SITE MEMORY PROCESSING
A system is provided for presenting users with relevant personalized and/or customized information whenever a visitor visits a website or performs an internet search. The described system described herein advantageously provides for the saving (clipping) of website information as an integrated part of a visitor's browsing experience. The content of the website information that is clipped may be advantageously controlled by a website owner/publisher. Using website clips, identified as “notes,” previously stored by a visitor, currently displayed website content may be accordingly modified in connection with identified relevant notes and/or a notification may be displayed on the current website for a particular visitor identifying stored relevant notes of the visitor.
1 . A method for presenting information on a website, comprising:
extracting information, as extracted information, from the website;
searching a database for relevant information that is relevant to the extracted information from the website, wherein the relevant information is stored in the database prior to the extracting of the extracted information from the website; and
presenting the relevant information in a manner that associates the relevant information with content displayed on the website.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the extracted information is a portion of the site address of the website.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the website is an interface to a search engine, and wherein the extracted information corresponds to a search query input to the search engine.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the manner in which the relevant information is displayed includes modifying search results of the search engine in response to the search query.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the manner of presenting the relevant information includes at least one of: (i) displaying a preview of the relevant information in a popup window, or (ii) modifying the website to add and display the relevant information.
6 . The method of claim 5 , further comprising:
determining whether a visitor has selected the preview in the popup window; and
if the preview is selected, displaying the relevant information corresponding to the preview.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the manner of presenting the relevant information includes displaying a notification on the website that the relevant information is available.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the database is maintained by a service, and wherein the relevant information stored in the database includes content clipped from at least one other website.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the extracted information is automatically extracted from the website.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the extracted information is extracted from the website after an activation action by a visitor to the website.
11 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing software that presents information on a website, the software comprising:
executable code that extracts information, as extracted information, from the website;
executable code that searches a database for relevant information that is relevant to the extracted information from the website, wherein the relevant information is stored in the database prior to the extracting of the extracted information from the website; and
executable code that presents the relevant information in a manner that associates the relevant information with content displayed on the website.
12 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the extracted information is a portion of the site address of the website.
13 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the website is an interface to a search engine, and wherein the extracted information corresponds to a search query input to the search engine.
14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the manner in which the relevant information is displayed includes modifying search results of the search engine in response to the search query.
15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the manner of presenting the relevant information includes at least one of: (i) displaying a preview of the relevant information in a popup window, or (ii) modifying the website to add and display the relevant information.
16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the software further comprises:
executable code that determines whether a visitor has selected the preview in the popup window; and
executable code that, if the preview is selected, displays the relevant information corresponding to the preview.
17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the manner of presenting the relevant information includes displaying a notification on the website that the relevant information is available.
18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the database is maintained by a service, and wherein the relevant information stored in the database includes content clipped from at least one other website.
19 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the extracted information is automatically extracted from the website.
20 . The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the extracted information is extracted from the website after an activation action by a visitor to the website.