Supplementing user web-browsing
OwnerJonathan Davar, Serge M. Krasnyanskyinventors
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Abstract
An apparatus and method of providing a user with a web-browser supplement is disclosed. One method includes providing access to a focal group, wherein the focal group includes at least one member having at least one association with the user. Access is provided to information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group. Web browsing by the user is supplemented by the information of the members of the focal group.
Claims19
A method of a computing device providing a user with a web-browser supplement, comprising:
- obtaining, by the computing device, access to a focal group of a focal group server through a network connection, the focal group comprising at least one member having at least one association with the user, wherein the focal group comprises a restricted group of people who are associated based on activity or topic;
- obtaining, by the computing device, information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group, wherein the information is ranked by a level of importance, wherein the rank by the level of importance of the information is based on at least one of a member rank on a relevant topic, a level of affinity between the user and each member, a level of expertise of each member, a level of performance of past information provided by each member, a level of proficiency of each member;
- adaptively updating, by the computing device, the information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group based on web browsing of the user;
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- supplementing web browsing, by the computing device, of the user by providing information of the members of the focal group, wherein the supplementing the web browsing comprises executing a plug-in loaded on the computing device, wherein the plug in provides overlaying of the ranked information associated with the at least one member on a web page displayed on the computing device that is related to information of the web page, comprising manipulating the information of the web page based on the ranked information.
A computing device that provides a web browsing overlay of information of a focal group on a display of the computing device, comprising:
- an overlay plug in operative to:
- obtain access to the focal group of a focal group server, the focal group comprising at least one member having at least one association with the user, wherein the focal group comprises a restricted group of people who are associated based on activity or topic;
- obtain information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group, wherein the information is ranked by a level of importance, wherein the rank by the level of importance of the information is based on at least one of a member rank on a relevant topic, a level of affinity between the user and each member, a level of expertise of each member, a level of performance of past information provided by each member, a level of proficiency of each member;
- adaptively updating the information associated with the at least one member having relevance to the focal group based on web browsing of the user;
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- supplement web browsing, by the computing device by providing the information of the members of the focal group, wherein supplementing the web browsing of the user comprises executing a plug-in loaded on the computing device, wherein the plug in provides an overlaying of the ranked information associated with the at least one member on a web page displayed on the computing device that is related to information of the web page, comprising manipulating the information of the web page based on the ranked information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.