Patent ID: 6154752
Filing Date: 2000-11-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A web browser method including:(a) displaying a first document on a browser controlled processor display screen, said first document including a plurality of hyperlinks that serve as links to other documents;(b) selecting one of said plurality of hyperlinks;(c) displaying a second document linked to said one of said plurality of hyperlinks selected in said step (b);(d) backtracking to and displaying said first document displayed in said step (a);(e) changing a displayed color of said one of said plurality of hyperlinks selected in said step (b) to a first color representing a relative chronological selection order of said one of said plurality of hyperlinks selected;(f) selecting another of said plurality of hyperlinks from said first document displayed in said step (d);(g) displaying a third document linked to said another of said plurality of hyperlinks selected in said step (f);(h) backtracking to and displaying said first document displayed in said step (a);(i) changing a displayed color of said another of said plurality of selected in step (f) to said first color representing a relative chronological selection order of said another of said plurality of hyperlinks selected;(j) changing said displayed color of said one of said plurality of hyperlinks selected in said step (b) to a second color representing a relative chronological selection order of said one of said plurality of hyperlinks selected;(k) continuing to display said first document initially displayed in said step (a), and for each remaining additional hyperlink selected from said plurality of hyperlinks, upon displaying an additional document linked to said each remaining additional hyperlink selected, and upon backtracking to and displaying said first document, changing a displayed color of said each remaining additional hyperlink selected such that a most recently selected of said plurality of hyperlinks is changed to said first color, and such that a next most recently selected of said plurality of hyperlinks is changed to said second color, and such that for said each remaining additional hyperlink, a displayed color of is changed to another color representing relative recency of selection of said each of said remaining additional hyperlinks so that said displayed colors of said plurality of hyperlinks previously selected and backtracked from to said first document convey a relative chronological selection order of said plurality of hyperlinks previously selected.