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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 31, 1999
Swain W. Porter, Kirkland, WA (US);
Xoucin, Inc., Kirkland, WA (US);
Abstract
A “state” icon having a plurality of manifestations corresponding to a plurality of states associated with saving a copy of a current information page being browsed is automatically displayed for a user. The “state” icon denotes to the user whether the information page or other variants have been previously saved. A “single click” icon is employed to facilitate saving a copy of the current information page being browsed for a user. The saving is accomplished without requiring further interaction with the user. A “remote save” mechanism is provided to facilitate automatic retrieval of one or more information pages in accordance with one or more specified user conditions, and saving of the retrieved information pages in a repository. The information pages are retrieved and saved without requiring them to be first downloaded to the user's system. Selected ones of these and other features are provided to different embodiments to enhance a user's ability to create and maintain a “scrapbook” of information pages that are of interest the user.