Patent ID: 8078620
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for accessing web pages on a network, the method comprising: transferring a portion of a first web page, wherein the portion of the first web page includes a selector allowing a user to concurrently select respective content values for two or more content dimensions; detecting a user's choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from a user input device to indicate the content value selected by the user of a computer for each content dimension; identifying one or more second web pages associated with information that meets all the selected content values for the content dimensions; sending information about the identified second web pages to the computer; detecting a user's choice by receiving information generated in response to signals from the user input device indicating one of the second web pages selected by the user of the computer from the identified second web pages; and sending to the computer the one of the second web pages selected by the user; wherein different users are provided access to a plurality of sections of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users based on a community value for at least one community dimension assigned to each section of the one of the second web pages selected by the different users by: identifying a first user value for at least one community dimension to which a first user is associated, the first user value indicating a first community with which the first user is associated; for a first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user; conditionally providing the first user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user; for a second section of the one of the second web pages, comparing the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user; conditionally providing the first user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user, based on the comparison of the first user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the first user; identifying a second user value for at least one community dimension to which a second user is associated, the second user value indicating a second community with which the second user is associated; for the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user; conditionally providing the second user access to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the first section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user; for the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, comparing the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user; and conditionally providing the second user access to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user, based on the comparison of the second user value to the community value for the at least one community dimension assigned to the second section of the one of the second web pages selected by the second user.