Patent ID: 7054900
Filing Date: 2006-05-30
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method of recommending web pages comprising the steps of: providing plural categories of human interest, the categories having associated therewith respective scopes activating a client on a local device, the local device having an input device, an output device and a web browser the client monitoring browsing activity of an unregistered user who has not entered a profile of any kind the web browser requesting a first web page in response to the web browser requesting the first web page, the client automatically obtaining a first one of the plural categories of human interest in which the first web page belongs after the first one of the plural categories of human interest is obtained, the client automatically obtaining a first recommendation of a second web page which is in the first one of the plural categories of human interest wherein the first recommendation is based on the first one of the plural categories of human interest and not on a user profile of any kind, any particular information about the unregistered user, or any past browsing activity of the unregistered user while the web browser displays the first web page, the client outputting a message to the output device which informs the unregistered user of the availability of the first recommendation the unregistered user providing input to the client indicative of the unregistered user's desire to activate the first recommendation, and in response the client causing the web browser to request the second web page the web browser requesting the second web page the web browser outputting the second web page to the output device.