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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 31, 1996
Lonny R. Olson-Williams, Rochester, MN (US);
Jay Peter Obey, Chatfield, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus prints copies of internet pages from the worldwide web, in accordance with operator-selected formatting instructions. A plurality of internet page record locators are selected and recorded in memory of the data processing system, preferably grouped in a directory such as a Bookmark, Favorite, or Hotlist directory. Operator-specified formatting instructions are then obtained. The formatting instructions may relate to attributes such as page headers, page footers, page break location, pagination, cover sheets, table of contents, the content allocation and placement among the printed pages, as well as the presence or absence of internet identification titles, and the presence or absence of visually perceptible internet links or internet icons from the Internet pages. Finally, the formatted internet pages are printed, utilizing the printer associated with the data processing system, in accordance with the particular operator-selected format requirements which are associated with the selected internet pages.