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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1998
Nicholas Robins, Ross, CA (US);
Thomas Chipperfield, Petaluma, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
A method of displaying information to a user upon startup of a program on a first computer. The method includes obtaining the information from a second computer and, upon startup of the program on the first computer, displaying the information. A method is described, where the program is a program that runs on a first computer. A second computer sends, over the network to first computer, information to be displayed to a user. A command is received to launch the program. After receiving the command to launch the program and without user intervention, at least a portion of the information is displayed. Without user intervention, the at least a portion of the information is removed. A method, wherein the information is obtained over a network is described, as well as wherein the network comprises the internet. An embodiment wherein the information is described in a flash screen is described.