Patent Document ID: 6023701
Application ID: 08937452

Base Claim:
1. A method for enabling a computer terminal user to locate material on network pages related to a subject being perused on a network, said network pages including a plurality of different types of displayed items in a plurality of formats, said method comprising: presenting a selection screen to the user whereby the user may make a selection to provide a skeleton listing of only designated types of displayed items; displaying said skeleton listing to the user in response to an appropriate selection by the user, wherein said skeleton listing of designated types of displayed items comprises a listing of hyperlinks present on at least one selected network page; and enabling a user to select a level value representative of a level of linked pages to be perused in providing said listing of hyperlinks.

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Claim 2:
2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein said listing of hyperlinks comprises hyperlinks present on said designated network page listed separately from and exclusive of the context displayed on said designated network page.