| 6177936 |
Browser hierarchical contextual information for web pages |
| Jan-23-2001 |
A mechanism for providing contextual information for a web page. In the preferred embodiment, a browser displays multiple web pages in multiple windows in a parent-child hierarchy on a display screen.... |
| 6175840 |
Method for indicating the location of video hot links |
| Jan-16-2001 |
A method for indicating the location of time dependent video hot links to a user, comprising the steps of: displaying a motion video presentation on a first portion of a display device, the video presentation... |
| 6169997 |
Method and apparatus for forming subject (context) map and presenting Internet data according to the subject map |
| Jan-2-2001 |
Currently, a web site stores Internet data indicating file access status for the files that have been accessed in response to requests from web browsers. Unfortunately, the Internet data are kept as a... |
| 6169995 |
Link information maintenance management method |
| Jan-2-2001 |
A link information management method is capable of reducing the number of steps of a link maintenance processing of link information indicating a correspondence relationship between geographical information... |
| 6167448 |
Management event notification system using event notification messages written using a markup language |
| Dec-26-2000 |
An event notification system for a network including a managed device that includes one or more management agents that detect one or more management events of a plurality of possible management events.... |
| 6163779 |
Method of saving a web page to a local hard drive to enable client-side browsing |
| Dec-19-2000 |
A method of copying a Web page presented for display on a browser of a Web client. The Web page comprises a base HTML document and a plurality of hypertext references, one or more of which may be associated... |
| 6161112 |
Web page presentation control mechanism and method |
| Dec-12-2000 |
A presentation control mechanism allows a user to set presentation attributes for one or more presentation items on a web page. These presentation attributes determine how a presentation item is presented... |
| 6157933 |
Method and apparatus for loading multiple animated images on a web-page with limited network throughput |
| Dec-5-2000 |
A method and apparatus for loading multiple animated images on a Web page during browsing over a network with limited bandwidth. The method comprising the steps of: (1) retrieving hypertext objects containing... |
| 6157930 |
Accelerating access to wide area network information in mode for showing document then verifying validity |
| Dec-5-2000 |
WAN documents are stored locally in cache with a document expiration date. Ideally, content is unchanged prior to the expiration date and has changed after the expiration date. When requesting to view... |
| 6154767 |
Methods and apparatus for using attribute transition probability models for pre-fetching resources |
| Nov-28-2000 |
Building resource (e.g., Internet content) and attribute transition probability models and using such models for pre-fetching resources, editing resource link topology, building resource link topology... |
| 6154752 |
Chronological identification of hyper text links during back tracking |
| Nov-28-2000 |
A browser is provided in which the color of a selected linking word in a document is changed to a color that indicates the relative order in which the linking word was selected. As an example, consider... |
| 6154208 |
Proxy mechanism for non-native GDI formats |
| Nov-28-2000 |
A system, for use with an operating system that includes an interface module which interfaces between an application program and a device driver, creates a proxy image in order to transmit information... |
| 6145000 |
System and method for creating and navigating a linear hypermedia resource program |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A method and system for creating and navigating linear hypermedia resource programs are disclosed. The system includes a distributed hypermedia resource network having a plurality of hypermedia resources... |
| 6144973 |
Document requesting system and method of receiving related document in advance |
| Nov-7-2000 |
The degree of association between each document specified by each of the URLs included in the document transferred from a document providing system to a document requesting system and the document specified... |
| 6144972 |
Moving image anchoring apparatus which estimates the movement of an anchor based on the movement of the object with which the anchor is associated utilizing a pattern matching technique |
| Nov-7-2000 |
A moving image anchor setting apparatus for setting an anchor to a moving image including a frame specification portion for specifying a first frame from among a plurality of frames constituting the moving... |
| 6141010 |
Computer interface method and apparatus with targeted advertising |
| Oct-31-2000 |
A method and apparatus for providing an automatically upgradeable software application that includes targeted advertising based upon demographics and user interaction with the computer. The software application... |
| 6138129 |
Method and apparatus for providing automated searching and linking of electronic documents |
| Oct-24-2000 |
A method and apparatus for a relatively meaningful search and/or link operation to be performed within and/or between one or more electronic documents. According to one aspect of the invention, a method... |
| 6138128 |
Sharing and organizing world wide web references using distinctive characters |
| Oct-24-2000 |
The present invention is directed to sharing and organizing world wide web pages using a number of distinctive characters, each having an interest. In a preferred embodiment, each distinctive character... |
| 6134583 |
Method, system, apparatus and article of manufacture for providing identity-based caching services to a plurality of computer systems (#16) |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A procedure for obtaining a copy of a data object is disclosed. A client computer provides a server computer, such as a proxy server, a firewall or a gateway, with a request for a data object. The request... |
| 6134552 |
Knowledge provider with logical hyperlinks |
| Oct-17-2000 |
A system and method is described for the efficient management and storage of documents in a multi-user environment by implementing a three-tiered content model for storage and a context resolution mechanism... |
| 6128655 |
Distribution mechanism for filtering, formatting and reuse of web based content |
| Oct-3-2000 |
The invention provides an automated system for replicating published web content and associated advertisements in the context of a hosting web site. At the hosting web site, the invention includes the... |
| 6125363 |
Distributed, multi-user, multi-threaded application development method |
| Sep-26-2000 |
An object-oriented multi-threaded application development system and method for developing resource information software is provided, wherein the application development framework is made up of three tiers.... |
| 6115718 |
Method and apparatus for predicting document access in a collection of linked documents featuring link proprabilities and spreading activation |
| Sep-5-2000 |
A method and apparatus for predicting document access within a collection of linked documents. The present invention utilizes a predictive technique known as "spreading activation" where document collections... |
| 6112212 |
Systems and methods for organizing and analyzing information stored on a computer network |
| Aug-29-2000 |
The invention includes an agency computer program that operates on a server of computer network that includes other servers, terminals, storage sites, and optionally any other suitable network device,... |
| 6112176 |
Speech data collection over the world wide web |
| Aug-29-2000 |
In a computerized method for collecting speech data, Web pages of client computers connected to the Internet are enabled to acquire speech signal and information characterizing the speech. The addresses... |
| 6105028 |
Method and apparatus for accessing copies of documents using a web browser request interceptor |
| Aug-15-2000 |
A method and apparatus for enabling access of a document on a remote network device by a local computer includes an interceptor for intercepting a request (from a web browser on the local computer system)... |
| 6098082 |
Method for automatically providing a compressed rendition of a video program in a format suitable for electronic searching and retrieval |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A compressed rendition of a video program is provided in a format suitable for electronic searching and retrieval. An electronic pictorial transcript representation of the video program is initially received.... |
| 6098081 |
Hypermedia navigation using soft hyperlinks |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A hypermedia-based navigation system includes a plurality of information providers and one or more clients. Databases of available hyperlink targets are maintained by the information providers. Each of... |
| 6096096 |
Web-site delivery |
| Aug-1-2000 |
A method and system for emulating on-line accessing of information in an off-line environment. In one embodiment, information initially configured to be displayed via an on-line connection is stored onto... |
| 6088707 |
Computer system and method of displaying update status of linked hypertext documents |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A computer system and method of displaying hypertext documents indicate an update status for a particular hypertext document in association with the display of a hypertext link definition pointing to that... |
| 6088032 |
Computer controlled display system for displaying a three-dimensional document workspace having a means for prefetching linked documents |
| Jul-11-2000 |
A means for prefetching linked document objects in a document workspace. A document object may be a document or a document collection. Such document objects have links to other document objects. The prefetching... |
| 6085199 |
Method for distributing a file in a plurality of different file formats |
| Jul-4-2000 |
A method and implementing computer system is provided in which a network file system is operable to report multiple virtual files in various formats for a single native file in storage. When one of the... |
| 6085186 |
Method and system using information written in a wrapper description language to execute query on a network |
| Jul-4-2000 |
This invention provides assistance to a user in accessing network attached information sources. In one aspect, the invention is a method for intelligently routing a user query to information sources relevant... |
| 6081815 |
Method for processing a hyperlink formatted message to make it compatible with an alphanumeric messaging device |
| Jun-27-2000 |
A method processes a hyperlink formatted message to make it compatible with an alphanumeric messaging device (118) that lacks hyperlink decoding capability. The hyperlink formatted message includes at... |
| 6081814 |
Document reference environment manager |
| Jun-27-2000 |
A reference environment manager may create, modify, and access multiple environments, each containing certain references related in a manner of significance to a user. References may be entries referring... |
| 6075537 |
Ease of use interface to hotspots in hypertext document pages in network display stations |
| Jun-13-2000 |
A data processor controlled user interactive display system for displaying hypertext documents, each including a sequence of display screen pages received over a communications network such as the World... |
| 6069630 |
Data processing system and method for creating a link map |
| May-30-2000 |
A data processing system and methodology implement a graphical user interface for providing a graphical link map. In the graphical link map, various types of files and documents are color-coded and shape-coded... |
| 6067559 |
Server architecture for segregation of dynamic content generation applications into separate process spaces |
| May-23-2000 |
A server architecture has a server program to receive client requests and multiple applications to process the requests. Each application comprises a collection of agents that can be invoked to process... |
| 6067552 |
User interface system and method for browsing a hypertext database |
| May-23-2000 |
A method and apparatus for traversing a hypertext system is provided. A set of descriptive document index terms is provided for documents in the database. Means are provided for the user to specify both... |
| 6065048 |
Method and system to create, transmit, receive and process information, including an address to further information |
| May-16-2000 |
A method and system for sending and receiving Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in electronic mail over the Internet. An electronic mail document containing a URL may have several different types. If the... |
| 6049801 |
Web site providing professional services |
| Apr-11-2000 |
A web site is provided permitting direct client entry of reminders to a central database for automating delivery of professional services relating to the reminders. |
| 6038598 |
Method of providing one of a plurality of web pages mapped to a single uniform resource locator (URL) based on evaluation of a condition |
| Mar-14-2000 |
A content author generates multiple sets of web pages and associated conditions which map to a specified uniform resource locator (URL). The web page sets, associated conditions, and a state information... |
| 6035323 |
Methods and apparatuses for distributing a collection of digital media over a network with automatic generation of presentable media |
| Mar-7-2000 |
Methods and apparatuses for publishing a collection of digital media on a network. In one example of a method, a client digital processing system generates a collection of digital media and transmits collection... |
| 6035308 |
System and method of managing document data with linking data recorded on paper media |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A document data administrating system comprises a filing means for previously storing data related to particular words, texts, symbols, or graphics as related data files; medium paper in which at least... |
| 6034680 |
Supplying supplementary information for printed books |
| Mar-7-2000 |
A method for supplying supplementary information related to printed books comprises the steps of: distributing a plurality of different printed books having respective content; supplying a common internet... |
| 6032162 |
System for processing and storing internet bookmark address links |
| Feb-29-2000 |
A system supports uploading, downloading, collating and storage of bookmark addresses (Universal Resource Locator codes--URLs) using a remote Internet site. A method for accessing Internet data using a... |
| 6029180 |
Information presentation apparatus and method |
| Feb-22-2000 |
In the information presentation apparatus of the present invention, it is possible for the user to effectively present information relative to first information. A memory stores first information including... |
| 6026437 |
Method and system in a computer network for bundling and launching hypertext files and associated subroutines within archive files |
| Feb-15-2000 |
A method and system in a computer network for dynamically bundling and launching hypertext files within archive files, wherein the computer network includes at least one client connectable to one or more... |
| 6021426 |
Method and apparatus for dynamic data transfer on a web page |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A system and method for transferring information resources over a network from one source to another that reduces latency and bandwidth requirements on the network. The information resources are made up... |
| 6021416 |
Dynamic source code capture for a selected region of a display |
| Feb-1-2000 |
A method and system are provided for processing a hypertext markup language (HTML) source file stored in a server processor. The processing is performed by a browser program in a client processor. The... |
