Patent ID: 6108655
Filing Date: 2000-08-22
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A network browsing system comprising:a network including a plurality of nodes and a host computers, said host computer and said plurality of nodes being interconnected for the transmission of data;a client computer including a display, said client computer being connected to said network for the transmission of data;a network browser process implemented on said client computer that is capable of establishing a connection with said host computer and of generating a request for desired data from said host computer which is to generate desired images on said display of said client computer; anda server process implemented on said host computer which services said request for desired data received from said client computer by modifying the desired data into modified data such that no additional connection between the client computer and the host computer is required to receive the entirety of the modified data, where said browser process can generate said desired images from said modified data, said server process further being operative to transmit the modified data to the client machine, and disconnecting from the client computer after the transmission of the modified data;wherein said server process determines whether said requested data includes a local embedded URL and, if so, obtains the data associated with said local embedded URL and includes such data with said modified data.