Patent · US Expired

Automatic web page thumbnail generation

US6356908B1 · kind B1 · utility

207Cited by
34References
30Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 30, 1999
Grant dateMar 12, 2002
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Expiry dateJul 30, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F16/957
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for presenting content from the page in a distributed database. In a preferred embodiment, a page of data from the database is presented to a user. The page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database. A set of thumbnail images of the linked pages in the database is presented to the user near the links to the linked pages.

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