PERSONALIZED METABROWSER

摘要

The inventive application dynamically configures content data segments selected from numerous Internet data resources (202), such as documents (218), based on user defined preferences. The resulting presentation template data file formates a "real time" customized display (212) that gathers and aggregates selected content data segments into a single viewing area. The inventive presentation template does not store the actual data of the stored segments. Contrarily, what is being saved are the addresses of the parent document (202) as well as the coordinates of the actual data segments within their parent document (202). This customized presentation template may be shared with other users via e-mail, storage medium, or proxy server. It may be displayed by a custom-built or any off-the shelf commercially available Internet browser (204) on any Internet connected device, e.g., PC, Set, Set Top Box, personal digital assistant, etc.