Patent ID: 6430739
Filing Date: 2002-08-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer system for communicating among a global information network of resources, wherein for each resource there is a corresponding URL address, the system comprising:a processor for executing instructions, the instructions being organized logically into a plurality of computer programs, including a first computer program having a plurality of computing features; means for accessing a resource of the global information network according to a URL address corresponding to the accessed resource; memory means comprising a home page setting which stores a specific URL address, the home page setting being read when going online within the global information network to identify a first resource to be accessed upon going online; means for testing whether the home page setting is set to a prescribed URL address, and means for controlling enablement of the computing features of said first computer program, wherein unrestricted enablement to the computing features is contingent upon the home page setting being the prescribed URL address, and wherein enablement of the computing features is limited when the home page setting is not set to the prescribed URL.