International Business Machines Corporation

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Norman J Dauerer

Edward Emile Kelley

John Ulrich Knickerbocker

Franco Motika

Christopher E Cartier

David L Edwards

Glenn Graham Daves

Aziz M Ahsan

George A Te

Brian Michael Kerrigan

Donato Orazio Forlenza

Robert P Phillips, Iii

Peter M Elenius

Robert O Lussow

Helmut Krueger

Franko Motika

A solution is presented to keep track of the URLs that have been visited within an HTML file, identify the location or exit point of the last line that was displayed on a screen in a multi-screen HTML file, and return to the exact exit point location upon reentry to the web page by computing which section of the HTML file to display on the screen, and then displaying this section. The identification of whether a web page has changed after it has been visited by a user is also presented. A cyclic redundancy check is performed, comparing the current cyclic redundancy number with the last cyclic redundancy number obtained when the screen of exited multi-screen HTML file was last visited. If the web page has changed, the user has the option of viewing the web page at the top screen or going to the screen that contains the last exit position of the HTML file that was previously viewed.

Enhanced position control of web pages

A secure data processing system having a plurality of resources accessible over a network arrangement such as the Internet and including a server, maintains lists of three categories of access authorization information. A resource list contains path or location information such as a universal resource locator (URL). A profile list maintains a plurality of profile data specifying individual resources or combinations of resources. A user list contains a userID or other data by which a user may be authenticated to the server and one or more profiles freely assignable to respective users. An access control program allows administrator supervision of editing of the lists of user access authorization information. An authorization program performs authorizations to resources for all users based on the profile information of respective users upon completion of editing. A user is authenticated by the server upon communication by the user to the server and user requests of authenticated users to resources for which authorization has already been performed in accordance with the path or location information in the resource list.

Enhancement to a system for automated generation of file access control system commands

A system and method for notifying a user of changes in a hyperlinked document, the system comprising a computer, a server operatively coupled with the computer, a web browser that executes in the computer, the web browser accessing web pages stored on the server, and a general notification system integrally connected with the web browser, the general notification system configured to provide a notification icon on a web page, wherein notification of any changes to the hyperlinked document can be requested by selecting the notification icon. The method comprising providing a notification icon within a web page having a hypertext link associated with the hyperlinked document, selecting the notification icon, and notifying the user of any changes to the hyperlinked document.

System and method for notifying of changes in web page hyperlinked documents

A system, operable on a plurality of different computer operating systems, for providing web browser access to the operating system desktop having icons displayed on a screen thereof, wherein the desktop icons provide links to executable programs of and information displayable by the operating system. The process comprises first determining, for each icon to be accessed, an executable program linked to the icon, a data file used by the program, and the location of the program and data file. Then the process comprises constructing a web page of the accessed icons and linked programs and data file by assigning a HTML tag to the program and data file of each icon. The HTML tag may include an optional parameter for use by the executable program. The web page is viewable on a web browser such that the HTML tags are displayed on the web page and executable by the web browser to execute the programs on the operating system. The process includes the step of periodically repeating the steps to update the web page by determining any additional icons to be accessed and assigning a HTML tag to the program and data file of each additional icon.

System for providing web browser access to an operating system desktop

A process and system for updating desired inter- or intra-net addresses at a client computer. There is provided a plurality of client computers, a database accessible by each of the client computers, a network server through which the client computers may access files on a network, and a database accessible by the network server. The client computer database includes a list of addresses for accessing desired files on the network. The network server database includes a list of addresses for the desired files on the network and addresses of the client computers that have accessed the desired files on the network. The process comprises updating in the network server database at least one of the addresses for the desired files on the network and transferring from the network server database to the database of the client computers having addresses in the network server database the updated at least one of the addresses for the desired files on the network.

System for updating internet address changes

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for correctly positioning the text of a hypertext markup language (html) file on a display screen linked to a computer such that there are no partial lines of text displayed and without the re-display of text that was displayed on a previous screen. By correctly positioning the text on the display screen, even when the user scrolls the text backwards and forwards, only entire lines of text are displayed which makes reading the text on the screen much more user friendly. By locating the html tags within the html source file, the number of lines of text in the file are determined and subsequently assigned to a screen row within the display screen such that only entire lines of text are displayable.

Enhanced viewing of hypertext markup language file

The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for a user, either an originator or a receiver of an e-mail message, to erase the e-mail message from all servers which routed the message when the e-mail message is erased from the user's client computer storage. By creating originator, server, and receiver delete tables, a pathway for a delete transaction containing the addresses of servers which routed the e-mail message enables the user, either an originator or receiver of the e-mail message, to sequentially delete the message along the pathway upon deletion from the client computer. Additionally, by inserting a deletion date into the header of the message, the message may be deleted from the client computer and all servers upon occurrence of the deletion date.

User controlled e-mail deletion

The present invention relates generally to a new structure and a method for reducing the cost of producing known good die (KGD). More particularly, the invention encompasses a structure and a method that uses a substrate having solder wettable pads, a chip with attached solder balls, and a thin non-conductive interposer that is assembled between the chip and the substrate. The interposer reduces the cross section of the solder connections from the chip to the substrate where the solder passes through (the holes in) the interposer. This reduced cross-sectional area of the solder connection creates a weak point which allows the chip to be easily sheared off of the substrate after a burn-in and test process. The preferred chips for this invention are flip chips.

Insulating interposer between two electronic components and process thereof

A system for storing web pages accessed from an inter- or intra-net source. The system comprises a client computer program storage device having stored thereon a first version of a desired web page from an inter- or intra-net source having assigned thereto a first version number and a second version of the desired web page from an inter- or intra-net source having assigned thereto a second version number. The storage device also includes a reference table which includes the first and second version numbers, such that the desired web page version may be accessed and viewed by the client computer by reference to the version numbers. The version numbers include designators of different files within the web page and designators of the version of the web page. Each of the stored web pages may include information such as a HTML source file for the web page, graphics imbedded in the HTML source file, javascript code, Java code and any other code referenced by the HTML source file. The client computer storage device may include a web browser having a bookmark file for storage of URL addresses of a plurality of web pages including the desired web page. The bookmark file is operable in conjunction with the reference table by the web browser to identify and access a selected version of the web pages.

System for personal storage of different web source versions

A process and system for controlling and moving along a path containing previously accessed interactive inter- or intra-net HTML source files and bypassing certain interactive HTML source files which contain informational messages. A web browser is provided having i) a first non-interactive web browser cache for storing data from a plurality of HTML source files and a first non-interactive web browser screen access path for identifying and displaying each of the HTML source files in the first cache, and ii) a second interactive web browser cache for storing data from a plurality of HTML source files and a second interactive web browser screen access path for identifying and displaying each of the HTML source files in the second cache. A desired non-interactive HTML source file is selected, downloaded to the web browser, and stored in the non-interactive web browser cache and the non-interactive web browser screen access path. A desired interactive HTML source file for a form which presents blank spaces for entry of information at the web browser is then selected, downloaded, and stored in the non-interactive web browser cache and the non-interactive web browser screen access path. Finally, blank spaces on the desired interactive HTML source file form are filled-in; and the desired interactive HTML source file form presenting filled-in spaces is stored in the interactive web browser cache and the interactive web browser screen access path.

Removing a filled-out form from a non-interactive web browser cache to an interactive web browser cache

A method and system for printing web pages from an intra- or internet source with a client computer. The client computer is capable of accessing and viewing a web page from an intra- or internet source and has access to a program storage. The program storage device includes (i) an HTML source file containing a list of printable web pages and (ii) a program of instructions executable by the computer at a predetermined, modifiable time to print web pages from the intra- or internet source with the client computer. The program selects one or more of the printable web pages from the HTML source file, accesses the web pages selected from the HTML source file, and prints the accessed web pages. The printable web pages may be accessed on different levels of hierarchy in HTML files. The storage device also contains a plurality of different lists of printable web pages and a menu of each of the lists, whereby the method includes selecting from the menu a desired list and providing an HTML source file containing the desired list of printable web pages.

Web browser printing enhancements

Access to ancillary database information is provided to enhance the viewing of a Web page while minimizing page clutter using processes and systems which determine links between ancillary databases and parsed Web page text, indicate the existence of links to the viewer, and provide access to the database information on viewer demand. The processes and systems may be used to access information in a plurality of ancillary databases. Preferred ancillary databases are dictionaries.

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Norman J Dauerer