Patent ID: 6606652
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L

Abstract:
In a computer network that includes a plurality of servers and at least one user terminal logically connected to the computer network through a targeting information system that operates as an access point to the computer network by directing requests for content from the at least one user terminal to one or more servers providing the content that the at least one user terminal requests, a method of targeting one or more information packets for download to a user terminal, wherein the targeting is independent of the user terminal requesting content from any particular server, and wherein the targeting is based on content requested by the user terminal, the method comprising steps for:the targeting information system accessing a target database, the target database including one or more information packets that are targeted to at least a first content category; automatically, without user intervention, and independent of the user terminal requesting content from any particular server, the targeting information system obtaining one or more particular content addresses, wherein the particular one or more content addresses have been requested by the user terminal and correspond to content provided by one or more servers; and if the particular one or more content addresses which have been requested by the user terminal are associated with the first content category, the targeting information system delivering the one or more information packets to the user terminal.