Patent ID: 6826577
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for allowing storage of desired multimedia data files of a given kind of media data referenced in a hypertext source file displayed with a browser, comprising:receiving together both the hypertext source file and multimedia data files referenced therein, where the multimedia data files comprise data files of the given kind of media data, where the receiving is in response to an interactive request to the browser for the hypertext source file; storing the received multimedia data files in response to the receiving; displaying at the browser a screen according to the hypertext source file and the multimedia data files referenced therein; identifying the previously received multimedia data files of a given media data kind that are referenced in the displayed hypertext source file, where the identifying is based on an interactive browser command and the data files are identified based on their being of the given kind of media data, the interactive browser command occurring while the screen according to the hypertext source file is being displayed; and responsive to the identifying, displaying a listing of indicia of the identified multimedia data files of the given kind of media data, where the identifying and displaying is performed with the browser using the already received hypertext and stored data files referenced therein.