Patent ID: 6742030
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A method of recording transmissions across a network, comprising the steps of:connecting a client to a network; responsive to a user input at a user-detemined time during an established network transmission, toggling on a trace object on said client to trace a user selection of one or more network links associated with sites on said network; in response to said toggling on step, dynamically recording in said trace object on said client a history of user-selected network transmission requests of the client, wherein the history of user-selected network transmission requests includes a copy of said one or more network links represented by hotlinks that reopens an associated network site responsive to a later user selection; toggling off said trace object when said recording step is terminated at a next user-determined time during said network transmission, wherein only network links selected between said toggling on and said toggling off steps are saved within said trace object; assigning a unique identifier to the trace object; saving the trace object; and revisiting a site associated with a network link among said one or more network links by selecting the corresponding hotlink within trace object.