Appeal No. 2002-0097
Application No. 09141,088
computer is configured to select hyperlinks for itself and one or
more other computers. Each URL corresponding to a selected
hyperlink is communicated via the Internet to a server. The
server broadcasts the URL to the collaborating computers, each of
which retrieves the corresponding document in conventional
fashion.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method of facilitating collaborative browsing of
documents containing hypertext by at least two client computers
each having access to the Internet, the documents accessible from
at least one server computer accessible from the Internet, the
method comprising the steps of:
obtaining a URL corresponding to a document which is
accessible from a first server, the document to be viewed at at
least a first and second client computer, the URL having been
selected through use of browser software running on the first
client computer;
generating a message addressed to the at least first and
second client computers, the message including the URL of the
document to be viewed at the at least first and second computers;
and
transmitting the message to the at least first and second
client computers, the URL included in the message to be used by
each of the at least first and second client computers to
retrieve and display the document to be viewed.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Scherpbier 5,944,791 Aug. 31, 1999
(filed Oct. 4, 1996)
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