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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 16, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1999
Swarup Acharya, New Providence, NJ (US);
Henry F. Korth, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Viswanath Poosala, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Swarup Acharya, New Providence, NJ (US);
Henry F. Korth, Lower Gwynedd, PA (US);
Viswanath Poosala, Highland Park, NJ (US);
Lucent Technologies Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for communicating files over a communications network in which links to files, such as hyperlinks, comprise a multilink. A multilink is a hyperlink associated with a plurality of electronic addresses, each leading to a different physical file. Selection of a multilink results in the generation of a menu of options for all of the different files that can be returned to the client corresponding to the selected multilink. Selection of an option results in returning of the associated file to the client.