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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2002
Filed:
May. 27, 1999
Suman Kumar Inala, Santa Clara, CA (US);
P Venkat Rangan, San Diego, CA (US);
Yodlee.com, Inc., Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
In a site-sensitive Internet service system enhanced client browsers report URLs to an Internet-connected service-control server, which informs clients of other clients visiting common URLs, and organizes and enables chat sessions among simultaneous visitors to common Internet sites. In some cases the server activity, including chat sessions is transparent to hosts of the WEB sites visited. In others the WEB sites, through cooperation with the service-control server, control information streaming to clients, including chat sessions. Information streamed may include banner ads enabled as hyperlinks. In a further embodiment the service-control server maintains and reports statistics based on site visitation reported by clients.