Patent ID: 6834306
Filing Date: 2004-12-21
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for notifying a user of changes to pre-selected portions of a web page, comprising:dividing a web page into a plurality of blocks; adding user-selection information to each of the plurality of blocks, the user-selection information including a select and a non-select user option; allowing a user to select ones of the plurality of blocks by exercising a select user option from the user-selection information associated with each of the plurality of blocks; adding user-selectable notification-enabling information to each of the user selected ones of the plurality of blocks, the user-selectable notification-enabling information including a plurality of notification properties, one of said plurality of notification properties including a user defined notification condition; for each of the user selected ones of the plurality of blocks, allowing the user to define the notification condition; storing the user notification condition for each of the user selected ones of the plurality of blocks; monitoring each of the user selected ones of the plurality of blocks; detecting changes made to each of the user selected ones of the plurality of blocks based upon the notification condition; and notifying the user when the detection indicates that the user selected notification condition has occurred.