Claims
- 1. In a computer controlled communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks, each hyperlink being user selectable to access and display a respective linked document, a system at a receiving display station for delayed viewing of designated linked documents comprising:
means enabling a user to designate a plurality of hyperlinks in received documents for subsequent viewing; means for storing said designated hyperlinks; and means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and display their respective linked documents.
- 2. The communication network system of claim 1 wherein said network is the World Wide Web (Web), and said hypertext documents are Web pages.
- 3. The communication network system of claim 1 further including:
means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and cache their respective linked documents; and means enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents.
- 4. The communication network system of claim 3 wherein said means enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents are off-line from said communication network.
- 5. The communication network system of claim 1 further including:
means for deleting each of said designated stored hyperlinks when each of their respective linked designated documents is displayed.
- 6. The communication network system of claim 2 wherein said system at said receiving display station further includes a user interactive Web browser, said browser including:
said means enabling a user to designate a plurality of hyperlinks in received documents for subsequent viewing; said means for storing said designated hyperlinks; and said means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and display their respective linked documents.
- 7. The communication network system of claim 6 wherein said interactive Web browser further includes:
means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and cache their respective linked documents; and means enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents.
- 8. In a computer controlled communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks, each hyperlink being user selectable to access and display a respective linked document, a method for delayed viewing of designated linked documents at a receiving display station comprising:
enabling a user to designate a plurality of hyperlinks in received documents for subsequent viewing; storing said designated hyperlinks; and selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and display their respective linked documents.
- 9. The communication network method of claim 8 wherein said network is the Web, and said hypertext documents are Web pages.
- 10. The communication network method of claim 7 further including the steps of:
selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and cache their respective linked documents; and enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents.
- 11. The communication network method of claim 10 wherein said step enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents is performed off-line from said communication network.
- 12. The communication network method of claim 8 further including the steps of:
deleting each of said designated stored hyperlinks when each of their respective linked designated documents is displayed.
- 13. The communication method of claim 9 further includes a user interactive Web browser method carried out at said receiving display station, said browser method including:
said step of enabling a user to designate a plurality of hyperlinks in received documents for subsequent viewing; said step of storing said designated hyperlinks; and said step of selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and display their respective linked documents.
- 14. The communication network method of claim 13 wherein said interactive Web browser method further includes the steps of:
selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and cache their respective linked documents; and enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents.
- 15. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for delayed viewing of designated linked documents at a receiving display station in a computer controlled communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text, images and a plurality of embedded hyperlinks, each hyperlink being user selectable to access and display a respective linked document, said computer program comprising:
means enabling a user to designate a plurality of hyperlinks in received documents for subsequent viewing; means for storing said designated hyperlinks; and means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and display their respective linked documents.
- 16. The computer program of claim 15 wherein said network is the Web, and said hypertext documents are Web pages.
- 17. The computer program of claim 15 further including:
means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and cache their respective linked documents; and means enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents.
- 18. The computer program of claim 17 wherein said means enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents are off-line from said communication network.
- 19. The computer program of claim 15 further including:
means for deleting each of said designated stored hyperlinks when each of their respective linked designated documents is displayed.
- 20. The computer program of claim 16 wherein said program at said receiving display station further includes a user interactive Web browser program including:
said means enabling a user to designate a plurality of hyperlinks in received documents for subsequent viewing; said means for storing said designated hyperlinks; and said means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and display their respective linked documents.
- 21. The computer program of claim 20 wherein said interactive Web browser program further includes:
means for selecting said stored hyperlinks to thereby access and cache their respective linked documents; and means enabling the user to selectively display said cached documents.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED COPENDING PATENT APPLICATIONS
[0001] The following patent application is assigned to the assignee of the present invention, is filed concurrently herewith and covers subject matter related to the subject matter of the present invention: A SYSTEM FOR RECORDING WORLD WIDE WEB BROWSING SESSIONS ON A REAL-TIME BASIS AND FOR SUBSEQUENTLY DISPLAYING THE RECORDED SESSIONS AS SURROGATE BROWSING SESSIONS WITH USER ENABLED REAL-TIME MODIFICATION, Cristi N. Ullmann et al., (Attorney Docket No. AUS920010907.US1). This copending application is hereby incorporated by reference.