Serving signals
AssigneeAblaise Limited
InventorsAndrew Ritchie, Jonathan Bradshaw
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Abstract
Output signals are served from a serving device to a plurality of browsing devices connected to a network. The output signals represent commands executable by each browsable device so as to display viewable data in accordance with specified page formatting. Requests from browsing clients are identified which contain information relating to the data itself and the display format for the data. The data is read and processed so as to combine a representation of the viewable data with executable instructions. The signals are then supplied to requesting browsing devices, after effectively being assembled as a real time o-line process.
Claims21
A method of serving data to a browsing device over a network, including the steps of:
- maintaining user data indicating whether a user is an adult or a child;
- receiving a request for specified data from said browsing device, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
- selecting information appropriate for said user in response to said request by making a determination as to whether the user is a child or an adult based on said user data and said user identifier;
- and
- returning output data to said browsing device, wherein said output data includes said selected information.
A method of serving data to a browsing device over a network, including the steps of:
- maintaining user data indicating whether a user is an adult or a child;
- receiving a request for specified data from said browsing device, wherein said request is an HTTP request and includes a user identifier;
- selecting information appropriate for said user in response to said request by making a determination as to whether the user is a child or an adult based on said user data and said user identifier;
- and
- returning output data to said browsing device, wherein said output data includes said selected information.
Apparatus for serving data over a network, comprising a processor, storage, memory and a network connection, wherein said processor is configured to:
- maintain user data indicating whether each user is an adult or a child;
- receive a request for specified data via said network connection, wherein said request includes a user identifier;
- select information appropriate for said user in response to said request by making a determination as to whether the user is a child or an adult based on said user data and said user identifier;
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- return output data via said network connection, wherein said output data includes said selected information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.