Patent ID: 6209036
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A set of components for accessing material via the World Wide Web Internet service, wherein Web pages stored at Web server computers include hyperlinks for use in accessing associated Web pages, wherein some of said hyperlinks comprise directory-reference hyperlinks pointing indirectly to a Web page by providing a link to one or more directory objects of a directory on a directory server computer, said directory objects containing one or more URLs for accessing particular Web pages, and said directory comprising a repository for said directory objects; andwherein the set of components includes:access logic, responsive to user selection at a Web client system of a directory-reference hyperlink which provides directory object locator information for linking to one or more of said directory objects containing one or more URLs, to perform the following steps:initiating a request to access said one or more directory objects using said directory object locator information provided by said directory-reference hyperlink and performing a directory retrieval operation to retrieve one or more URLs from one of said one or more directory objects, for accessing a respective Web page stored at a Web server computer; andresponding to retrieval of said one or more URLs by initiating a request for retrieval of the respective Web page from the Web server computer using a retrieved URL.