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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Gilbert Borman, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Christopher Piedmonte, Fallbrook, CA (US);
John Martin, Wasilla, AK (US);
Matapadi Ramachandra Acharya, Karnataka State, IN;
Murali Kishan Bhat, Karnataka State, IN;
Sudheesh Chandran Kakkroth Chakkapoyyan, Kerala, IN;
Vinaya Kumari, Karnataka State, IN;
NetJumper, Inc., Southfield, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method for providing links to a browser program running on a computer connected to a network include receiving a request from the browser program to transfer a file representing a home page for display in the browser program, and determining a storage location on the computer for links used by the browser program. The system and method may include requesting permission to modify links used by the browser program prior to transferring a list of links to the storage location on the computer for subsequent use by the browser in retrieving information from the network. The list of links may be statically or dynamically generated with one or more links provided by a link server on the network. In one embodiment, accounting information relative to the number and type of links transferred to the user's computer is collected and may be forwarded to an associated billing computer located on the network.