Framework for providing visual context to WWW hyperlinks
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1. An Internet information system comprising:
- a web server; and
an image server separate from said web server, wherein said image server employs an image storage for storing images of web pages, wherein at least one image of a web site is generated and stored in said image storage in advance of said image server receiving any request for an image of said web site,said web server serving code defining a first web page including a hyperlink to a second web page,said code including commands operable to retrieve an image of a third web page from said image server,said image of a third web page corresponding to said hyperlink to a second web page.
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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. An Internet information system comprising:
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a web server; and an image server separate from said web server, wherein said image server employs an image storage for storing images of web pages, wherein at least one image of a web site is generated and stored in said image storage in advance of said image server receiving any request for an image of said web site, said web server serving code defining a first web page including a hyperlink to a second web page, said code including commands operable to retrieve an image of a third web page from said image server, said image of a third web page corresponding to said hyperlink to a second web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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