Patent ID: 7216155

Claim:
A computer readable medium tangibly embodying computer executable instructions executed by a computer comprising: the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for: receiving a search criteria and at least one search preference from a user; creating a linear Web tour, based on the search criteria and the at least one search preference, the Web tour including a plurality of websites of the World-Wide Web that are linearly ordered by a series of forward tour links, the plurality of websites including a first website having a first base media element, a second website having a second base media element and a third website having a third base media element, the forward tour links including a first forward tour link to the second website of the linear Web tour and a second forward tour link to the third website of the linear Web tour; downloading and displaying the first base media element of a first website of the linear Web tour in a display window of a display device at a user location; responding to commands of a user to download and display selected individual media elements of the first website of the linear Web tour on the display device; displaying a forward link button outside of the display window of the display device; receiving a first signal in response to an action of the user indicating an activation of the forward link button; executing the first forward tour link to the second website of the linear Web tour including downloading and displaying the second base media element of the second website on the display device; responding to commands of a user to download and display selected individual media elements of the second website of the linear Web program on the display device at the user location; receiving a second signal in response to an action of the user indicating an activation of the forward link button; and executing the second forward tour link to the third website of the linear Web tour including downloading and displaying the third base media element of the third website on the display device.