US Patent No: 6,658,464
Number of patents in Portfolio can not be more than 2000
User station software that controls transport, storage, and presentation of content from a remote source
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Dec 2, 2003
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Apr 20, 2000
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09/553,395
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Abstract
A method for operating a user station configured for communications with a multiplicity of independently-operated data sources via a non-proprietary network includes steps of receiving a first data object from one of the data sources, and automatically pre-fetching a plurality of additional data objects of arbitrary type referenced by the first data object from respective other ones of the independently-operated data sources identified by information embedded in the first data object. Corresponding software is also described.
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