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 visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink.
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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 visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20)
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14. A method for generating a web page image database, the method comprising:
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receiving a list of URLs corresponding to web pages, the images of which it is desired to download into an image database;
operating a multiplicity of downloaders simultaneously by supplying to each downloader one URL at a time, causing each downloader to retrieve from the Internet, a web page and embedded objects corresponding to the URL supplied to it;
causing a thumbnail generator to render the web page; and
causing said thumbnail generator to shrink said rendered image of the web page and supply it to the downloader. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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21. 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 visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by said at least one hyperlink. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40)
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34. A system for generating a web page image database, the system comprising:
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at least one downloader receiving one URL at a time and retrieving from the Internet a web page and embedded objects corresponding to the URL received by it; and
at least one thumbnail generator operative to render the web page, shrink said rendered image of the web page and supply said rendered image to the downloader. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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