Framework for providing visual context to www hyperlinks
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1. A method for presenting Internet information to a user comprising:
- providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink; and
at least partially concurrently providing a thumbnail visual image of the home page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink via the Internet by employing an image server that stores and provides said thumbnail visual image.
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Abstract
A method and a system for presenting Internet information to a user including providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink, and at least partially concurrently providing a visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by the at least one hyperlink.
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1. A method for presenting Internet information to a user comprising:
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providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink; and
at least partially concurrentlyproviding a thumbnail visual image of the home page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink via the Internet by employing an image server that stores and provides said thumbnail visual image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for generating an image server database of thumbnail visual images of web pages, the method comprising:
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receiving a list of URLs corresponding to said web pages, the thumbnail visual images of which it is desired to supply to said image server database;
operating a multiplicity of downloaders simultaneously to retrieve from the Internet, web pages and embedded objects corresponding to URLs from said list;
causing a thumbnail generator to render retrieved web pages retrieved simultaneously by said multiplicity of downloaders; and
causing said thumbnail generator to shrink said rendered images of said retrieved web pages and supply them to said image server database. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A system for presenting Internet information to a user comprising:
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first functionality providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink; and
second functionality operative at least partially concurrently with said first functionality for providing a thumbnail visual image of the home page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink via the Internet by employing an image server that stores and provides said thumbnail visual image. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A system for generating an image server database of thumbnail visual images of web pages, the system comprising:
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a multiplicity of downloaders, each receiving at least one URL from a list of URLs corresponding to said web pages, the thumbnail visual images of which it is desired to supply to said image server database, and simultaneously retrieving from the Internet web pages and embedded objects corresponding to said at least one URL; and
at least one thumbnail generator operative to render the web pages, shrink said rendered images of the web pages and supply said rendered images to said image server database. - View Dependent Claims (34)
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35. A method for presenting Internet information to a user comprising:
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providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink; and
at least partially concurrentlyproviding a thumbnail visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink via the Internet by employing an image server that stores and provides said thumbnail visual image, said providing a thumbnail visual image comprising employing a web browser which interfaces via the Internet with a web server, separated from said image server, including visualization functionality, said visualization functionality being operative to embed commands to the web browser to download, via said image server, thumbnail visual images of web pages which represent hyperlinks contained in the web page and to provide to a user, via the web browser, an annotated web page. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. A system for presenting Internet information to a user comprising:
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first functionality providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink; and
second functionality operative at least partially concurrently with said first functionality for providing a thumbnail visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink via the Internet by employing an image server that stores and provides said thumbnail visual image, said second functionality comprising third functionality employing a web browser which interfaces via the Internet with a web server, separated from said image server, including visualization functionality, said visualization functionality being operative to embed commands to the web browser to download, via said image server, thumbnail visual images of web pages which represent hyperlinks contained in the web page and to provide to a user, via the web browser, an annotated web page. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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