Methods and systems for providing a customizable guide for navigating a corpus of content

A system for providing a customizable guide for navigating a corpus of content, comprising:

• a content server communicatively coupled to one or more client devices via the communications system, the content server comprising:
• a culling module configured to apply one or more culling parameters to the corpus of content to identify relevant content tags for one or more users, at least one of the one or more culling parameter being not specified by the one or more users;
• a sorter configured to implement one or more sorting criteria to sort the relevant content tags, wherein the sorter receives input from one or more users associated with the one or more users, said input specifying one or more sorting criteria;
• a sampling module configured to sample the sorted content tags to extract text and thumbnail hyperlinks from the sorted content tags in an order according to the sorting at a sampling rate;
• a feedback module configured to refine the culling parameters, sorting criteria, and sampling, the refining of the culling parameters comprising tracking a culling parameter statistic selected from a group of culling parameter statistics consisting of browsing habits for a given user, tracking and integrating changes for a single user or group of users, navigation history, and frequency metrics comprising metrics related to displaying larger fonts and cycling more frequently;
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• a presenting module configured to present the sampled content tags in a flying video mode at the sampling rate in a customizable guide to an end-user.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embedded in said medium for causing a computer to provide a customizable guide for navigating a corpus of content within a distributed communications system, the computer readable program code comprising:

• computer readable program code that causes the computer to apply one or more culling parameters to the corpus of content to identify relevant content tags for one or more users, at least one of the one or more culling parameter being not specified by the one or more users;
• computer readable program code that causes the computer to receive one or more sorting criteria from one or more users associated with the one or more users;
• computer readable program code that causes the computer to implement the one or more sorting criteria to sort the relevant content tags;
• computer readable program code that causes the computer to sample the sorted content tags to extract text and thumbnail hyperlinks from the sorted content tags in an order according to the sorting at a sampling rate;
• computer readable program code that causes the computer to refine the culling parameters, sorting criteria, and sampling, the refining of the culling parameters comprising tracking a culling parameter statistic selected from a group of culling parameter statistics consisting of browsing habits for a given user, tracking and integrating changes for a single user or group of users, navigation history, and frequency metrics comprising metrics related to displaying larger fonts and cycling more frequently;
• computer readable program code that causes the computer to present the sampled content tags in a flying video mode at the sampling rate in a customizable guide to an end-user.