Patent ID: 7246308

Claim:
A method in a computing system for identifying links to web sites that are of interest to a user, comprising: displaying a first web page; displaying a web site selection control in conjunction with the first web page; in response to activation of the web site selection control by the user while the first web page is displayed: creating a new entry corresponding to the first web page in a list of web sites of interest, identifying a web site containing the first web page, and storing in the created entry information specifying the identified web site; at a time after the storing, receiving a request for a second web page; identifying within the second web page a link that points to the web site specified by the created entry; modifying the second web page to indicate that the identified link points to a web site of interest and a first indicator associated with the identified link, the first indicator corresponding to content of the web site to which the identified link points, the content of the web site being obtained from a part of the web site of interest that is distinct from the pan of the web site to which the identified link initially points; displaying the second web page as modified; and in response to a change request from the web site that corresponds to the identified link, modifying the second web page to replace the first indicator with a second indicator associated with the identified link, the second indicator representing a change in the content of the web site, wherein at least one of the first indicator and the second indicator is displayed indicative of information about the date on which the user has indicated the web site to be of interest.