Patent ID: 6278449
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A system for designating and retrieving information over a computer network, comprising:means for designating individual portions of a plurality of screens accessible over said computer network and maintained at diverse locations including an underlying information content associated therewith;means for positioning said designated individual portions of said plurality of screens within a single display screen;means for storing indicators indicative of the location of current and future updated information corresponding to said designated individual portions in a configuration file at a centralized location; andmeans for retrieving said configuration file at a location positioned apart from said centralized location, wherein said current and future updated information corresponding to underlying information content associated with each of said designated individual portions is retrieved and displayed on a display screen in accordance with said configuration file, said underlying information content corresponding to said indicators being retrieved and updated from over said computer network each time said configuration file is retrieved.