Patent ID: 8095875

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of adding an indicator of network-accessible information to a network-accessible display page, comprising in sequence, the steps of: a) providing components including a computer program, such that after said computer program is invoked by a user clicking on an element within an internet browser, a link to the web page currently displayed in said browser is added to an internet-accessible display page, said display page not comprising said web page and said components comprising: i. a server computer that provides, via the internet, the contents of at least one display page, wherein: A. said display page is displayed in a network browser window; B. said display page is accessible via a uniform resource locator; C. said display page contains a plurality of links to internet web sites; D. at least one link presented on said display page can be automatically changed using instructions sent over the internet from an internet browser; and E. the contents of said display page are stored on computer readable storage media accessible to said server computer at a first network location; ii. a computer program wherein: A. said program is provided via the internet, to a client computer at a second network location distinct from said first network location; B. said program can be associated with a network browser window; C. said program can be invoked by a single mouse click on a toolbar of a network browser; D. when invoked, said program causes information in a pre-specified format to be sent over the internet to a server computer at a pre-specified network address, said information comprising: 1) information sufficient to identify the network address of the web page currently displayed in the browser window associated with said computer program, wherein said web page is served from a third network location distinct from said first network location and second network location; and 2) information sufficient to identify said display page of step; and iii) a computer program different from that described in step (a)(ii), wherein: A. said computer program is executed after receipt of said information of step (ii)(D) via a computer network by a server computer at said pre-specified network address of step (ii)(D); B. said computer program can access the computer readable storage media of step (i); and C. when a computer executing said computer program receives, via the internet, input information in the pre-specified format of step (ii), the contents of the specified display page are modified to include a link to the network address of the page being browsed in step (ii)(D)(1); and b) providing, via the internet to a client computer different from that of step (a)(ii), a modified display page that includes the link added to said display page as a result of step (a).