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Method to keep a persistent trace of weblink use per user

  • US 6,742,030 B1
  • Filed: 11/24/1997
  • Issued: 05/25/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of recording transmissions across a network, comprising the steps of:

  • connecting a client to a network;

    responsive to a user input at a user-detemined time during an established network transmission, toggling on a trace object on said client to trace a user selection of one or more network links associated with sites on said network;

    in response to said toggling on step, dynamically recording in said trace object on said client a history of user-selected network transmission requests of the client, wherein the history of user-selected network transmission requests includes a copy of said one or more network links represented by hotlinks that reopens an associated network site responsive to a later user selection;

    toggling off said trace object when said recording step is terminated at a next user-determined time during said network transmission, wherein only network links selected between said toggling on and said toggling off steps are saved within said trace object;

    assigning a unique identifier to the trace object;

    saving the trace object; and

    revisiting a site associated with a network link among said one or more network links by selecting the corresponding hotlink within trace object.

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