Patent ID: 6493000
Filing Date: 2002-12-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for retrieving and displaying to a user web documents and objects received over a computer network using a web browser computer, said web browser computer having a processor capable of executing web browser software and having connectivity to a web server computer via a computer network, and having a parent instance of web browser software in execution and operable by a user, said method comprising the steps of:providing a user hold control having a normal state and at least one hold state, said user control being operable by a user through a user interface on a web browser computer using said parent instance of web browser software; retrieving web documents and objects from a web server computer via a computer network in response to selection by a user of the web browser computer, each said web document and object being associated with a web address; and displaying said retrieved web documents and objects in a child browser window if a hold state is enabled by the user.