Patent ID: 6544295
Filing Date: 2003-04-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computer system having at least one browser for accessing content from on-line sites, an improved method for managing marks representing on-line sites of interest to a user, said marks including marks proprietary for at least one particular type of browser, the method comprising:receiving a request from the user for storing a particular mark from a given browser, said particular mark having a format proprietary to a particular browser and referencing a particular on-line site of interest; storing, in response to said request, first information characterizing machine-independent attributes of the particular mark, said first information for sharing mark information with other computer systems; storing, in response to said request, second information characterizing machine-specific attributes of the particular mark, said second information providing mark information which allows said computer system to access the particular on-line site using said at least one browser; receiving a request to share marks with another user; in response to said request to share said marks with another user, transferring said first information to the other user's computer; receiving a request from the other user to access an on-line site represented by a mark which has been transferred to the other user; and in response to the request from the other user, translating first information for the mark into said second information for the mark, said second information for the mark representing machine-specific attributes of the mark relative to the other user's computer.