World wide web document distribution system with user selective accessing of any one of a stored historical sequence of changed versions of a bookmarked web document
First Claim
1. In a World Wide Web (“
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) communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving Web display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text and images accessible from sources on the Web, a system for selectively accessing any one of a historical sequence of changed versions of a Web document comprising;
means for bookmarking a received Web document;
means responsive to said bookmarking means for tracking for changed versions of said bookmarked document;
means for storing a historical sequence of versions of said bookmarked document; and
means, responsive to a user request at a receiving station for said bookmarked document, for enabling said user to select any one of said versions of said bookmarked document.
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Abstract
Providing the user with a complete historical sequence of changed versions of a bookmarked Web document at any time that the user needs and, thus, requests the bookmarked Web document. A combination of bookmarking a received Web document that in turn sets up the tracking for changed versions of the bookmarked document. Also included is an implementation for storing a historical sequence of versions of said bookmarked document that is responsive to a user request at a receiving station for said bookmarked document and enables the user to select any one of said versions of said bookmarked document. When the user bookmarks a Web document, he is preferably enabled, i.e. given the option of conventionally bookmarking without tracking for changed versions or selecting to activate the tracking means. The invention provides for obtaining the changed versions of the bookmarked documents, including versions at changed URLs. A Web server controlled by an Internet service Provider preferably includes tracking for the changed versions and the storing of the sequence of changed versions.
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1. In a World Wide Web (“
- Web”
) communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving Web display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text and images accessible from sources on the Web, a system for selectively accessing any one of a historical sequence of changed versions of a Web document comprising;
means for bookmarking a received Web document;
means responsive to said bookmarking means for tracking for changed versions of said bookmarked document;
means for storing a historical sequence of versions of said bookmarked document; and
means, responsive to a user request at a receiving station for said bookmarked document, for enabling said user to select any one of said versions of said bookmarked document. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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12. In a Web communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving Web display stations for displaying received hypertext documents of at least one display page containing text and images accessible from sources on the Web, a method for selectively accessing any one of a historical sequence of changed versions of a Web document comprising:
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bookmarking a received Web document;
tracking for changed versions of said bookmarked document;
storing a historical sequence of versions of said bookmarked document; and
responsive to a user request at a receiving station for said bookmarked document, enabling said user to select any one of said versions of said bookmarked document.
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23. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for selectively accessing any one of a historical sequence of changed versions of a Web hypertext document of at least one display page containing text and images, received at a Web display station, said program comprising:
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means for bookmarking a received Web document;
means responsive to said bookmarking means for tracking for changed versions of said bookmarked document;
means for storing a historical sequence of versions of said bookmarked document; and
means, responsive to a user request at a receiving station for said bookmarked document, for enabling said user to select any one of said versions of said bookmarked document.
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