Multiple reference hotlist for identifying frequently retrieved web pages

Patent 5960429 Issued on September 28, 1999. Estimated Expiration Date:

October 9, 2017. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Application

No. 948106 filed on 10/09/1997

US Classes:

707/5, Query augmenting and refining (e.g., inexact access)707/10, Distributed or remote access709/217, REMOTE DATA ACCESSING709/218, Using interconnected networks715/501.1, Hypermedia715/513Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)

Examiners

Primary: Black, Thomas G.
Assistant: Alam, Hosain T.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Merchant & Gould

International Class

G06F 017/30

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for locating web pages from a network server. A count of retrievals of a web page is accumulated and the accumulated count and an address for the web page are stored in a record of a history log database at the network server. A multiple reference hotlist is formatted from the records in the history log database, wherein the multiple reference hotlist comprises a list of addresses for web pages retrieved from the records and the list is sorted by the accumulated counts retrieved from the records. The multiple reference hotlist is then displayed for a user.

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