Patent Document ID: 8522297
Application ID: 11189278

Base Claim:
1. A method of obtaining WWW information of interest to a user, the WWW information being related to a subject currently being presented in a program currently being broadcast, the method comprising the steps of: while the program is broadcast, a client computing device receiving from a user (a) a selection indicating interest by the user in the subject currently being presented in the program currently being broadcast and (b) a selection of a document electronically stored on the client computing device to which to correlate information correlated to the subject, and in response, the client computing device sending a request via a network to a server computer for information correlated to the subject, the request identifying the program and an approximate time that the user indicated the interest in the program, and in response, the client computing device receiving from the server computer via the network a hyperlink for information correlated to the subject based on the identified program and the approximate time that the user indicated interest in the program, and in response, the user device correlating the hyperlink to the selected document; and the client computing device displaying the selected document and displaying the hyperlink at a first position in the selected document and subsequently receiving a selection from the user indicating a second, different position in the displayed document to position the hyperlink, and in response, the client computer device displaying the hyperlink at the second position indicated by the user in the selected document instead of the first position, and making a record that the hyperlink is correlated to the second position indicated by the user in the selected document; and wherein the selected document is one of a multiplicity of documents electronically stored on the client computer device which were alternatively selectable by the user individually to which to correlate the information correlated to the subject and to which the hyperlink and the position of the hyperlink are correlated.

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Claim 4:
4. The method of claim 1 further comprising the subsequent step of the client computing device receiving from the user a selection of the hyperlink, and in response, the client computing device downloading via a network a web page or web file addressed by the hyperlink and displaying the web page or web file.