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1 US B1 (12) United States Patent (10) Patent N0.: US 7,373,313 B1 Kahle et al. (45) Date of Patent: May 13, 2008 (54) SERVICE FOR ENABLING USERS TO 6,081,829 A * 6/2000 Sidana /203 SHARE INFORMATION REGARDING 6,282,548 B1* 8/2001 Burner et a /104.1 PRODUCTS REPRESENTED ()N WEB PAGES 6,381,597 B1 * 4/2002 Lin /4 6,405,175 B1* 6/2002 Ng /14 (75) Inventors: Brewster P. Kahle, San Francisco, CA * 11/2002 Gllpta et a1 "" " 707 (Us) N. HP 0,]). n S 6,556,975 B1* 4/2003 Wlttsche.. 705/26. a ' r_ s an 6,571,295 B1 * 5/2003 Sidana /246 Franclsco, CA (Us), Rqnna 0 6,687,734 B1 * 2/2004 Sellink et a1. 709/203 Tanenbaum, San Franclscos C4013); 6,721,802 B1 * 4/2004 Wright et a1. 709/246 Je?rey Bartolotta, San Franclsco, CA 6,877,137 B1 * 4/2005 Rivette et a1. 715/512 (US); Sondra L. Cholach, San 7,072,856 B1 * 7/2006 Nachom /26 Francisco, CA (US); Paul Van Der Merwe Sauer, San Francisco, CA (US) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS (73) Assignee: Alexa Internet, San Francisco, CA W0 WO 00/62223 A1 10/2000 (Us) OTHER PUBLICATIONS ( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this _ patent is extended or adjusted under 35 Hoppeg, Dfglgtgops now have power to comparlson shop; CNN. com, 0.,. U'S'C' 154(1)) by 482 days Maney, Kevin; Auctions change the way we shop; refreq.com; Nov. (21) Appl. N0.: 09/820, * _ (Continued) (22) Filed: Mar. 28, 2001 Primary Examinerileifrey A. Smith Related US. Application Data Assistant ExamineriMichael A. MisiasZek (60) Provisional application No. 60/199,569,?led on Apr. gggraiiliojgney Agent or FlrmiKnObbe Martens Olson & 25, (51) Int- Cl- (57) ABSTRACT G06Q 30/00 ( ) A h b b (52) us. Cl /26; 705/1; 705/14; usgrl zgtng lii rnei?g daiaowsiirveorntg _ rov1 e user access to ro uct-re ate in ormation associ (58) Field of Classi?cation Search 770)55//2267 p d p d 1 d f i i """""""" " ated with products represented on web pages accessed by the S 1. t.?l f 1 t web browser. The product-related information may include ee app lea Ion e or Comp 6 e Seam 15 my information submitted by other users via other instances of (56) References Cited the client, such that users share product-related information U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5,727,129 A 3/1998 Barrett et al. across web pages. 22 Claims, 29 Drawing Sheets 774%! 7745 WEB SERVER WEB SITE 7704" WEB PAGE 700 WEB SERVER WEB SITE 720 x U SER COMPU TER DISPLAY WEB BROWSER CLIENT PROGRAM "/22 r PRODUCT DATA SERVER
2 US 7,373,313 B1 Page 2 OTHER PUBLICATIONS Make mysimon work harder for you!; mysimon.com; 1999.* Festa, Paul; Amazon pops into consumer reviews with ZBubbles; cnet.com; Nov. 17, 1999.* Gillmor, Dan; Subversive Software At Your Service; San Jose Mercury News; Oct. 17, 1999.* Your Gateway to Online Shopping; RUsure.com; 2000.* O Brien, Jim; Don t check Out Without Them: Desktop shopping agents?nd... ; Computer Shopper; Mar * Gingerich, Jason; Keycorp Making site Into Portal; South Bend Tribune; Oct. 25, 1999.* Peet, John; Survey of E-commerce: In the great web bazaar every thing has its price. The web can help you?nd out what it is; Economist; Feb. 26, 2000.* Spring, Tom; Updated Flyswat Search Has Better Aim; PC World; Feb. 15, 2000* Desktops now have power to comparison-shop. D. Ian Hopper, CNN.com, Oct. 18, 1999.* M. Roscheisen, C. Mogensen and T. Winograd, Beyond browsing. shared comments, SOAPs, trails, and on-line communities, Com puter Networks and ISDN Systems 27, Proceedings of the Third International World-Wide Web Conference, pp , dated Apr , M. Rocheisen, C. Mogensen and T. Winograd, Shared Web Anno tations As A Platform for Third-Party Value-Added Information Providers. Architecture, Protocols, and Usage Examples, Techni cal Report CSDTIUDLTR, ComMentor, pp. 1-32, printed on Dec. 20, D. Plotnikolf, Navigation tools help the Web traveler San Jose Mercury News Mercury Center, pp. 1-3, dated Feb. 5, page internet printout of New Flyswat 2.0, Answers faster, Simpler, And everywhere, printed on Feb. 14, page internet printout of?yswatithe smart way to BuZZ through the Web, printed on Dec. 20, page internet printout of GuruNetiYour Instant Expert, printed on Feb. 14, Press Release, Third Voice Launches Tool to Democratize the Internet by Giving Every Reader a Voice on Every Web Site, ThirdVoice.com, pp. 1-2, printed on Dec. 20, Press Release, Third Voice Captures People s Voice, Third Voice. com, pp. 1-3, printed on Dec. 20, page internet printout of Clickthebutton, printed on Dec. 21, page internet printout of Panasonic D VD-A120, Clickthebutton, printed on Dec. 20, Press Release, Annotate gets rid of banners, New York Post at Annotate.net and the Press, dated Dec. 6, page internet printout of About The Agent, at rusure.com, printed on Dec. 20, page internet printout of How it All Began? (The Comparative Shopping History), printed on Dec. 20, Press Release, Internet Start-Up dash.com Receives $12.1 Million to Launch First Mobile Shopping Portal, dash.com, pp. 1-2, printed on Dec. 21, M. Kane, ZDNet News, Internet Program lets shopper Dash for rebates, ZDNet.com, dated Aug. 16, US. Appl. No. 09/794,952,?led Feb. 27, * cited by examiner
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