Patent ID: 7076546

Claim:
A method of providing access to hypertext documents in a multi-user computer environment, the method comprising: (a) tracking accesses to a plurality of preexisting hypertext documents by a plurality of users; (b) notifying a first user that is currently accessing one of the plurality of preexisting hypertext documents of the identity of a second user that is accessing the same hypertext document; (c) associating a second hypertext document with the second user in response to user input from the second user; and (d) notifying the first user of the association of the second hypertext document with the second user; wherein associating the second hypertext document with the second user includes storing an identifier for the second hypertext document in a list of favorite links associated with the second user, wherein notifying the first user of the association of the second hypertext document with the second user includes displaying the list of favorite links to the first user, and wherein the method further comprises building a list of favorite links associated with the hypertext document being viewed by the first user by combining lists of favorite links associated with only those users currently viewing the same hypertext document as the first user.