Patent ID: 6314439
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A browser application computer program product for browsing the Internet, said program product including a plurality of computer-executable instructions embodied in signal-bearing media, wherein said computer-executable instructions cause a computer to perform the steps of:(a) retrieving at least a portion of a document from a web server attached to the Internet, said document having a universal identifier;(b) automatically selectively extracting content data from said at least a portion of a document, said selectively extracted content data including at least some data other than a title for the document, said selectively extracted content data representing less than all of the document,(c) automatically generating an alias for the universal identifier of said document based upon the content data retrieved and selectively extracted from the document;(d) saving said alias with said universal identifier in a bookmark list, said bookmark list containing a plurality of user-selectable entries, each entry associating) an alias with a corresponding universal identifier;(e) displaying aliases of said user-selectable entries of said bookmark list to a user; and(f) responsive to a user selection of a displayed alias, retrieving a document identified by the corresponding universal identifier.