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  • US 5,944,791 A
  • Filed: 10/04/1996
  • Issued: 08/31/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/04/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system, comprising:

  • at least one first computer connected to a computer network;

    one or more second computers connected to the computer network;

    a control site computer connected to the computer network;

    a computer program storage device associated with said control site computer; and

    a program means on the program storage device and including instructions executable by said control site computer for performing a method of enabling a first computer to cause at least one of said one or more second computers to display a selected file from said computer network, the method comprisingreceiving a request for the selected file from the first computer, the request including and address of said selected file;

    retrieving the selected file from the address included in said request;

    if the selected file includes pointers to other files in the network, (1) encoding one or more of the pointers to render a first file wherein the pointers, when selected by a computer user viewing the file, direct the user'"'"'s computer to the control site, and (2) disabling the pointers from the selected file to thereby render a second file;

    transmitting the first file to the first computer; and

    transmitting the second file to the second computer.

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