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`US 6,771,290 B1
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`(12) United States Patent
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`(45) Date of Patent: Aug. 3, 2004
`Hoyle
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`USOO677129081
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`COMPUTER INTERFACE METHOD AND
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`ORGANIZATION SYSTEM AND TARGETED
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`Inventor:
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`Assignee:
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`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
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`PCT Pub. Date: Jan. 27, 2000
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`OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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`Brown, M., Using Netscape" 3, Special Edition 1996, p.
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`Primary Examiner—Can (Kevin) Nguyen
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Fimt—Reising, Ethington. Barnes,
`Kisselle, RC.
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`ABSTRACI‘
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`A method and apparatus for providing an automatically
`upgradeable nottwate application Inciudes targeted advenis-
`ing based upon demographics and user interaction with the
`computer. The softwure application includes .1 display
`region used for banner advertising that is downloaded over
`a network such as the Internet. The software application is
`accessible from a server via the network and demographic
`information on the user is acquired by the sewer and used
`for determining what advertising will be sent to the user. The
`software application l'urlher targets the advertisements in
`response to normal user interaction with the computer. Data
`associated with each advertisement is used by the software
`application in determining when a particular ndvefiiscment
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`programs that the user may him: so that, when the user mm;
`the program (mg, a spreadsheet program). a relevant adver-
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`brokerage). This pmv‘idcs Iwotiered, real-time targeting of
`advertising—boll: demographically and reactivcly. The soft-
`ware tppticatitin includes programming that accesses the
`server to determine if one or more components of the
`application need upgrading If so, the components can be
`dowloaded and installed without further action by the user.
`A distribution tool is provided for software distribution and
`upgrading over the network. Also provided is a user profile
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`is accessible to any computer on the network.
`Furthermore, multiple users of the same computer can
`possess Internet web resources and files that are
`personalized, maintained and organized.
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`Petitioner Samsung - Ex 1002, p.21
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`Petitioner Samsung - Ex 1002. p.22
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`COMPUTER [NTERFACE Mmon AND
`APPARATUS WITH PORTABLE NETWORK
`ORGANIZATION SYSTEM AND TARGETED
`ADVERTISING
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`CROSS REFERENCE '10 REMTED
`APPLICATION
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`The present application is a continuation-impart of us.
`patent application Ser. No. 09311335). filed Jul. IT. 1993;
`now Pat. No 6.141.010.
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`to user interfaces for
`This invention relates in general
`accessing computer applications and information resources
`and. to particular. to utter interfaces that provide advenising
`obtained over a global computer network such as the Inter-
`net. This invention also relates to user interfaces for
`maintaining. organising and communicating information
`accessible to a computer network such as the Internet and.
`in particular. to user intertaeea that provide the user with
`availability to that information in a personalized manner.
`BhCKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
`The continuing expansion of the Internet and other private
`and semi-private networks has led to the now widespread
`practice ofelectronic distribution of software to end users.
`whether as freeware. shareware. or fully paid-up licensed
`software. Traditionally. freeware programs have generally
`been small. unsupported single-purpose programs that are or
`limited use. Since on income was derived from those
`programs. there was little nicentive for the creators of this
`type of software to undertake major development efiorts.
`More recently. however, a new type of free software has
`emerged which, while free to end users. does prayide
`income to the creator of the software vttt advertising incor‘
`paroled into the software. This is of benefit both In the end
`user and advertiser. as the end user obtains useful software
`at no cost and the advertiser gets advertising exposure for its
`products or services. One well ltnown example of this type
`of arrangement
`is in push technology products, such as
`l’oittteastT", which permits a user to receive and display
`broadcasted information over the Internet. Using this
`software. new advertising is periodically received along
`with various requested types of news information (cg.
`financial. business. sports) and is stoned locally on the user's
`computer for later retrieval and display by the program.
`The new advertising medium provided by the Internet has
`a number ofsignrficant advantages for advertisers. First. the
`users of the software within which the advertising is placed
`have. on average. much more disposable income to spend on
`products ttntl services than the average user of other tradi-
`tional advertising media. such as television or print. Second.
`the advertising can. in some instances. be targeted in various
`ways, such as demographically or teactiveiy. An example of
`the latter of these is in push technology where the user
`requests certain types of information and this request is used
`to select the type of advertisement sent to the user along with
`the requested content. Third. the advertising can not only
`include audio and video elements as well Its simple visual
`elements. but can also be interactive. For example. by
`clicking on the advertisement. the user can be provided with
`additional
`information about
`the advertised products or
`services and can even be given the opportunity to purchtme
`the products or services electronically.
`One of the most common methods of advertising via the
`Internet is through the use of links (cg, uniform resource
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`locators. known as URLs] embedded within web pages. By
`using embedded links,
`the advertisements need not be
`located on the same server as the web pages themselves.
`When the web page is loaded or reloaded. the advertising
`server is accessed to obtain a new advertisement which is
`incorporated into the web page displayed on the user's
`screen. “these advertisements are simple graphical images
`(such as animated gifs) that are retrieved from the advents
`ingsarver along with an associated link to additional infor-
`mation about the advertised product or service. While this
`permits new advertising to be displayed each time a web
`page is loaded or ret'reshert, and while this allows geographi»
`cally unlimited advertising. it at most permits targeting of
`the advertisement based upon the type of information cone
`tained in the web page. Moreover. access to a new adver-
`tisement is only available during the period of time that the
`client computer is connected to the tnternet.
`Currently-available computer programs that incorporate
`advertising into their user interface include the tieoeasary
`pregnmming built
`into the software itself. That
`is,
`the
`various parameters relating to the presentation of the adver-
`tisement is pre-determined and programmed into the soft-
`ware. 'I‘hcate parameters may include such things as Where on
`the screen the advertisement is displayed. the display size.
`the duration of display, the number of times a particular
`advertisement
`is displayed. the conditions under which a
`particular advertisement is to be displayed. the type of action
`taken upon a user clicking on the advertisement. and so
`forth. One problem with these currently available programs
`is that these parameters can only he changed by replacement
`of the entire program with an updated, revised version.
`making it dtlficult to respond to desired changes in adver-
`tising approaches
`the
`To provide demographicallydargetcd advertising.
`advertiser or distributor of the advertising must obtain
`demographic data on its end users. Perhaps the most com-
`mon way to acquire demographic data regarding users via
`the Internet is to request the information using a form written
`to html (Hyper'fhin Markup Language) and provided to the
`user over the World-Wide Web (WWW using http
`(Ilyper‘l’ettt Transfer Protocol). This is sometimes done as a
`prerequisite to allowing the user access to information
`resources or download software from a particular web site.
`While authentication of demographic information obtained
`this way is difficult and rarely done. it has been found that
`end users typically provide accurate demographic data in
`return for free download accent to mt‘tware. Furthermore.
`studies have shown that while people are concerned about
`privacy issues and. in particular. do not wish to provide
`specific information that identifies them (such as their name.
`address, or Social Security number). they generally do not
`mind providing demographic information. nor do they mind
`monitoring of their computer usage as long as their usage is
`not associated with any specific infomtation that could he
`used to identify them.
`Various other anangemems have been suggested for
`obtaining and reporting information about an end user over
`a computer network such as the Internet. For example. US.
`l’at. No. 5.724.321 to Dedrick discloses an electronic adver‘
`tising system in which n user profile is created and trans-
`ferred to a metering server where it is used along with other
`end user profiles to charge advertiser's according to a
`coruromer scale. ’itte proftlc data is also used by the metering
`server to select advertisement titlaar that are sent to the end
`user for viewing at the t'cqucrtl of the end user. When a user
`requests an advertisement. the metering server sends the
`advertisement in the end user. charges the advertiser. and
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`is connected to a
`that
`client computer—A computer
`network (including computers that are connected only
`occasionally to the network such as, for example, by a
`modem and telephone line) and that can be used to send
`requests for information to other computers over the
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`provides the advcniscr with profile data on that end user. The
`system can include client-side software which acquires and
`compiles information concerning the user's interaction with
`the advertising or other content provided by the metering
`server.
`U.S. Pat. No. 5333.218 to Bland ct nl. discloses a system
`for gathering data concerning an end-user's seem to infer
`malion resources and reporting the data baclt to the servers
`that contain the information resources. Data gathering It the
`client is accomplished using an applet, plug-in, or other
`browser extension that acquires the data and then reports
`that data to those servers accessed by the client. either
`periodically or in response to a specific request by the
`servers. In this way, the servers being accessed for their
`information resources get reported back to them information
`concerning the end-user's use of that information. Limited
`demographic information (e.g.,
`time zone.
`locate, client
`hardware) can be included in this reporting as well.
`One of the disadvantages of prior art systems that require
`data regarding an end-user's computer mgc is that they are
`generally limited to gathering information concenting only
`certain limited uses of the computer. For example. in Bland
`et 21., the focus of the gathering and use of end-user data is
`in the user’s interaction with web pages, whether over the
`Internet or otherwise. Similarly, in Dedrick, the compilation
`of data is directed to interaction between the end-user and
`the advertising or other content provided by the metering
`sewer itself. By limiting the reported data in this manner, it
`is difficult
`to develop accurate profiles for the individual
`users that are useful in targeting the advertising.
`U.S. Pat. No. 5,347,632 to Filepp et al. discloses a
`reception system in which both user demographics and
`individual system usage information can he used to target
`advenising. However.
`this information is used to solocl
`which advertisements are to he placed into an advertisement
`queue from which advertisements are then accessed. appar-
`ently in the order in which they were placed in the queue.
`Thus. this system permits targeting of advertising generally.
`hut does not provide real time targeting ot'advenisiugbaued
`upon user actions.
`internal users typically employ browser applications and
`related technologies in order to access the WW; and to
`locate and view files, documents and audiotvideo clips.
`Exemplary browser applications include Opera by Opera
`Software. Netscape Navigator. Netscape Communicator 4.6
`and Microsott Internet Esplorer 5.0. Browser applications
`are loaded onto a user's computer. and than can he used for
`communication over networks using protocols such as that
`utilized by the WWW, Browsers are useful for accessing
`desired files and web sites. and also have the capability of
`storing information regarding visited or favorite web sites on
`the user’s computer. HoWever, it has been common practice
`for browsers to be employed by the user {or fairly limited
`purposes. such as for accessing information. Certain
`applications, such 35 Windows NT 4.0, allow a user to
`receive and store electronic information on a limited net-
`work system. However, the usefulness and flexibility of such
`systems are severely limited, humus» each browser instal-
`lation traditionally has been independent of other browser
`installations to which a user has acmss. Thus. information
`within one browser is not easily transportable to the other"
`browser.
`Except as may be explicitly indicated otherwise.
`following definitions shall apply:
`browser—A program that can communicate over a net-
`work using http or another protocol and that can display
`html information and other digital information.
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`computer-4m apparatus having a processing device that
`is capable of executing instructions. including devices
`such as personal computers,
`laptop computers, and
`personal digital assistants. as well as set top television
`boxes,
`televisions, radios. portable telephones, and
`other such devices having a processing capability.
`computer usage information—Data concerning a person’s
`use of a computer,
`including such things as what
`programs they run, what information resources they
`access, what time of day or days or the week they use
`the computer, and so forth.
`data set—A group of data items; for example.
`keywords. or entries in an address book.
`display object—Data capable of display try a computer.
`including graphical images as well as multimedia pre-
`senlalions or other display data that includes audio in
`addition to visually-perceived data.
`file—Any digital item. including information, documents,
`applications, nudiortvideo components, and the like, that
`isstored in memory and ‘m accessible via a file alloca-
`Lion table or other pointing or indexing structure.
`graphical
`image—Visually—perceived data stored in a
`graphic format (e.g., jpeg. gif, hrnp,
`tiff, pox, etc.),
`including electronically-reproduced photographs,
`graphics, animations, icons, and textual messages.
`information resource—A source of information stored on
`a server or other computer that is accessible to other
`computers over a network.
`keyword—A textual data item used in locating related
`sources of information
`link—Adam item that identifies the location or address of
`a program or infomation resource. A URL is a link, as
`is a path and filename of an information resource.
`network—A system having at
`least
`two computers in
`communicable connection,
`including intranets, per-
`sonal networks, virtual private networks, and global
`public networks such as the Internet.
`non-volatile data storage device—A memory device that
`retains computer-readable data or programming code in
`the absence of externally-supplied power,
`including
`such things as a hard disk or a floppy disk, a compact
`disk read-only memory (CDROM). digital versatile
`disk DVD). magneto-optical disk. and so forth.
`profile—User-specifrc information relating to an indi-
`vidual using a computer.
`program mmponentrA set of instructions stored in a file
`in computer-readable format, whether as object code or
`source code. not! whether written in a compiled
`language,
`in byte code (such as Java“). or in a
`scripting or other interpreted language.
`program module—One or more related program compo-
`nents.
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`program—One or more related program modules.
`reactively—ln response to some type of user input, such
`as a mouse click on a particular user application or on
`a link to an information resource
`server—Acomputer on a network that stores information
`and that answers requests for information.
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`software application—A program and associated libraries
`and other files;
`for example. a word processing
`application. a spreadsheet application. or a personal
`information management application.
`SUMMARY OF THE. IWENHON
`in accordance with one aspect of the present invention
`there is provided no apparatus for use by a computer to
`provide a user of the computer with access to information
`resources via the lntentet or otherwise. The apparatus oom-
`priaes a non-volatile data storage device with first and
`second program modules stored on the non-volatile storage
`device. The first program module is operable upon execution
`to display a graphical user interface comprising a window
`separated into a number of regions. will: a first one of the
`regions including a number of user-selectable items. at least
`some oi which are each nmiamd with a diiferent data set.
`The data sets are each representative of a dillerent category
`of inl'ntrnalion (cg. financial. um. sports. etc.) and each of
`the data sets comprise a number cl user-selectable links to
`different information resources. For example. the data sets
`can be groups of related URLs. whereby the information
`resources comprise web pages accessible via the lnternet. A
`second one of the region's comprises an information display
`region which can display such thing-r as banner advertise-
`ments. The second program module is operable upon excor-
`lion to select
`informational data to be displayed in the
`information display region. The first program module is
`operable in response to selection of a first one of the links to
`provide the user with access to its nssociated information
`resource and to notify the second program module of the
`selection of that first link. The second program module can
`be operable in response to notifications front the first pro-
`gram module to select the informational data to be displayed
`from among a larger amount of informational data. and the
`second program module can be further operable to store
`statistical data regarding the display of the selected infot-
`mau'onal data. This permits targeting of banner advertise-
`merits based upon the type of linlt (financial. news. sports.
`etc.} selected by the user. the software applications elicited
`on by the user. and otlter network accessible files accessed
`by the user.
`In addition. the apparath further includes user specific
`maintenance and organization of that user's individual tiles
`and resources represented by the user-selectable linlts con-
`tained within the first program module. in order that an
`individual user can gain access to those files and resources
`from a computer having network accem. or that multiple
`utters can gain access to individual files stored on the some
`computer. Preferably. this is accomplished by storing a user
`profile and user library on a server connected to the network
`Then. when I user runs the first program module. it identifies
`the user and connects to the server to access that user‘s
`profile and library. with the profile being used to specify that
`individual’s user-selected links to be displayed in the first
`region and the library being used to store these individuttl
`tiles and resources that the use: wishes to be able to mess
`from anywhere on the network. Furthermore. either of the
`two program {nodules cater be disabled. and instead of using
`both modules.
`the user can use either of the modules
`individually and independently.
`in accordance with another aspect of the invention. there
`is provided a computer-readable memory for use by a
`computer to provide ll user of the computer with an
`automatically—upgradeable software application. The com-
`puter readable memory comprises a non-volatile data stor-
`age device and a program that is separated