Patent ID: 6356908
Filing Date: 2002-03-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for presenting content from a web page in a distributed database, comprising the steps ofpresenting a web page from the distributed database, wherein said web page includes a plurality of links to linked web pages in the distributed database, wherein the linked web pages are written in a markup language; retrieving at least one of the linked web pages; parsing the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; creating a thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages, wherein the thumbnail image represents how the at least one of the linked web pages would be displayed by a browser which parsed the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; and presenting the thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages proximate to the web page so that a user may examine a thumbnail image to determine whether to navigate to a corresponding linked web page.