Abstract: A method and system for single-action personalized recommendation and display of content via the Internet. The recommendation is given by a server system and received by a client system. The content itself has been previously recommended to the server system by the users of the client system. Client system recommendations to the server system are also invoked with a single-action. Recommended content is referred to by a URL. Users can rate content to the server system using a single-action. The server system performs recommendation calculations using user-specific information such as user preferences, demographic data, content rating history, and content-specific information. The content rating history of other users may also influence these calculations. Client systems display recommended content directly to the user in response to only a single-action.

Abstract: A method and system for single-action personalized recommendation and display of content via the Internet. The recommendation is given by a server system and received by a client system. The content itself has been previously recommended to the server system by the users of the client system. Client system recommendations to the server system are also invoked with a single-action. Recommended content is referred to by a URL. Users can rate content to the server system using a single-action. The server system performs recommendation calculations using user-specific information such as user preferences, demographic data, content rating history, and content-specific information. The content rating history of other users may also influence these calculations. Client systems display recommended content directly to the user in response to only a single-action.

Abstract: A system for processing transactions in a distributed network is disclosed. In the system, various parties interact by means of client subsystems that allow them to use public key cryptography to digitally sign and verify messages. The parties send these messages to each others' client subsystems and to a transaction server, which carries out financial transactions on behalf of the parties. All financial transactions generate receipts signed by the transaction server and the initiating party, creating a secure and fraud-resistant audit trail. The integrity of the system can be verified on a continuous and ongoing basis by examining the receipts that result from transfers. The risk of fraud arising from deposits and withdrawals between the system and external sources is mitigated by isolating such transactions. Parties in the system may generate digitally signed offers specifying financial payments and/or non-financial terms and conditions that may be accepted by other parties in the system.