SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SELECTING INFORMATION FOR DISPLAY

摘要

A system and method is provided that automatically predicts the link that a user would like to follow by collecting and modeling user actions, and navigates to the link. In one aspect, the system may store a history of the user's manipulation of a browser's user interface, and predict the link of greatest interest to the user by comparing the visual similarity of potential links with previously selected and non-selected links, and estimating the location of the screen that the user is currently viewing.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
displaying, on an electronic display of a client device and via a user interface, a first document having a plurality of links; receiving, by a processor of the client device, a request from a user to leave the first document and display a different document on the electronic display, wherein the request to display the different document does not provide identification information to identify a target document; responding to the request by identifying the target document using the processor by selecting a given link from the plurality of links that references the target document, the given link having visually similar characteristics in appearance on the electronic display to a link that was previously selected via the user interface, and the selection being based on evaluating a user manipulation of the user interface that occurred prior to the receipt of the request from the user; and displaying the target document on the electronic display.