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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 20, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2003
Prabhakar Gopalan, Austin, TX (US);
Kanmani Nachimuthu, Austin, TX (US);
Lakshmi Naga Jyothy Potluri, Austin, TX (US);
Prabhakar Gopalan, Austin, TX (US);
Kanmani Nachimuthu, Austin, TX (US);
Lakshmi Naga Jyothy Potluri, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for marking Web pages for later revisiting the Web pages are provided. With the method and apparatus, data structures are provided in the Web site server for tracking information regarding the Web pages associated with the Web sites, users that have visited the Web site, what pages were visited by the users, and portions of the web pages that were marked by the users. This information is maintained by the Web site server so that, upon subsequent visits to the Web site server, the marked portions of the Web pages visited by the user may be identified for special processing by the Web browser of the client device being used to access the Web site. Such special processing may include conspicuously identifying the marked portions in a display of the Web browser, providing the ability to jump to marked portions of the Web pages, displaying only the marked portions of the Web pages, and the like.