Automated content scheduler and displayer

摘要

A method of sequencing and scheduling web resources, via a software application that collects URLs and feeds them to a Web browser, so that the amount of clicks and decisions are reduced when browsing the Internet. The method begins after a computer user with Net-access encounters a URL that leads to a collection of other URLs that the software application has arranged to be presented in a continuous, show manner. This collection of resources then plays automatically, going from one resource to the next without the user being required to make a decision or click. The decision-making process is not inhibited, it is made optional. A method of inserting full-screen advertising, public service announcements, news, etc. has been developed. The server software application module described herein allows a publisher to stream URLs to a user who does not have the client-side software. The publishing module allows a user to format resources to a particularly desirable size and characteristic that promotes readability during a show viewing session. This same module can publish collections of nodes for others to view as a whole sequence, accessible via e-mail, screen saver or as a web resource.

主权项

1. 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; and causing content from said network accessible resources 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 resource is presented so as to enable a user to vary said duration.