RU22390U1 - INFORMATION SYSTEM - Google Patents

Abstract

1. A system for providing information containing a user's computer with software and with means for managing and displaying information received, connected to the Internet, and a server or website that responds to client requests and contains data relevant to the request, and a database of additional information related to request related to the site through the logical selection unit, characterized in that a timer is set between the site and the logical selection unit. 2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the system is equipped with a unit for determining the speed of downloading information to a user's computer, installed between the server or site and the timer.

Description

Information Submission System

The utility model is designed to find and obtain the necessary information by the user using a computer connected to the Internet.

A known system for providing information containing a user’s computer with software and computer controls and displaying the received information, connected to the Internet, a server that responds to client requests with sites containing pages relevant to the request, and a database of advertisements related to the site (see EPO application No. 0954797, G 06 F 15/00, 1999 III or PCT application No. 97/21183, / 2 /).

The known system operates as follows. The user, using a computer with the appropriate software, goes online and, turning to the search engine, enters a request for the information he needs. Having received from the search engine a list of servers and / or sites relevant to the request, the user is connected to one of them. After the corresponding page of the site is loaded onto the user's computer with the information he needs, one by one the advertisements are sent from the database of advertisements to the user's computer, which appear on the page he is viewing. A disadvantage of the known system is that advertising information is imposed on the user, which he may not need. In addition, this system is designed primarily to identify the interest of site visitors to a particular advertisement.

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Closest to the claimed in its technical essence is a system for providing information, which contains a user's computer with software, computer controls and means of displaying information. The computer is connected to the Internet, which contains several servers or sites that are responsible for client requests and contain data relevant to the request. In addition, the system contains a database associated with these servers, and a logical selection unit, which, based on certain selection rules, sends this or that advertising information from the database to the user's computer (see description of US patent No. 6285984 of 04/04/2001 . / 3 /).

A disadvantage of the known system is that it does not take into account the user's need for additionally presented information (in this case, advertisements).

Declared as a utility model, the system for providing information is aimed at providing the user with additional information that may be of interest to him.

This result is achieved by the fact that the information providing system comprises a user computer with software and with means for managing and displaying the obtained information, connected to the Internet, and a server or website that responds to client requests and contains data relevant to the request, and a database of additional information related to the request associated with the site through the logical selection block, while a timer is set between the website and the logical selection block.

The specified result is also achieved by the fact that the system is equipped with a unit for determining the speed of downloading information to the user's computer, installed between the server or site and the timer.

Distinctive features of the claimed system are:

-set timer between the site and the logical selection block;

- supplying the system with a unit for determining the speed of downloading information to a user's computer, installed between the server or site and the timer.

The establishment between the logical selection block of additional information and the timer site allows you to supply the user with that additional information that may be of interest to him. For example, if a user lingers on a certain page of a site for a period longer than necessary for a quick look, this may mean that he is more attentively studying the contents of the page and the additional information logically related to it may be of interest to him. To more clearly identify such interest in particular cases of system implementation, it is advisable to provide it with a unit for determining the speed of downloading information to a user's computer. This will reveal whether the user’s delay on this page is due to a more careful study of its content or just a slow download of this page to his computer.

The essence of the claimed system for the provision of information is illustrated by an example implementation and drawings, which conventionally show the basic structural diagrams of the system in various implementations - in FIG. 1 in its most general form; in FIG. 2 - in a particular case.

In its most general form, the system contains the computer of user 1, which is equipped with the necessary software (for example, Internet Explorer or Netscape), management tools (mouse, keyboard), and information display tools (monitor, printer). The computer is connected to the Internet with the ability to access servers (sites) 2 containing the information the user needs. The server (site) is connected via a timer 3 to a logical selection unit 4, the output of which is connected to a database of additional information 5.

All blocks used in the system are known, executed according to well-known rules, and work according to well-known algorithms. A detailed disclosure of the design and operation algorithms can be found in the description of the prototype / 3 /, as well as in EPO application No. 1096755, Н OIL 29/06, 2001/4 /, which describes the interaction of the server, the logic unit and the databases; in the description of US patent No. 6304864 from 10.16.2001. / 5 /, which describes a system for searching relevant information using intelligent actuators. In the description of US patents No. 6161127, 2000/6 / and No. 5991799, 1999 111, the interaction of the logic unit and the databases is disclosed, therefore, the operation of the system will be described in its most general form.

A user using a computer 1 connected to the Internet connects to a server (site) 2 containing the information required by the user. In this case, the connection can be made directly if the user knows the URL of the resource being searched or he finds the list of URLs using the search engine and then connects with a server selected from the list. The server, as soon as it starts to unload the contents of the site’s web page selected by the user, issues a signal to timer 3 about this, including it in standby mode, the time of which is set by the network administrator.

If the user gets acquainted with the content of the selected web page for longer than the specified waiting time, this may indicate an interest in its content and then the timer sends a signal from the site to the logical selection block 4 for inclusion. Block 4, having received information about what information is contained on the web page being viewed, selects that database of additional information 5 that

information that relates on the topic to the information on the web page and sends it to the user's computer 1, where it can be displayed in the field of the page being viewed or in a new browser window. For example, a user went to a site with information about plans of book publishers for the production of fiction and lingered longer than the waiting time for a timer on a page dedicated to the publication of works by A.S. Pushkin. In this case, the logical selection unit 4 will send information related to the name of Pushkin from the database 5. For example, a list of literature devoted to his biography, films about his life, adaptation of works, excursions to Pushkin places, etc. The above information can be sent either in full, or with an indication of the URL, where they can be found in more detail.

In the particular implementation case, the system described above is supplemented by a download speed determination unit 6 installed between the server 2 and the timer 3, as shown in FIG. 2.

In this embodiment, the system as a whole functions as does the embodiment of FIG. 1, except that the signal from the server 2 about the start of the download goes to block 6, which determines the speed of downloading information to the user's computer and corrects the inclusion of timer 3 in standby mode. This allows you to more accurately identify the user's interest in the information provided, because There may be situations where the timer may wait less than the page loading time on the user's computer (for example, if the user has a computer with a low clock speed or his provider does not have the necessary technical capabilities for a high data transfer rate, or the user has a modem with a low information transfer rate etc.). IN

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in this case, the time taken by the user to familiarize himself with the contents of the web page will be more accurately determined.

When compiling the description, the terms from the book “English-Russian explanatory dictionary on the INTERNET. Minsk, SADI Agency, 1997.

Claims (2)

1. A system for providing information containing a user's computer with software and with means for managing and displaying information received, connected to the Internet, and a server or website that responds to client requests and contains data relevant to the request, and a database of additional information related to request related to the site through the logical selection unit, characterized in that a timer is set between the site and the logical selection unit. 2. The system according to claim 1, characterized in that the system is equipped with a unit for determining the speed of downloading information to a user's computer, installed between the server or site and the timer.