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Web browser display indicator signalling that currently displayed web page needs to be refereshed from remote source

  • US 5,821,927 A
  • Filed: 07/25/1996
  • Issued: 10/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/25/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer program product deliverable to a computer via computer-readable media such as storage media and communication links, said product comprising a network browser application for effecting interaction between a computer on which the product is installed and a remote computer via a data communication network, said browser application comprising:

  • reload means for enabling a user of the respective product to selectively request reloading of a page of information currently being displayed; and

    means for causing a computer on which the product is installed to selectively display to a said user of said product a page status indication effectively denoting the information content of a currently displayed page as one of;

    all new, all old, or part new and part old;

    said status indication serving as a cue to prompt said user to operate said reload means.

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