Patent ID: 6820236
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of accessing electronic documents, comprising the steps of:displaying a first electronic document to a user using a display screen of a computer system, said first electronic document being retrieved remotely over a network connected to said computer system; storing, in a local storage area of said computer system, link information which is a link only version containing one or more document links embedded in an said first electronic document; at a time subsequent to performing said displaying and storing steps, receiving a user selection selecting the first electronic document for retrieval remotely over said network by the computer system; in response to said receiving a user selection selecting the first electronic document step, retrieving said link information from said local storage area to display the link information on a said display screen of the computer system, and issuing a request for the first electronic document to a said network connected to the computer system; in response to displaying said link information receiving a user selection selecting a link of the displayed link information, said link identifying a second electronic document; in response to receiving a user selection selecting a link, issuing a request for said second electronic document to said networks; and in response to said issuing a request for the first electronic document step, downloading the first electronic document; wherein said step of issuing a request for said second electronic document is performed before said step of downloading said first electronic document.