document onto the Internet or intranet for delivery to said
client computer; wherein when said user logs in to said server computer, said automatic
document assembly means (17) selects the document to retrieve
according to the personal information relating to that user
stored in said personal edition memory means (19).
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
65 words
A server computer according to claim 1 further comprising
advertisement memory means (21) for storing a plurality of
advertisements and wherein said automatic document assembly
means (17) is further adapted to select an advertisement from
said advertisement memory means (21) on the basis of said
personal information relating to a user and to incorporate the
selected advertisement in documents to be transmitted to that
user.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
A server computer according to claim 2 wherein said
personal edition memory means (19) is further adapted to store
a log of requests made by each user and said automatic document
assembly means (17) is further adapted to select an
advertisement from said advertisement memory means (21) on the
basis of said log in addition to said personal information.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
65 words
A server computer according to claim 2 or 3 wherein said
personal edition memory means (19) is further adapted to store
a log of advertisements which have previously been transmitted
to said user and said automatic document assembly means (17) is
further adapted to select an advertisement from said
advertisement memory means (21) on the basis of said log in
addition to said personal information.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
105 words
A server computer according to claim 4 wherein said
automatic document assembly means is adapted to retrieve from
said advertisement memory means all advertisements deemed
relevant to said user on the basis of the personal information
stored for that user, to sort said retrieved advertisements
into a list by date with the oldest first and according to the
number of times they have been displayed to the user
previously, to weight the advertisements with those at the top
of the list having greater weight, and to select an
advertisement at random from the list, with those of greater
weight having a higher chance of selection.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
43 words
A server computer according to any one of the preceding
claims wherein said personal information includes data relating
to at least one of the group comprising: the user's age, the
user's gender, the user's place of work or residence and the
user's interests.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
59 words
A server computer according to any one of the preceding
claims wherein said automatic document assembly means (17) is
further adapted to construct a menu of hypertext links (Frame
C) on the basis of the personal information for a user and the
user's requests and to incorporate said menu in documents to be
transmitted to said user's client computer.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
34 words
A server computer according to claim 7 wherein said
personal information includes the address of at least one
resource on the World Wide Web and said menu includes a
hypertext link to said resource.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
82 words
A server computer according to claim 7 wherein said
personal information includes a plurality of addresses of
resources on the World Wide Web, said addresses being grouped
in at least one link set, and wherein said menu includes a
hypertext link to the or each link set whereby said automatic
document assembly means (17) is further adapted to supplement
said menu with hypertext links to the addresses of a link set,
when the user selects a hypertext link to that link set.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
75 words
A server computer according to claim 9 wherein said
automatic document assembly means is further adapted to include
in said menu an autoload icon; and further comprising: autoload means responsive to selection of said autoload icon by
said user for assembling an autoload document adapted to cause
said user's client computer to access concurrently each
resource addressed by a hypertext link in said menu and to
transmit said autoload document to said user's client computer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
53 words
A server computer according to claim 10 wherein said
autoload document is adapted to cause the user's computer to
divide the available area of its screen into a plurality of
frames corresponding in number to said resources addressed in
said menu and to load each resource into a respective one of
said frames.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
40 words
A server according to claim 11 wherein said autoload
document is further adapted to cause the user's computer to
divide the available area of its screen into a further frame
and to load an additional resource into said further frame.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
34 words
A server computer according to claim 12 wherein said
additional resource is an advertisement selected by said
automatic document assembly means according to said personal
information stored in said personal edition memory means (19).
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
80 words
A server computer according to any one of claims 7 to 13
further comprising: log memory means (19) for storing the dates when a user selects
the or a hypertext link to an address stored in his/her
personal information; and automatic update tracking means (17) for automatically
accessing at least one of the resources referred to by said
addresses included in said personal information and determining
whether that resource has been updated since it was last
selected by said user.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
28 words
A server computer according to claim 14 wherein said
automatic update tracking means (17) is adapted to access the
or each resource approximately every one or two days.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
39 words
A server computer according to claim 14 wherein said
automatic update tracking means (17) is adapted to access the
or each resource at a frequency dependant on the frequency the
respective user has logged in to said server computer.
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