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System and method for deferred resolution hypertext links

  • US 6,128,667 A
  • Filed: 11/10/1997
  • Issued: 10/03/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/12/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A server system for providing data to a client system across a communications network, the server system comprising:

  • means for providing a first tag representative of a desired action to the client system;

    means for providing a first link in association with the first tag such that the client system asserts a first signal addressed to the server system on the communications network when the first tag is selected;

    wherein the first tag and the first link are configured to be processed by the client system in a manner indistinguishable as to whether the desired action is immediate or deferred;

    means for receiving the first signal;

    means, in response to the receipt of the first signal, for determining whether the desired action should be deferred; and

    means for indicating that the first tag has been selected and that the desired action has been deferred.

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