Patent ID: 8185621

Claim:
A system for comparing webpages at a universal resource locator address at two different times, comprising: a communications link; and a first server computer connected to a client device and a second server computer using the communications link that receives a request from the client device for a first webpage at a universal resource locator address using the communications link; requests the first webpage from the second server computer and receives the first webpage from the second server at a first time using the communications link; creates an edited first webpage by editing the first webpage to make it selectable and sends the edited first web-page to the client device using the communications link; receives a selection from the client device that includes an identifier of a portion of the edited first web-page using the communications link; stores the portion of the edited first webpage identified by the identifier; creates an application that retrieves a webpage from the universal resource locator address of the second server computer; downloads the application to the client device using the communications link; receives a second webpage from the application executing on the client device that was retrieved by the application from the universal resource locator address at a second time using the communications link; and compares a portion of the second webpage to the stored portion of the edited first webpage.