Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20080155392
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | This is a copy of the Jan. 30, 2006 version of the web page describing the Watchlist feature in Wikipedia. Because it was published on the web site more than one year before the application's filing date, it is a 102(b) reference. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Online Publication |
| URL | http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index... |
| Author/Creator | Wikipedia users; this particular version was last edited by a user named "Uncle G's 'bot" |
| Title | Help:Watching pages |
| Publication Date | January 30, 2006 |
| Publisher | Wikipedia |
| Directions to Document Location | If you click on the "History" section on any Wikipedia entry, you can scroll back to find copies of the page as it existed on a particular date. |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | By Nov. 2006, this same page was edited to indicate that the Watchlist supported an email notification whenever a page was changed. http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Help:Watching_pages&oldid=91145565 The Nov. 2006 version of this web page |
Excerpt
Excerpt Anyone with an account may choose to be notified when a certain page changes using the "watch" feature and "my watchlist".
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Watchlist
When the user is logged in, every page has a link to the user's watchlist, also accessible by the link Special:Watchlist. It approximately functions as a custom recent changes just for pages that you watch. It gives a list of all watched pages, ordered backward according to the time of the last edit of the page, optionally up to some cutoff time.
Each line shows details about the last edit: the day, whether minor or major, the time, a link to the page, the difference between the current version and the last but one, the history, the user name and the edit summary. |
Relevance
Claims
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A method of determining if a document associated with a web browser has been altered, the method comprising:
obtaining a first information associated with the document;
responding to an event by obtaining a second information associated with the document; and
comparing the first information with the second information and based on the comparison, executing a second set of computer instructions.
Relevance
The Watchlist is used to track changes to a particular Wikipedia page. When the page is edited, a new entry is added to the User's watchlist.
The Watchlist is used to track changes to a particular Wikipedia page. When the page is edited, a new entry is added to the User's watchlist.
Claim Chart
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An add-on for a web browser, where the add-on performs a method of determining if a document associated with a web browser has been altered, the method comprising:
obtaining a first information associated with the document;
responding to an event by obtaining a second information associated with the document; and
comparing the first information with the second information and based on the comparison, executing a second set of computer instructions.
Relevance
See above.
See above.
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A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of determining if a document associated with a web browser has been altered, the method comprising:
obtaining a first information associated with the document;
responding to an event by obtaining a second information associated with the document; and comparing the first information with the second information and based on the comparison, executing a second set of computer instructions.
Relevance
See above.
See above.
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