Patent ID: 8090776
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for providing a web page content change notification over a network, comprising: determining a content change has occurred in at least one portion of a web page having an owner; selecting one or more contacts associated with the web page owner to receive a notification of the content change, the one or more contacts selected from a list of contacts maintained in an instant messaging service, each selected contact having (i) authorization by the web page owner to view the portion of the web page where the content change occurred, and (ii) an associated instant messaging contact list to which the contact has added the web page owner; and transmitting the notification via the instant messaging service to a messenger client of each of the one or more contacts selected to receive a-notification of the content change, the notification including summary information, the summary information including at least one and not more than a predetermined number of displayable components of the web page and an indication of the order in which the displayable components were added to the web page, the predetermined number of displayable components being less than the total number of displayable components in the web page, wherein when each contact among the one or more contacts selected to receive the notification logs in to the instant messaging service, said each contact's associated instant messaging contact list is presented, automatically listing