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Method and apparatus for flexibly linking to remotely located content on a network server through use of aliases

  • US 6,457,060 B1
  • Filed: 04/30/1998
  • Issued: 09/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for displaying a home page on a display screen associated with a remote client-side computing device operating a browser program and being coupled to a network server, said method comprising:

  • (a) identifying, at the remote client-side computing device, an alias URL that corresponds to the home page to be displayed on the display screen;

    (b) downloading alias data from the network server to the remote client-side computing device;

    (c) converting, within the remote client-side computing device, the alias URL to a resulting URL in accordance with the downloaded alias data;

    (d) requesting the home page from the network server using the resulting URL; and

    (e) thereafter displaying the home page received from the network server on the display screen of the remote client-side computing device, wherein the downloaded alias data pertains to a plurality of alias URLs to be stored in a data storage of the remote client-side computing device, and wherein said downloading (b) of the alias data from the network server is performed prior to use of the downloaded alias data by said converting (c).

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