Web page thumbnails and user configured complementary information provided from a server
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1. A method for providing content from the page in a distributed database, comprising the steps of:
- providing a page of data from the database to a client, wherein the page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database;
retrieving at least one cached thumbnail for links within the plurality of links; and
generating at least one uncached thumbnail for links within the plurality of links, wherein the at least one cached thumbnail and the at least one uncached thumbnail form a set of thumbnails for the plurality of links.
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Abstract
A method for presenting content from the page in a distributed database. In a preferred embodiment, a server receives a request from a client for a page from the database wherein the page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database. The server retrieves the page and generates a set of thumbnails of the linked pages in the database. The server then sends the page and the set of thumbnails to the client.
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8 Claims
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1. A method for providing content from the page in a distributed database, comprising the steps of:
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providing a page of data from the database to a client, wherein the page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database; retrieving at least one cached thumbnail for links within the plurality of links; and generating at least one uncached thumbnail for links within the plurality of links, wherein the at least one cached thumbnail and the at least one uncached thumbnail form a set of thumbnails for the plurality of links. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer network, comprising:
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a network; a server connected to the network; and client connected to the network;
whereinthe network provides communications between the client and the saver; the server provides to the client a page of data from a database wherein the page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database; the server retrieves at least one cached thumbnail for links within the plurality of links; the server generates at least one uncached thumbnail for links within the plurality of links, wherein the at least one cached thumbnail and the at least one uncached thumbnail form a set of thumbnails for the plurality of links; and the server embeds in the page the set of the thumbnails of the linked pages in the database. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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