The site Inquirer
noticed an interesting patent owned by Yahoo. The mechanism described in the
document called
Dynamic Page Generator is very similar to those currently used in dozens of content aggregator services like Netvibes, Pageflakes and Google personalized home pages.
The mechanism of the mechanism is as follows: a special server collects information that users may need (for example, weather forecasts, news, stock quotes, etc.), and then, based on a request from a specific reader, forms a page containing only the data needed it was him.
The patent number 7171414 was issued on January 30 of this year, although an application for its receipt was filed in September 99th.