ENHANCED DOWNLOADING FROM A COMPUTER NETWORK AND PROFILING OF A USER OF A COMPUTER NETWORK

摘要

In a first form of the invention, computer instructions perform a method of enhanced downloading of information from a computer network to a computer (120) operated by a user. The computer (120) sometimes conventionally downloads information from the computer network and sometimes does not conventionally download information from the computer network, thereby causing one or more idle times. The method accepts a selection of a user defined set of one of more pieces of additional information from the computer network during at least one of more idle times. Another form of the invention determines a profile of the user at least partially on the basis of the user selections. The second method accepts data relating to the user's downloading of information from the computer network and determines a profile of the user, independent of the one of more other users.