Patent ID: 6314423
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for serving bookmarks to a client browser, comprising the steps of:storing a plurality of bookmark sets at a server coupled to a network, each bookmark set containing a set of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), associated with a set of keywords and downloadable as a unit;designating respective bookmarks of at least one bookmark set as base bookmarks or variable bookmarks, wherein base bookmarks are always served with the bookmark set and variable bookmarks are served with the bookmark set if a set of conditions are met;responsive to a search query from a client containing a set of keywords, searching for one or more bookmark sets associated with at least one keyword matching a keyword from the search query;sending a list of bookmark sets associated with matching keywords;responsive to a request for downloading a selected bookmark set, determining that the set of conditions have been met;serving the selected bookmark set via the network to client, including both base and variable bookmarks;receiving the selected bookmark set at the client; andinstalling the bookmark set in the client browser to access the set of URLs.