Navigation interface

This patent claims priority from application Ser. No. 11/373,324 filed Mar. 13, 2006, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,441,196, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 09/518,015 filed Mar. 03, 2000 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,020,845, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 09/440,214 filed Nov. 15, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,600,497.

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1. Field

This disclosure relates to navigation interfaces.

2. Description of the Related Art

The importance of the Internet as a tool of electronic commerce can not be overstated. The ability of consumers to buy products, obtain information from the comfort of their own home is revolutionizing the way business is done. Increasingly, there is a push to provide access to the Internet on standard television monitors through the use of set top boxes. Over time, much like cable-ready televisions, it is expected that Internet-ready televisions will proliferate. Unfortunately, even on large screen televisions the web surfing experience is poor, inasmuch as the web content is illegible and/or unnegotiable, unless you happen to be sitting very close to the television. Generally, this makes web surfing impractical in more traditional television environments. As the television web access systems proliferate, improved navigation and content access on the television is likely to become a necessity.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a system employing one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 2A is an exemplary web page having a sister site link.

FIG. 2B is an exemplary first matrix page of a sister site for the web page of FIG. 2A.

FIG. 2C is a web page having irregular segmentation.

FIG. 3 is a flow diagram of conversion of standard HTML pages to a sister site format in one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a client hardware architecture of one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5A is a flow diagram of server side segmentation in one embodiment of the invention.

FIG. 5B is a flow diagram of client side manipulation of a segmented page in one embodiment of the invention.

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