Method and apparatus for providing a web site having a home page that automatically adapts to user language and customs
July 19, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesNetwork video server system receiving requests from clients for specific formatted data through a default channel and establishing communication through separate control and data channels Apparatus for distributing subscription and on-demand audio programming Method for automatic displaying program presentations in different languages Data transmission system Web server mechanism for processing function calls for dynamic data queries in a web page Internet-based automatic publishing system Patent #: 5727156 InventorApplicationNo. 684120 filed on 07/19/1996US Classes:709/218, Using interconnected networks709/228Session/connection parameter settingExaminersPrimary: Rinehart, Mark H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesG06F 013/38G06F 015/17 AbstractIn order to make the world wide web truly world wide, a method and apparatus is provided such that accesses to a world wide web home page can be responded to with a home page adapted to the language or dialect that is most likely to to match the native language or dialect of the user. To provide this, the user's country code, numerical node address, or the user's client system address is matched in a database to provide the most likely language. Other languages may be selected if the choice is incorrect and the database will remember that selection for future accesses. Further, since some data transmissions are regulated by national law, the user and client location information is used by the server to prevent the server or the client from violating their respective national laws.Other References
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