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Virtual directory
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Inventors: Colwill, Jr., Ronald W.;
Assignee: Heck.Com, LLC (Thousand Oaks, CA)
Primary Examiner: Coby; Frantz
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.
A method, system and apparatus for providing a virtual directory to facilitate a quick, direct search for a web site on the Internet. A user is provided with an extensive number of first level search categories. By clicking on a first level search category, the user is linked to a plurality of corresponding second level search categories which are pre-selected by a service provider. By clicking on a second level search category, the user is linked to a plurality of corresponding third level search categories, which are also pre-selected by the service provider. The third level search categories are preferably URLs corresponding to the search. The user can click on any one of the URLs to access a web site. A button is provided on a bar of the web site by which a user can return to one of the first or second level search categories directly from the current web page bypassing all the intermediate web pages the user reviewed. The virtual directory also provides a search engine directory whereby a user can switch from one search engine to another in order to complete a search without having to retype a search category. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION FIG.
1 is a network schematic of an embodiment of a virtual directory system ("VDS") 10.
VDS 10 is configured so that a user searching for a particular web site can be guided to the web site using a web browser in a limited number of clicks, preferably four or less, without the need for typing in any text.
VDS 10 is suitable for the Internet, and more preferably for consumer to business or business to business electronic commerce.
VDS 10 includes virtual directory host server 100 which is connected to Internet 60 through an Internet service provider (ISP).
End users 15, 30, 45 and 50 are connected to Internet 60 through any type of computing device such as personal computers 20 and 25, a workstation, a network terminal, or via wireless communications 35 using any form of wireless or hand-held remote device, such as wireless telephone 40 or palm pilot 55, that can accomplish two-way electronic communication over the network.
Turning now to FIG.
2, illustrated therein are exemplary components of a computer device, such as virtual directory host server 100.
Any of user remote devices 20, 25, 40 or 55 may share a similar configuration.
The primary component of virtual directory host server 100 is processor 110, which may be any commonly available microprocessor.
Processor 110 may be operatively connected to further exemplary components, such as RAM/ROM 120, clock 130, input/output device(s) 140, and memory 150 which, in turn, stores one or more computer programs 160.
Processor 110 operates in conjunction with random access memory and read-only memory.
The random-access memory (RAM) portion of RAM/ROM 120 may be a suitable number of Single In-Line Memory Module (SIMM) chips having a storage capacity (typically measured in kilobytes or megabytes) sufficient to store and transfer, inter alia, processing instructions utilized by processor 110 which may be received from application programs 160.
The read-only memory (ROM) portion of RAM/ROM 120 may be any permanent non-rewritable memory medium capable of storing and transferring, inter alia, processing instructions performed by processor 110 during a start-up routine of virtual directory host server 100
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