Appeal No. 2003-1614 Page 3 Application No. 09/817,692 A further understanding of the invention can be achieved by reading the following claims. 1. A computer system comprising: a processor; memory connected to said processor; a web browser stored in said memory for execution on said processor, said web browser being used to present an initial web page to a user and then to present one or more subsequent web pages to said user, said web browser automatically selecting said initial web page from a plurality of web pages during initialization of said web browser and automatically presenting said initial web page to said user after said web browser has completed initializing, said plurality of web pages including historical web page selections by said user, said initial web page being determined via ranking control, said ranking control being selected from the group consisting of: automatic ranking control; and manual ranking control. 2. The computer system of claim 1 wherein said plurality of web pages make up an ordered list of web pages. 7. A computer system comprising: a processor; memory connected to said processor; a web browser stored in said memory for execution on said processor; andPage: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007