Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for determining behavioral profile of a computer user System for categorizing documents in a linked collection of documents Electronic shopping and merchandising system System for managing the addition/deletion of media assets within a network based on usage and media asset metadata System and method for delivering customized advertisements within interactive communication systems Banner advertising display system and method with frequency of advertisement control Computer system for merchant communication to customers Method and system for gathering and analyzing consumer purchasing information based on product and consumer clustering relationships Computer program apparatus for determining behavioral profile of a computer user Integrated interface for Web based customer care and trouble management InventorsApplicationNo. 238861 filed on 01/27/1999US Classes:709/217, REMOTE DATA ACCESSING709/203, Client/server709/219Accessing a remote serverExaminersPrimary: Najjar, SalehAttorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 015/16AbstractA server system on a network such as the World Wide Web aggregates and stores information about the content of one or more Web pages served by a server on a network. A server process receives one or more requests for one or more Web pages from one or more requesters connected to the network. Upon receiving the request, the server produces a requested Web page and serves the Web page to the requester. The Web pages have with one or more content elements in addition to one or more metadata entries. One or more of the metadata entries are associated with the content elements of the respective Web page produced. The system also creates and maintains a log having a plurality of records. Each record has one or more requester fields and one or more metadata fields. A logger process stores the metadata entries contained in each of the Web pages in one or more of the metadata fields, and stores a requester identification, associated with the requester, in the requester field of the record associated with the respective Web page. It comprises two parts: the Web page description field and the hyperlink field list.Other References
Field of SearchClient/serverREMOTE DATA ACCESSING Accessing a remote server Market analysis, demand forecasting or surveying Distribution or redemption of coupon, or incentive or promotion program Electronic shopping (e.g., remote ordering) Presentation of image or description of sales item (e.g., electronic catalog browsing) | |