Patent ID: 6606654
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for delivering links from a web server to a browser running on a user's computer system, the method comprising:receiving a request from the browser to transfer a file representing a page for display in the browser; automatically transferring a plurality of objects contained within the page to the browser in response to the request, wherein at least one object includes instructions for transferring a hierarchical directory structure of files and directories to the user's computer system; generating a list of links to be transferred to the user's computer system by assembling a plurality of links into a hierarchical directory structure of files and directories wherein each file corresponds to a single link; transferring the hierarchical directory structure of files and directories to the user's computer system; storing the hierarchical directory structure of files and directories in a browser-specific location using the previously transferred instructions contained within the object such that the hierarchical directory structure integrates the plurality of links into at least the browser.