Patent ID: 6263365
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer program device comprising:a computer program storage device readable by a digital processing system; anda program means on the program storage device and including instructions executable by the digital processing system for performing method steps for enabling a first computer to cause at least one second computer to display a predetermined page from a computer network by transmitting, from the first computer to a control site in the computer network, a request for the predetermined page, the method steps comprising:(a) retrieving the predetermined page;(b) if the predetermined page includes pointers to other pages in the network, (1) encoding the pointers to thereby render a first page wherein the pointers, when selected by a computer user viewing the page, direct the user's computer to the control site, and (2) disabling the pointers from the predetermined page to thereby render a second page;(c) transmitting the first page to the first computer; and(d) transmitting the second page to the second computer.