Presenting web pages with discrete, browser-controlled complexity levels
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1. A client computer for presenting user selected types of elements of a web page, said client computer comprising:
- means for receiving user selection of one or more types of elements of a web page that said user desires the client computer to present, said types comprising applets, video data and audio data;
means for receiving user selection of a web page;
means, responsive to said user selection of a web page, for requesting an HTML for said web page from a server;
means for loading from said server and displaying said one or more types of elements referenced by said HTML and selected by said user, and not loading or displaying another of said types of elements not selected by said user.
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Abstract
A method of browsing the Worldwide Web of the Internet and presenting elements of a web page to a user. The web browser requests a desired HTML and then requests other elements of the page based upon user defined priority levels. Elements are presented to the user in priority sequence as soon as received eliminating unnecessary waiting for lower priority or unrequested elements, as well as partial display of desired elements.
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1. A client computer for presenting user selected types of elements of a web page, said client computer comprising:
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means for receiving user selection of one or more types of elements of a web page that said user desires the client computer to present, said types comprising applets, video data and audio data; means for receiving user selection of a web page; means, responsive to said user selection of a web page, for requesting an HTML for said web page from a server; means for loading from said server and displaying said one or more types of elements referenced by said HTML and selected by said user, and not loading or displaying another of said types of elements not selected by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for presenting user selected types of elements of a web page, said method comprising the steps of:
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receiving user selection of types of elements of a web page that user desires to be presented, said types of elements comprising applets, video data, and audio data; receiving user selection of a web page; in response to said user selection of a web page, requesting an HTML for said web page from a server; loading from said server and displaying said one or more types of elements referenced by said HTML and selected by said user, and not loading or displaying another of said types of elements not selected by said user. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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