Patent ID: 8606819

Claim:
A method for providing content via a communications network on a user's computer, obtained from a plurality of resources in an organized arrangement comprising the steps of: creating a show structure of nodes, each node identifying a resource from a plurality of accessible resources, at least some of which are network accessible resources; without requiring user input, automatically accessing a plurality of said network accessible resources identified by a corresponding node; causing content corresponding to each of said accessed resources to be automatically accessed and presented through said user's computer in accordance with said show structure such that during said presentation of at least some of said content from said accessed resources, at least some of said other network accessible resources are being accessed, wherein said step of creating further comprises the step of providing interactively variable duration information, representing the duration that said content corresponding to said accessed resource is presented so as to enable a user to vary said duration; and causing advertisement content to be presented to said user in connection with said automatic presentation of said content through said user's computer.