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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 27, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1996
Michael J Polcyn, Allen, TX (US);
InterVoice Limited Partnership, Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
A computer server that stores a HTML document, receives a request via a global network from a user for the document and sends the document to the user. The computer server uses a state machine to examine the request to determine a current state status of the request and compares it to the required state status for accessing the document stored in a state transition model. If the current status fulfills the required status, then access to the document is granted. If the required status is not fulfilled, then the server sends an error message to the user denying access to the document. Thus, the server imposes a structured, hierarchical format onto a freeform hypertext links of HTML documents by restricting movement between the links to legal transitions.