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US 8,479,100 B2Granted
Providing a user with a web-supplement
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.
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A method of providing a user with a web supplement, comprising:
- providing, by a focal group server, access to a computing device to a focal group of the 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;
- providing, by the focal group server, access to the computing device to 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 activity of the user;
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- supplementing the user by providing information of the members of the focal group, comprising providing overlaying of the ranked information associated with the at least one member on a web application displayed on the computing device that is related to information of the web application, comprising manipulating the information of the web application based on the ranked information.
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