Patent ID: 6442590
Filing Date: 2002-08-27
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A site-sensitive service system in a wide-area network (WAN), comprising:an enhanced browser extension executing on at least a first and second client platform and accessing the WAN; a service-control server in the WAN; and an ad server connected to the WAN; wherein the enhanced browser extension opens a first communication link to a first WAN-connected site and at least a second communication link to the service-control server, and reports the address of the first WAN-connected site to the service-control server, and wherein the service-control server, recognizing that the client platforms are accessing the same WAN-connected site, enables a chat session between the at least first and second client platforms, and wherein the service-control server also selects ad information based on association of the URL of the Wan-connected site and ad characteristics, and streams the information to the at least first and second client platforms.