Patent ID: 6119135
Filing Date: 2000-09-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for use in a communications network in which a plurality of users at clients are connected to a data network, wherein the users access web pages that have associated web page images and are stored on servers connected to the data network, the method comprising the steps of:obtaining a plurality of the images, each image being associated with one of the web pages, wherein the step of obtaining the images further comprises the substeps of,retrieving a group of web pages based on a list of universal resource locators (URLs), andretrieving the images associated with the group of web pages;displaying the images on one of the clients without displaying the associated web pages;allowing the user to select an image from among the displayed images; andaccessing the web page associated with the selected image;wherein each web page of said group of web pages is included in said list of universal resource locators or can be accessed by following links from one of the universal resource locators in said list of universal resource locators.