Method and system for linked communication between client stations
First Claim
1. A method implemented via a client-server system for allowing a first client station to cause a second client station to display a predetermined resource page, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing access to a client-server system including a first client station, a second client station, and a server station, the stations being disposed in electronic communication;
providing a browser program for displaying resource pages on the second client station;
at the first station, transmitting an address for the resource page to the second client station;
at the second client station, receiving the address of the resource page from the server station; and
at the client station, operating the browser program to download the resource page.
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Abstract
A system and method adapted to linking a group of client stations such that the operator of one or more client stations can guide or dictate, at least partially, what is viewed on the other client stations. A first user of a client station may guide and restrict the browsing of URL resources of other user client stations. The first user client station transmits a URL resource identifier to a server station, which then sends the URL resource identifier to authorized users of a group. The client stations of the group users are then directed to the URL resource submitted by the first user client station. The system allows a user of the group to annotate the URL resource or web page, and such annotation is contemporaneously displayed on each of the group client stations.
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26 Claims
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1. A method implemented via a client-server system for allowing a first client station to cause a second client station to display a predetermined resource page, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing access to a client-server system including a first client station, a second client station, and a server station, the stations being disposed in electronic communication;
providing a browser program for displaying resource pages on the second client station;
at the first station, transmitting an address for the resource page to the second client station;
at the second client station, receiving the address of the resource page from the server station; and
at the client station, operating the browser program to download the resource page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An interactive computer system for allowing a first computer to cause one or more second computers to display a predetermined web page, said system comprising:
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at least one first computer connected to computer network;
one or more second computers connected to the computer network; and
a server computer connected to the computer network, the server computer having a computer program storage device and a program residing thereon, the program including instructions executable by the server computer for performing a method of transmitting a pre-selected URL resource address from the first computer to the second computer, the resource address identifying a predetermined web page to one or more of the second computers for access thereon and such that the predetermined web page may be displayed by each of the second computers. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of annotating a web page via an interactive computer network, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing access to an interactive computer network including a first computer, a server, and one or more second computers;
providing a first annotation program operable with a first web browser residing on the first computer;
providing a second annotation program operable with a second web browser residing on one of the second computers;
operating the first annotation program to annotate the web content residing on the first computer;
at the server, receiving input from the first annotation program representative of the annotation provided on the web content;
operating the server to interact with the second annotation program so as to annotate the web content residing on the second computer such that the annotation provided thereon corresponds to the annotation provided on the first computer. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for linking at least one pilot client station with a plurality of passenger client stations and guiding each of the passenger stations through a plurality of web sites, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing access to a network in communication with the Internet and including a pilot client station, one or more passenger client stations, and at least one server station disposed in communication with each of the pilot and passenger stations;
providing a server program on the server station operable to facilitate communication between the pilot station and the passenger stations;
providing a browser program on each of the pilot and passenger stations, the browser programs on the passenger stations being operable to download web content upon receipt of a URL;
operating the pilot station to define a set of website URLs;
transmitting the set of predefined URLs to each of the passenger stations; and
guiding each of the passenger stations through one or more of the websites defined by the set of URLs, the guiding step including operating the browser program on each of the passenger stations to download the content of a web page using the URL transmitted thereto. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26)
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