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A method of and system for finding and serving consumer product-related information on the Internet comprising a database serving subsystem which stores: a plurality of manufacturer identification numbers (MINs) assigned to a plurality of manufacturers of consumer products; a plurality of home-page specifying URLs symbolically linked to the plurality of MINs; a plurality of universal product numbers (UPN) assigned to a plurality of consumer products made by the plurality of manufacturers; and a plurality of product-information specifying URLs symbolically linked to the plurality of UPNs. During operation, a client subsystem transmits to the database serving subsystem, a request for information which includes the UPN assigned to the consumer product on which product-related information is being sought. The database serving subsystem automatically compares the UPN against the stored plurality of MINs, and automatically returns to the client subsystem, one or more of URLs symbolically linked to the UPN, if URLs have been symbolically linked to the UPN within the database serving subsystem. However, if no URLs have been symbolically linked to the UPN, then the database serving subsystem automatically returns the home-page specifying URL symbolically linked to the MIN contained within the UPN in the request. By virtue of this novel MIN-based search mechanism embodied within the database serving subsystem, client subsystems are automatically provided with the home-page of the manufacturer's World Wide Web (WWW) site in situations where product-information specifying URLs have not yet been symbolically linked with the UPN on any one of the manufacturer's products.

A source block (B0) and the logical page number (“8”) of a write target page are identified from the logical address of the write target page. Data objects (DN8, DN9, . . . , DN12) to be written, which a host stores in a page buffer (2), are written into the data areas (DA) of the pages (Q0, Q1, . . . , Q4) of a destination block (Bn), starting from the top page (Q0) in sequence. The logical page number (“8”) of the write target page is written into the redundant area (RA) of the top page (Q0). The physical page number (“6=8−2”) of the write target page is identified, based on the logical page number (“8”) of the write target page and the page offset (“2”) of the source block (B0). When notified by the host of the end of the sending of the data objects (DN8, . . . , DN12), the data items (D13, . . . , D31, D0, D1, . . . , D7) in the source block (B0) are transferred to the pages (Q5, Q6, . . . , Q31) in the destination block (Bn) via the page buffer (2) sequentially and cyclically, starting from the page (P11) situated cyclically behind the write target page (P6) by the number (“5”) of pages of the data objects (DN8, . . . , DN12).

A computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support is disclosed. The present invention relates to avatar home pages and the combination of a home page customization service with an e-commerce marketplace through which users can purchase home page decorations made by third party developers. Various embodiments include a “chat now” online matching system and a real-time map showing the geographical location of users in an online community.

A system and method for displaying still video images related to video content in an interactive broadcast television system. The system and method of the present invention may also be used for simulating an Internet home page on an interactive television system. The present invention thus supports hyperlinked web-like navigational capabilities in an interactive television system. According to the method of the present invention, the video delivery system provides or broadcasts one or more audio / video channels each comprising video content and also provides or broadcasts at least one still image channel comprising a plurality of still video images, preferably MPEG-2 compressed still images. The user or viewer can select options displayed on the television screen to view desired information. When the set top box receives user input selecting an option to view one of the linked still images, the set top box captures the requested image from the still image broadcast channel, stores the image in memory, and displays the captured still video image corresponding to the selection. The still image being displayed may have associated interactive program content for displaying further selections, wherein these selections may be for viewing other images or content, for ordering information, or purchasing products. The user can thus selectively navigate between the video content and stills in a web-like hyperlinked fashion. In one embodiment, when a user is navigating through still images, the television program or video content which was being viewed is displayed in a small window overlaid on the still image being displayed. Also, when the set top box captures a requested image from the still image broadcast channel, the set top box preferably also pre-caches or pre-loads other related still images based on the probabilty that these related images will be subsequently requested by the user. The invention also includes an embodiment which provides user requested still images "on demand" on a dedicated "search" channel.

A computer-implemented system and method for home page customization and e-commerce support is disclosed. The present invention relates to avatar home pages and the combination of a home page customization service with an e-commerce marketplace through which users can purchase home page decorations made by third party developers. Various embodiments include a “chat now” online matching system and a real-time map showing the geographical location of users in an online community.

The invention maintains the context, e.g. the user's language and / or the user's country, while the user is navigating through different related sites or pages. The invention stores and maintains the information about the user's origin, language, country and product of interest during the navigation. This information is stored as arguments in the URL. A session application redirects the user into a particular page based on the arguments provided by the referring site or user's site. The application operates by matching the provided arguments against lookup tables that describe what is available on the main site. When a match occurs between the arguments in the URL and the lookup tables, the invention begins a session by storing information in the URL into a cookie that is stored on the user's computer. A navigation application will use the information stored in the cookie to return the user to their home page.

This invention is an ergonomic method and apparatus for integrating the operation of computer keyboards and cursor control devices. It employs hand location detection to determine when the mouse hand is absent from its keyboard typing position or is present at the mouse. A detector output automatically transforms the functions of a set of keyboard keys lying under the non-mouse hand from their original actions into new actions which can include mouse clicks, keyboard shortcuts and macros. These keys usually include the home keys (a s d f, or j k l ;). The new functions are preprogrammed into this set of keys at an inactive level, and do not affect actions unless the hand position sensor detects that the mouse hand is absent from its keyboard typing position or is present at the mouse. This invention allows the non-mouse hand to actuate clicks at the keyboard by using the home keys as click switches, and also makes it possible for the non-mouse hand to type, with a single keystroke, keyboard shortcuts not normally available to it. When the mouse hand returns to the keyboard the keys automatically revert to their default functions. This method increases working speed, reduces the number of trips back and forth between keyboard and mouse, and relieves stress on the mouse hand. It is of special value to persons with carpal tunnel syndrome or Repetitive Strain Injuries. Detection of hand position or location is accomplished by sensors at the keyboard and / or at the pointing device, or by software detection of any data output from the mouse (movement or click) or from any keypress on the mouse side of the keyboard. This invention can be embodied solely as software, as firmware in an external device or keyboard, or as any combination of software and firmware. It essentially converts the non-mouse side of the keyboard into single-key macros: mouse buttons, tool selection keys, and special function keys. It can also be used to temporarily assign an alternate set of actions to mouse motion, mouse buttons and scrolling devices. Optionally this invention includes a floating on-screen palette which serves as an indicator of transformation and provides a map of the new functions. With simultaneous transformation of both a keyset and its corresponding palette, the palette always displays the new functions in the same geometric pattern as the actual layout of the new functions on the keyboard. This enables eye-to-hand pattern transfer for intuitive tool selection via the keyboard without using the mouse.

A system and method for parsing an electronic media database structure to produce tagged data that preserves the content, links, and electronic media structure. In particular, HyperText Markup Language (HTML) data is generated as an Interactive Electronic Technical Manual (IETM) (home page) linked into a relative structure of Web pages to support IETM deployment. An extraction process assesses the functionality associated with each node designated for presentation and builds a virtual Web, based on attributes stored in the IETM database. A series of Web pages with links that hierarchically presents IETM data at run time is produced. The method supports a data warehousing strategy that converts any data type eligible within the relational database. This expands support across multiple types of technical and engineering data. The preferred implementation utilizes a relative addressed pure HTML solution viewable in standard Web browsers. This open system implementation is cross platform and infrastructure independent, requiring no special server software. Retaining the hierarchical structure dictated by the relational database in HTML output enhances the supportability and maintainability of the Web implementation. Updates to this Web implementation can be incrementally applied within the hierarchy (small sections of data) or the entire logical sections of Web data.

A system and method for providing enhanced content communicated in a Web or file page via a graphical element that is temporarily accessed when the user places his cursor or pointer over a pre-designated portion of the page is provided by the invention. Such a graphical element may constitute a thumbnail image or bubble that takes on many possible forms, including but not limited to a corporate logo, advertising sponsor's home Web page, photo, picture, or cartoon, animation or movie clip, music or other sound sequence, or enhanced textual message Usage of such graphical elements may provide a web page manager or sponsor additional needed space to communicate informational or advertising content within a Web or file page in which space is very limited without detracting from the appearance of the Web page.

A computer-based user interface for accessing litigation information associated with at least one litigation case includes a home page. The home page includes a first plurality of user-selectable hyperlinks. Each hyperlink in the first plurality of hyperlinks identifies a category of litigation information. The interface also includes a plurality of web pages. Each web page is associated with one of the hyperlinks in the first plurality of hyperlinks. Each web page provides litigation information related to the category identified by the hyperlink associated with the web page. Each web page is displayed in response to selection of the hyperlink associated with the web page.

A system that provides users of both fixed and wireless Internet devices, a method of entering numbers instead of the text characters of Internet Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) and other Internet identifiers to access Internet resources and functions, such as Web sites, e-mail services, individual documents or files, location services, etc. When the user enters a WebNum, the digits of the WebNum are sent to a database on a system that is accessible over the Internet. The database maps the WebNum back to a Uniform Resource Locator (URL), which contains a hostname in the Internet domain name structure. This would subsequently be resolved through the Internet Domain Name System (DNS) to an IP address to identify the IP address of the Web site. The cell phone provider or WID network provider would then retrieve the home page of the Web site over the Internet, to return content to the cell phone or WID display.

Systems and methods provide services relating to driving safety and insurance in connection with insuring selected segments of a population, such as young drivers or elderly drivers. A web-based system provides a web site having a home web page configured to provide links to web pages accessible by a user over the Internet, configured to provide program elements such as an interface to a GPS vehicle monitoring system connected to provide vehicle information to the user via one or more of the web pages and to receive instructions from the user to select features of the GPS system, a display of or link to educational information relating to safe driving, stored by the web-based system or provided by interface to a third party web site; or a display of or link to a tool providing an estimate of an insurance premium discount based on use of the program. A system for providing an insurance price estimate, a computer-implemented method of promoting the sale of vehicle insurance to a population segment, a computer system for providing an insurance premium discount, and a computer program product are also provided.

In an Internet home page data acquisition method, an access list held by a client is transferred to a cache URL address storage server. Home page data is acquired by a cache server on the basis of the transferred access list. The acquired home page data is transferred from the cache server to the client upon completion of acquisition of the home page data.

The invention provides a method and system for creating and customizing a home page that is used in conjunction with a technique for dynamically trading knowledge and services. A provider of knowledge, goods or services could request a home page on a web site dedicated to dynamically providing goods and services. Upon receiving the request, the provider of knowledge, goods or services is given the opportunity to create a specially customized home page. This homepage provides prospective buyers, with some or all of the following information: the name of the provider, the type of product, the amount of product available, a way of categorizing the product, a description, a fixed price, optional goods or services and other related information that would be helpful to those trying to identify providers of good and services and select among them. A provider of goods and services is guided through a step-by-step procedure, during which the provider is presented with a number of mandatory information fields that are used in creating a customized home page.

Auction methods, auction systems and servers which can satisfy requirements other than the price for a client are provided. An auction client selects a desired one from time slide schemes from a terminal, and enters a due date in an associated entry field. For example, a due date advance scheme is a scheme in which a person who offers the soonest possible trading date from a due date is determined as a successful bidder. Also, specific details (paying-in, delivery and so on) on the trading date for a payment or delivery of an article, requested to a partner, are specified. These bid condition data are transmitted to the server through a network, and the server collects participants in a bid on a home page. The server receives trading dates offered from terminals of participants, and determines a participant who offers the trading date that most satisfies the trade due date condition offered by the client as a successful bidder.

A telecommunications system (TS2) comprises a data network (IN1) and a telephone network (PSTN1) to which subscribers (AB1, AB2) are connected. Each subscriber has a telephone (T1, T2) with A-number transfer and a computer terminal (D1, D2) connected through access devices (ACD1, ACD2). A server (SR1) holding the subscribers' home pages and a directory (DS1) holding different identities (TELO1, TELO2, TELH2, EMAILO1, URL2) of the subscribers is connected to the data network. The directory (DS1) is public, which enables the subscribers to enter their respective identities and obtain the identities of other subscribers. One subscriber (AB1) calls the other (AB2) on his home telephone number (TELH2), which is transferred to the computer terminal (D1) of the caller (AB1). The subscribers (AB1, AB2) can talk, the caller (AB1) can obtain the identities of the called party (POSTS2) through his computer terminal (D1) from the directory (DS1) and use this information, for example, to open the called party's home page on the server (SR1). By A-number transfer the called party (AB2) can obtain the identities (POSTS1) of the caller (AB1), in a corresponding way, to his computer terminal (D2) from the directory (DS1). This way of communicating and keeping a directory is possible because the directory (DS1) is public. Advantages are, i.a. that the communication is simplified and the identities of other subscribers can be obtained easily.

Universal internet access to a patient's critical medical records is obtainable by creating an anonymous medical homepage for each patient which is devoid of any personal identifiers. The anonymous medical homepage is hosted on a centralized data server which receives medical information from a participating physician's electronic medical records program. At the time of an office or consultation visit, EMR data is captured by the data center and processed so as to append critical patient medical information to the patient's anonymous homepage. The owner of the anonymous homepage is identified solely by a pseudoname and password, such that the patient's identity is maintained in confidence. A medical alert bracelet or medical alert card, containing the patient's pseudoname and password, gives notice and grants access to an emergency physician in cases where the patient is unconscious or otherwise unable to communicate a scientifically rigorous and detailed medical history.

A computer system that is programmed with virtual memory accesses to physical memory employs multi-bit counters associated with its page table entries. When a page walker visits a page table entry, the multi-bit counter associated with that page table entry is incremented by one. The computer operating system uses the counts in the multi-bit counters of different page table entries to determine where large pages can be deployed effectively. In a virtualized computer system having a nested paging system, multi-bit counters associated with both its primary page table entries and its nested page table entries are used. These multi-bit counters are incremented during nested page walks. Subsequently, the guest operating systems and the virtual machine monitors use the counts in the appropriate multi-bit counters to determine where large pages can be deployed effectively.

A GPS publication application server. A mobile location knowledgeable device is in communication with a server. The server provides indications of the device's location to a home page associated with the device. The home page includes information about a user of the device and methods of contacting the user at any particular time. The server is also in communication with a variety of application servers. The application servers push information to the device depending on the device location and preferences listed in the home page of the device.

A computer keyboard is provided allowing configuration of the keys in any position. The keyboard includes a sensing surface capable of sensing the position of one or multiple, simultaneous finger presses. The position of the keyboard homekeys can be defined as the most comfortable, natural position of a user's hands. The remaining keys may have their positions defined relative to the homekeys for ease of use. Also, the keyboard can automatically adjust the position of the non-homekeys based on a moving average of the actual location of the user's depression of each such key.

A system and method is provided for selecting a home page for a browser based upon the time of day and day of week. In addition, a system and method is provided for selecting the home page based upon the network to which the user is connected. In one embodiment, the home page data is stored on nonvolatile storage accessible from the client's computer system and retrieved from such nonvolatile storage. In another embodiment, each of the client's computer systems has a home page identifier directed to a home page redirector web site. The home page redirector web site receives identification data from the client. The home page redirector retrieves home page web data corresponding to the client's preferences from its nonvolatile storage area, and redirects the client computer system to a different home page address based upon the time of day and / or client network connection data.

The present invention is a server-side method and apparatus that enables visually-impaired users to navigate websites and hear high-quality streaming audio of narration and descriptions of each website. The system involves creating an audible website corresponding to an original website by utilizing voice talent to read and describe web content and create audio files for each section within an original website, then assigning a hierarchy and navigation system based on the original website design. To implement the system, a small program is installed on the home page of an original website which plays a tone upon a user's visit indicating that the website is accessible with the present invention. Upon hearing the tone, a user presses a key on the keyboard to exit the original website and enter the audible website. Audible narration is played through the user's computer, reading text and describing non-text information. The narration includes menus for navigating the site which have a hierarchy substantially similar to that of the original website. Users navigate the website menus and move from website to website by making keystroke commands.

A hosted system and method for user creation and update of a user Web, provides for customization of appearance and functionality of a user Web that is totally separate from the maintenance of the variable contents of a user Web. The hosted system and method of the present invention first generates a fixed default design for a user's Web site of at least one generic type of page and the linkages between this page and a Home Page. Thereafter, the hosted system provides capabilities for a user to perform multiple, generic types of customization of the appearance of a user Web from which both a ‘view’ and a companion ‘update’ Web page is generated for each user page. Any variable content of a ‘view’ page of a user Web is entered and updated by the user employing the ‘update’ Web page after the Web site has been generated and stored at a Host by the hosted system and method of the present invention.

A method and a system for allowing a guest operating system (guest OS) to modify an entry in a TLB directly without an involvement of a hypervisor are disclosed. Upon receiving a guest TLB miss exception, a guest OS issues a TLBWE (TLB Write Entry) instruction to logic. The logic executes the TLBWE instruction at a supervisor mode without invoking a hypervisor. The TLB may incorporate entries in a guest page table and entries in a host page table.

A system, method and computer program for an apparatus is described. An apparatus is a very convenient, plug-and-play, ultra small, smart device that lets the end-users to host their websites at computer peripheral port. When said device is plugged in one of the computer peripheral ports: Universal Serial Bus (USB), Secure Digital Input and Output (SDIO), Compact Flash (CF), Cardbus, Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), PCI-Express and ExpressCard; it shall function as a dedicated web hosting device powerful and robust enough to handle web hosting functions for Personal Home Page, File Transfer Protocol (FTP) Files Server, Streaming media, Common Gate Interface (CGI) scripts, Active Server Pages, or Game Server.

A microwave oven, a relay box communicating with the microwave oven and a personal computer communicating with the relay box are provided in private. The personal computer is connected to a host computer storing home page information, through the public Internet. A home page storing unit of the host computer stores, corresponding to each of a plurality of cooking recipes, recipe data directly recognized by microwave oven including heating control data for heating and cooking the cooking recipe by the microwave oven, a button to be operated for transferring the recipe data through the Internet to personal computer and image display data for displaying information related to the cooking recipe as a home page image display. Therefore, in accordance with the heating control data downloaded and supplied to personal computer, microwave oven is controlled to heat and cook the desired cooking recipe.

Client information is collected by a client entering his or her address, name, etc. when the client buys merchandise and makes a payment. The client information is written to a CD-RW which is provided for the client. When the client uses the CD-RW to access the home page of the selling agent of the merchandise, the client information recorded on the CD-RW is transmitted to the server of a client database generation company. The server generates a client information database classified by merchandise categories.