Patent ID: 6718365
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for gathering information on user preferences for network addresses that are capable of being selected to access observable data at the selected network address, comprising:maintaining a search engine index of network addresses and at least one keyword and an importance rating associated with each network address, wherein at least one of the network addresses is associated with bookmark data and wherein at least one of the network addresses is not associated with bookmark data, receiving modifications to bookmark data indicating saved user selected network addresses, wherein the modifications to the bookmark data include associating at least one network address with a classification; transmitting the modifications to the bookmark data to a server over a network, wherein the transmitted bookmark data is used to update the importance rating associated with each network address in the search engine index of network addresses, and wherein a search for one or more keywords is performed against the search engine index of network addresses to identify network addresses that are ordered based on the importance rating associated with each network address; and adding the classification associated with the network address to a keyword field associated with the network address.