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Method of enhancing rendering of content item, client system and server system

US7904503B2 · kind B2 · utility

66Cited by
205References
23Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 21, 2001
Grant dateMar 8, 2011
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/9566
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A client system (200, 220) receives a content item. The user can mark the received content item as being of interest. In response to said marking, tracking means (204, 224) automatically provide identifying data for the marked content item to a remote server system (250). The server receives a portion of the content item from a client system (200, 220), processes the received portion to obtain an identifier for the content item, obtains further information on the content item using the identifier, and transmits the further information back to the client system (200, 220). The tracking means (204, 224) subsequently receive further information on the content item from the remote server system (250). An identifier for the content item can be used in an e-commerce system (160), for example by putting it on a shopping list (161) or to obtain a list of related items.

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