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System and method for improved navigation using bookmarks for movement between locations in a windows environment

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  • US 6,966,038 B1
  • Filed: 06/22/1999
  • Issued: 11/15/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for enabling a user to navigate within a computer system through the use of bookmarks comprising:

  • a bookmark presentation module that presents one or more bookmarks in a graphical user interface, the one or more bookmarks corresponding to at least one link to any location within the computer system;

    a bookmark selection module comprising one or more selection portions, the selection portion enabling the user to select one or more bookmarks corresponding to one or more programs and one or more views with in the programs, wherein the bookmarks are presented in the graphical user interface; and

    a bookmark execution module that responds to the bookmark selection module to resolve the link and present information to which the link refers, wherein the link is capable of referring to a Uniform Resource Locator and is also capable of referring to other location identifying information within the computer system.

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