Patent ID: 6211871
Filing Date: 2001-04-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for providing access to the Internet using a plurality of bookmark sets comprising the steps of:managing a plurality of persistently stored bookmarks by a bookmark manager in a browser, wherein each of the bookmarks is a member of one of a plurality of bookmark sets, wherein one of the bookmark sets can be set as an active bookmark set at a given time wherein only URLs in the active bookmark set are accessible through the bookmark manager, all other bookmark sets being inactive bookmarks sets having URLs inaccessible through the bookmark manager;responsive to user selection, setting one of the bookmark sets as the active bookmark set in the bookmark manager;using the bookmark manager to present the bookmarks in the active bookmark set; andaccessing a URL through the bookmark manager corresponding to a selected one of the bookmarks in the active bookmark set;wherein URLs are accessible by the browser through manual entry and as a hyperlink in a web page.