Patent ID: 9588784
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method comprising: providing, by an online media server, a plurality of selections on a webpage for display on a client device to set webpage personalization settings within the web page on the client device, wherein the plurality of selections includes a Friends selection related to a social network of a user, an Off selection that is not related to the social network and not related to the user and is related to popularity of content, and a Full selection that is related to personalized content for the user, wherein the social network is maintained by a social media server; receiving an input, by the online media server, for the Friends selection within the web page from the user, wherein the input for the Friends selection is received while the web page is being displayed on the client device via the Internet; in response to receiving the input for the Friends selection from the plurality of selections, selecting, by the online media server, one or more content modules for displaying on the webpage, wherein the one or more content modules are configured to include advertisement content that is selected based on online activities of the user's friends in the social network; in response to said selecting of the one or more content modules, forwarding, by the online media server, the one or more content modules and the advertisement content to the client device for display on the webpage from which the Friends selection is made by the user, wherein the advertisement content is displayed within the one or more content modules, wherein each of the content modules displayed includes a content indicator that indicates one of the webpage personalization settings; receiving another input for the Off selection within the webpage displayed on the client device when the Off selection is selected by the user; and in response to receiving the input for the Off selection, switching, by the online media server, the advertisement content that is displayed to another advertisement content that is selected based on the Off selection and switching the content indicator to another content indicator for display within the webpage.