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US 9,195,770 B1Granted
System and method for identifying content using content templates for distribution to internet users
AssigneeAbout, Inc.
InventorsKenneth H. Appleman, Elizabeth A Maier, Scott C Germaise, William Day, Jim Anderson, Olga Taller, Scott Philip Kurnit
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Abstract
A collaborative Internet data mining system for facilitating a group effort from a plurality of guides to the Internet, by automatically processing the information provided by the guides and thereby create a branded or uniform look and feel to the web sites supported by the plurality of guides.
Claims20
A computer-implemented method for identifying content for distribution comprising:
- selecting a plurality of authors from a pool of potential authors;
- providing, via a computing device, one or more content templates to the plurality of authors for use in supplying Internet content to one or more users;
- receiving, via the computing device, one or more completed content templates from the plurality of authors, wherein the one or more completed content templates are based on the one or more content templates;
- associating, by the computing device, a virtual domain with a topic in a taxonomy of topics, wherein the virtual domain corresponds to at least one of the one or more completed content templates;
- receiving a request for a web page from a user of the one or more users, wherein the request includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the virtual domain;
- identifying, by the computing device, the at least one of the one or more completed content templates based on the virtual domain;
- and
- providing, to the user, a banner template and the at least one of the one or more completed content templates.
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A system for identifying content for distribution to Internet users comprising:
- memory configured to store data and instructions;
- and
- at least one computer processor configured to access the memory and, when executing the instructions, to:
- select a plurality of authors from a pool of potential authors;
- provide one or more content templates to the plurality of authors for use in supplying Internet content to one or more users;
- receive one or more completed content templates from the plurality of authors, wherein the one or more completed content templates are based on the one or more content templates;
- associate a virtual domain with a topic in a taxonomy of topics, wherein the virtual domain corresponds to at least one of the one or more completed content templates;
- receive a request for a web page from a user of the one or more users, wherein the request includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the virtual domain;
- identify the at least one of the one or more completed content templates based on the virtual domain;
- and
- provide, to the user, a banner template and the at least one of the one or more completed content templates.
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A computer-implemented method for identifying content for distribution comprising:
- receiving, via a computing system, one or more completed content templates from a plurality of authors;
- associating, by the computing system, a virtual domain with a topic in a taxonomy of topics, wherein the virtual domain corresponds to at least one of the one or more completed content templates;
- receiving a request for a web page from a user of the one or more users via a link associated with a third party web service, wherein the request includes a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with the virtual domain;
- generating a redirection command that directs the request for the web page to a redirected URL;
- identifying, by the computing system, a banner template and at least one of the one or more completed content templates based on at least one of the virtual domain and a URL associated with the third party web service;
- modifying the at least one of the one or more completed content templates and the banner template based on the information corresponding to the third party web service;
- and
- providing, to the user, the at least one of the one or more completed content templates and the banner template that are modified.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.