Director-controlled web session
AssigneeSprint Communications Company L.P.
InventorJames Schumacher
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Abstract
A director-controlled web server comprises a processing system, an interface, and a screen. Using the screen, the director selects a web site to provide content pages to participating browsers. The interface then receives refresh messages from the participating browsers and transfers the refresh messages to the processing system. The processing system generates responses with a refresh tag and the URL for the currently selected web site. The interface transfers the responses to the participating browsers. The combination of a new web site selection by the director and a refresh by the browser results in a new content page being displayed at the browser. The director-controlled web server may be configured to automatically select web sites, and to change the selection from one web site to another over time.
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A method for operating a director-controlled web server, the method comprising:
- receiving a first message from a first browser, and in response, transferring a first response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a first web page and to automatically transfer a second message to the director-controlled web server after a first time period;
- receiving the second message from the first browser after the first time period, and in response, transferring a second response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a second web page in place of the first web page and to automatically transfer a third message to the director-controlled web server after a second time period;
- receiving the third message from the first browser after the second time period, and in response, transferring a third response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a third web page in place of the second web page;
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- providing a graphical screen indicating a plurality of web pages including the first web page, the second web page, and the third web page for selection by a director using the graphical screen.
A director-controlled web server comprising:
- a processing system configured to process a first message from a first browser, and in response, generate a first response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a first web page and to automatically transfer a second message to the director-controlled web server after a first time period, to process the second message from the first browser after the first time period, and in response, generate a second response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a second web page in place of the first web page and to automatically transfer a third message to the director-controlled web server after a second time period, and to process the third message from the first browser after the second time period, and in response, generate a third response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a third web page in place of the second web page;
- an interface coupled to the processing system and configured to receive the first message, the second message, and the third message and to transfer the first response, the second response, and the third response;
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- a graphical screen indicating a plurality of web pages including the first web page, the second web page, and the third web page for selection by a director using the graphical screen.
A product comprising a processor-readable storage medium storing processor-executable instructions for performing the following method for providing a director-controlled web session, the method comprising:
- receiving a first message from a first browser, and in response, transferring a first response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a first web page and to automatically transfer a second message to the director-controlled web server after a first time period;
- receiving the second message from the first browser after the first time period, and in response, transferring a second response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a second web page in place of the first web page and to automatically transfer a third message to the director-controlled web server after a second time period;
- receiving the third message from the first browser after the second time period, and in response, transferring a third response to the first browser directing the first browser to automatically retrieve and display a third web page in place of the second web page;
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- generating a graphical screen indicating a plurality of web pages including the first web page, the second web page, and the third web page for selection by a director using the graphical screen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.