(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,334,145 Bi
Adams et al. (45) Date of Patent: Dec. 25,2001
(54) METHOD OF STORING AND CLASSIFYING SELECTABLE WEB PAGE LINKS AND SUBLINKS THEREOF TO A PREDETERMINED DEPTH IN RESPONSE TO A SINGLE USER INPUT
(75) Inventors: David Michael Adams, Round Rock;
John Maddalozzo, Jr., Austin; Gerald
Francis McBrearty, Austin; Johnny
Meng Han Shieh, Austin, all of TX
(US)
(73) Assignee: International Business Machines
Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/106,957
(22) Filed: Jun. 30, 1998
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 15/16; G06F 15/177
(52) U.S. CI 709/217; 709/245; 709/219;
709/203; 345/650; 345/738; 345/760
(58) Field of Search 345/329, 738,
345/331, 332, 346, 354, 760, 327, 650; 707/522, 500, 10, 4; 709/229, 203, 217, 218, 219, 250, 245
(56) References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,761,436 * 6/1998 Nielsen 709/245
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