US Patent No: 6,772,139
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Method and apparatus for facilitating use of hypertext links on the world wide web
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Aug 3, 2004
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Oct 5, 1999
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Abstract
A database server contains pointers to useful information, such as on the World Wide Web. Users of the server may have hypertext links added automatically into documents they submit. Users may additionally contribute to the link database, thereby extending it, and may add additional qualifying information pertaining to the links.
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- 15 United States
- 10 France
- 8 Japan
- 7 China
- 5 Korea
- 2 Other
Patent Owner(s)
| Patent Owner | Address | Total Patents |
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| PRESCOTT NETWORKS, LLC | WILMINGTON, DE | 3 |
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Inventor(s)
| Inventor Name | Address | # of filed Patents | Total Citations |
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| Smith, III Julius O | Palo Alto, CA | 16 | 513 |
Cited Art
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| 5,297,249 Hypermedia link marker abstract and search services | 407 | 1990 | |
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| 5,760,771 System and method for providing structured tours of hypertext files | 148 | 1996 | |
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| 5,806,079 System, method, and computer program product for using intelligent notes to organize, link, and manipulate disparate data objects | 182 | 1996 | |
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| 6,285,999 Method for node ranking in a linked database | 427 | 1998 | |
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| 4,982,344 Accelerating link creation | 124 | 1988 | |
Patent Citation Ranking
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| 7,458,014 Computer user interface architecture wherein both content and user interface are composed of documents with links | 18 | 1999 | |
| 7,337,389 System and method for annotating an electronic document independently of its content | 13 | 1999 | |
| 7,185,274 Computer user interface architecture wherein users interact with both content and user interface by activating links | 61 | 1999 | |
| 7,028,267 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content | 11 | 1999 | |
| 6,992,687 Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system | 34 | 1999 | |
| 7,243,299 Methods and apparatus for displaying multiple contexts in electronic documents | 9 | 2000 | |
| 7,624,356 Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets | 12 | 2000 | |
| 7,346,848 Single window navigation methods and systems | 39 | 2000 | |
| 7,191,394 Authoring arbitrary XML documents using DHTML and XSLT | 70 | 2000 | |
| 7,155,667 User interface for integrated spreadsheets and word processing tables | 6 | 2000 | |
| 7,117,435 Spreadsheet fields in text | 4 | 2000 | |
| 7,000,230 Network-based software extensions | 31 | 2000 | |
| 6,948,135 Method and systems of providing information to computer users | 98 | 2000 | |
| 7,234,108 Ink thickness rendering for electronic annotations | 1 | 2000 | |
| 7,500,017 Method and system for providing an XML binary format | 13 | 2001 | |
| 7,769,750 Metadata based hypermedia management system | 0 | 2002 | |
| 7,415,672 System and method for designing electronic forms | 3 | 2003 | |
| 7,370,066 System and method for offline editing of data files | 19 | 2003 | |
| 7,275,216 System and method for designing electronic forms and hierarchical schemas | 17 | 2003 | |
| 7,913,159 System and method for real-time validation of structured data files | 11 | 2003 | |
| 7,516,145 System and method for incrementally transforming and rendering hierarchical data files | 4 | 2003 | |
| 7,168,035 Building a view on markup language data through a set of components | 90 | 2003 | |
| 7,197,515 Declarative solution definition | 20 | 2003 | |
| 7,581,177 Conversion of structured documents | 11 | 2003 | |
| 7,406,660 Mapping between structured data and a visual surface | 66 | 2003 | |
| 7,334,187 Electronic form aggregation | 11 | 2003 | |
| 7,296,017 Validation of XML data files | 71 | 2003 | |
| 7,451,392 Rendering an HTML electronic form by applying XSLT to XML using a solution | 69 | 2003 | |
| 7,376,673 Offline editing of XML files using a solution | 23 | 2003 | |
| 7,430,711 Systems and methods for editing XML documents | 12 | 2004 | |
| 7,318,063 Managing XML documents containing hierarchical database information | 5 | 2004 | |
| 7,496,837 Structural editing with schema awareness | 83 | 2004 | |
| 7,568,101 Digital signatures with an embedded view | 11 | 2004 | |
| 7,281,018 Form template data source change | 87 | 2004 | |
| 7,774,620 Executing applications at appropriate trust levels | 13 | 2004 | |
| 7,594,187 Bookmarking and placemarking a displayed document in a computer system | 4 | 2004 | |
| 7,676,843 Executing applications at appropriate trust levels | 17 | 2004 | |
| 7,533,268 Digital signature with an embedded view | 12 | 2004 | |
| 7,496,830 Computer user interface architecture that saves a user's non-linear navigation history and intelligently maintains that history | 19 | 2004 | |
| 7,712,048 Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets | 10 | 2004 | |
| 7,610,562 Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets | 14 | 2004 | |
| 7,512,896 Task-sensitive methods and systems for displaying command sets | 12 | 2004 | |
| 7,818,677 Single window navigation methods and systems | 19 | 2004 | |
| 7,779,027 Methods, systems, architectures and data structures for delivering software via a network | 12 | 2004 | |
| 7,496,829 Method and apparatus for displaying multiple contexts in electronic documents | 4 | 2004 | |
| 7,673,227 User interface for integrated spreadsheets and word processing tables | 18 | 2004 | |
| 7,350,141 User interface for integrated spreadsheets and word processing tables | 37 | 2004 | |
| 7,392,522 Architectures for and methods of providing network-based software extensions | 11 | 2004 | |
| 7,692,636 Systems and methods for handwriting to a screen | 17 | 2004 | |
| 7,702,997 Spreadsheet fields in text | 0 | 2004 | |
| 7,549,115 System and method for integrated spreadsheets and word processing tables | 26 | 2004 | |
| 7,523,390 Spreadsheet fields in text | 2 | 2004 | |
| 7,506,242 System and method for integrating spreadsheets and word processing tables | 3 | 2004 | |
| 7,120,866 Spreadsheet fields in text | 7 | 2004 | |
| 7,506,243 System and method for integrating spreadsheets and word processing tables | 1 | 2004 | |
| 7,712,022 Mutually exclusive options in electronic forms | 18 | 2004 | |
| 7,584,417 Role-dependent action for an electronic form | 27 | 2004 | |
| 7,721,190 Methods and systems for server side form processing | 17 | 2004 | |
| 7,509,353 Methods and systems for exchanging and rendering forms | 2 | 2004 | |
| 7,904,801 Recursive sections in electronic forms | 4 | 2004 | |
| 7,437,376 Scalable object model | 7 | 2004 | |
| 7,810,136 Service routing and web integration in a distributed, multi-site user authentication system | 1 | 2005 | |
| 7,937,651 Structural editing operations for network forms | 7 | 2005 | |
| 7,743,063 Methods and systems for delivering software via a network | 12 | 2005 | |
| 7,689,929 Methods and systems of providing information to computer users | 17 | 2005 | |
| 7,346,610 Methods and systems of providing information to computer users | 35 | 2005 | |
| 7,725,834 Designer-created aspect for an electronic form template | 16 | 2005 | |
| 7,360,171 Methods and systems of providing information to computer users | 1 | 2005 | |
| 8,010,515 Query to an electronic form | 5 | 2005 | |
| 7,543,228 Template for rendering an electronic form | 27 | 2005 | |
| 8,200,975 Digital signatures for network forms | 2 | 2005 | |
| 7,613,996 Enabling selection of an inferred schema part | 25 | 2005 | |
| 7,979,856 Network-based software extensions | 6 | 2005 | |
| 7,568,168 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content | 1 | 2005 | |
| 7,496,856 Method and apparatus for capturing and rendering text annotations for non-modifiable electronic content | 1 | 2005 | |
| 8,001,459 Enabling electronic documents for limited-capability computing devices | 4 | 2005 | |
| 7,970,867 Hypermedia management system | 0 | 2005 | |
| 7,779,343 Opening network-enabled electronic documents | 0 | 2006 | |
| 7,490,109 System and method for offline editing of data files | 19 | 2006 | |
| 7,533,112 Context hierarchies for address searching | 0 | 2006 | |
| 7,900,134 Authoring arbitrary XML documents using DHTML and XSLT | 10 | 2006 | |
| 7,730,391 Ink thickness rendering for electronic annotations | 3 | 2006 | |
| 8,117,552 Incrementally designing electronic forms and hierarchical schemas | 2 | 2006 | |
| 7,840,561 Retrieving hierarchical data | 1 | 2007 | |
| 7,747,600 Multi-level search | 0 | 2007 | |
| 8,316,389 System and method to facilitate programming of an associated recording device | 0 | 2007 | |
| 7,865,477 System and method for real-time validation of structured data files | 10 | 2007 | |
| 8,074,217 Methods and systems for delivering software | 6 | 2007 | |
| 7,971,139 Correlation, association, or correspondence of electronic forms | 6 | 2007 | |
| 7,925,621 Installing a solution | 9 | 2008 | |
| 8,078,960 Rendering an HTML electronic form by applying XSLT to XML using a solution | 1 | 2008 | |
| 8,046,683 Structural editing with schema awareness | 2 | 2009 | |
| 8,312,048 Database application navigation | 0 | 2009 | |
| 7,950,055 Cross-domain authentication | 0 | 2009 | |
| 8,429,522 Correlation, association, or correspondence of electronic forms | 0 | 2011 | |
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| 8,103,737 System and method for previewing hyperlinks with ‘flashback’ images | 0 | 2001 | |
| 7,185,092 Web site, information communication terminal, robot search engine response system, robot search engine registration method, and storage medium and program transmission apparatus therefor | 4 | 2001 | |
| 7,289,980 Method and system for managing preferred web site links | 3 | 2001 | |
| 7,318,021 Machine translation system, method and program | 4 | 2002 | |
| 7,418,456 Method for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an extensible markup language document and a hierarchical database | 7 | 2004 | |
| 7,290,012 Apparatus, system, and method for passing data between an extensible markup language document and a hierarchical database | 2 | 2004 | |
| 7,296,021 Method, system, and article to specify compound query, displaying visual indication includes a series of graphical bars specify weight relevance, ordered segments of unique colors where each segment length indicative of the extent of match of each object with one of search parameters | 6 | 2004 | |
| 7,958,257 Message filtering and demultiplexing system | 0 | 2005 | |
| 7,912,838 System and method for performing just-in-time priming of a database cache | 0 | 2005 | |
| 8,103,950 Structure and method for linking within a website | 0 | 2007 | |
| 7,822,786 Apparatus, system, and method for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an extensible markup language document and a hierarchical database | 1 | 2007 | |
| 7,912,874 Apparatus and system for defining a metadata schema to facilitate passing data between an extensible markup language document and a hierarchical database | 0 | 2008 | |
| 7,840,574 Computer program product and system for mapping source and target objects | 0 | 2008 | |
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| 7,334,184 Method for online information sharing for completing electronic forms | 17 | 2000 | |
| 7,305,355 Universal shopping cart and order injection system | 10 | 2001 | |
| 7,373,314 Unified product purchasing method | 13 | 2001 | |
| 7,412,409 Online ordering medium and method | 9 | 2005 | |
| 7,328,176 Universal shopping cart and order injection system | 9 | 2005 | |
| 7,580,869 Method and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination | 1 | 2007 | |
| 7,577,592 Method, medium, and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination | 0 | 2007 | |
| 7,577,593 Method, medium, and system for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination | 1 | 2007 | |
| 7,577,594 Medium for a universal shopping cart having order injection and common payment determination | 0 | 2007 | |
| 8,219,465 Online ordering for a consumer | 0 | 2009 | |
| 7,835,949 Method, medium, and system for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination | 0 | 2009 | |
| 7,925,544 Method, medium, and system for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination | 0 | 2010 | |
| 8,065,195 Method, medium, and system for universal shopping cart order injection and payment determination | 0 | 2011 | |
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| 7,970,887 Measuring a page-specific subjective user reaction concerning each of multiple web pages of a website | 0 | 2002 | |
| 7,478,121 Receiving and reporting page-specific user feedback concerning one or more particular web pages of a website | 10 | 2002 | |
| 7,370,285 Receiving and reporting page-specific user feedback concerning one or more particular web pages of a website | 17 | 2002 | |
| 7,827,487 Soliciting user feedback regarding one or more web pages of a website without obscuring visual content | 1 | 2004 | |
| 7,809,602 Computer-implemented system and method for measuring and reporting business intelligence based on comments collected from web page users using software associated with accessed web pages | 1 | 2007 | |
| 7,865,455 System and method for providing intelligent support | 0 | 2008 | |
| 8,024,668 Receiving and reporting page-specific user feedback concerning one or more particular web pages of a website | 0 | 2008 | |
| 8,082,295 Reporting to a website owner one or more appearances of a specified word in one or more page-specific open-ended comments concerning one or more particular web pages of a website | 1 | 2008 | |
| 8,037,128 Receiving page-specific user feedback concerning one or more particular web pages of a website | 0 | 2008 | |
| 8,332,232 System and method for mobile interaction | 0 | 2009 | |
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| 7,293,228 Maltweb multi-axis viewing interface and higher level scoping | 5 | 2000 | |
| 7,363,310 Mapping of data from XML to SQL | 1 | 2002 | |
| 7,281,206 Maintenance of a markup language document in a database | 37 | 2002 | |
| 8,386,484 Maltweb multi-axis viewing interface and higher level scoping | 0 | 2006 | |
| 8,204,913 Mapping of data from XML to SQL | 0 | 2008 | |
| 8,396,901 Mapping of data from XML to SQL | 0 | 2012 | |
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| 8,150,885 Method and apparatus for organizing data by overlaying a searchable database with a directory tree structure | 0 | 2006 | |
| 7,756,850 Method and apparatus for formatting information within a directory tree structure into an encyclopedia-like entry | 4 | 2007 | |
| 7,747,654 Method and apparatus for applying a parametric search methodology to a directory tree database format | 1 | 2007 | |
| 8,296,296 Method and apparatus for formatting information within a directory tree structure into an encyclopedia-like entry | 0 | 2010 | |
| 8,335,779 Method and apparatus for gathering, categorizing and parameterizing data | 0 | 2011 | |
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| 7,107,526 Transparent injection of specific content into web pages viewed while browsing | 17 | 2000 | |
| 7,275,066 Link management of document structures | 5 | 2001 | |
| 8,150,824 Systems and methods for direct navigation to specific portion of target document | 1 | 2003 | |
| 7,809,697 Compressing hyperlinks in a hyperlink-based document | 1 | 2007 | |
| 8,392,449 Resource search operations | 0 | 2010 | |
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| 7,606,794 Active Abstracts | 0 | 2005 | |
| 8,412,702 System, method, and/or apparatus for reordering search results | 0 | 2008 | |
| 8,051,068 Trail-based exploration of a repository of documents | 25 | 2008 | |
| 8,001,111 Trail-based exploration of a repository of documents | 0 | 2008 | |
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| 7,343,417 System and method for rating media information | 2 | 2001 | |
| 7,899,700 Method and system for providing multi-dimensional feedback | 3 | 2006 | |
| 8,234,627 System and method for expediting information display | 0 | 2007 | |
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| 7,165,069 Analysis of search activities of users to identify related network sites | 14 | 1999 | |
| 7,593,981 Detection of search behavior based associations between web sites | 0 | 2006 | |
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| 7,003,551 Method and apparatus for minimizing storage of common attachment files in an e-mail communications server | 36 | 2000 | |
| 7,908,332 Method and apparatus for minimizing storage of common attachment files in an e-mail communications server | 1 | 2008 | |
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| 7,925,694 Systems and methods for managing cookies via HTTP content layer | 2 | 2007 | |
| 8,090,877 Systems and methods for fine grain policy driven cookie proxying | 0 | 2009 | |
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| 7,631,035 Path-analysis toolbar | 2 | 2002 | |
| 7,647,323 Web-site performance analysis system and method of providing a web-site performance analysis service | 2 | 2005 | |
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| 7,505,971 Shared drive that provides shared access to editable files in a database | 1 | 2002 | |
| 7,200,589 Format-independent advertising of data center resource capabilities | 7 | 2002 | |
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| 7,117,247 System, computer program product and method for storing information in an application service provider via e-mails | 7 | 2001 | |
| 7,340,504 System, computer program product and method for storing information in an application service provider | 0 | 2006 | |
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| 7,805,430 Evaluation of name prefix and suffix during a search | 0 | 2005 | |
| 7,565,374 Database visualization and searching | 0 | 2006 | |
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| 7,702,684 Presenting digitized content on a network using a cross-linked layer of electronic documents derived from a relational database | 0 | 2007 | |
| 8,271,512 Presenting digitized content on a network using a cross-linked layer of electronic documents derived from a relational database | 2010 | ||
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| 8,122,014 Layered augmentation for web content | 0 | 2008 | |
| 8,131,767 Intelligent augmentation of media content | 0 | 2010 | |
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| 8,190,681 Collections of linked databases and systems and methods for communicating about updates thereto | 0 | 2006 | |
| 8,412,706 Social network analysis | 0 | 2007 | |
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| 8,135,581 Method and system for downloading additional search results into electronic dictionaries | 0 | 2009 | |
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| 7,882,082 Repairing links in locked files | 0 | 2006 | |
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| 7,831,582 Method and system for associating keywords with online content sources | 6 | 2005 | |
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| 8,417,825 Communications handles and proxy agents | 0 | 2005 | |
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| 7,444,382 Method and apparatus for minimizing storage of common attachment files in an e-mail communications server | 16 | 2005 | |
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| 7,389,241 Method for users of a network to provide other users with access to link relationships between documents | 7 | 2002 | |
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| 7,269,160 Voice over internet call center integration | 12 | 2000 | |
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| 7,216,350 Methods and apparatus for call service processing by instantiating an object that executes a compiled representation of a mark-up language description of operations for performing a call feature or service | 8 | 2001 | |
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| 7,587,359 Method and system for harvesting feedback and comments regarding multiple items from users of a network-based transaction facility | 3 | 2007 | |
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| 7,478,035 Verbal classification system for the efficient sending and receiving of information | 14 | 2000 | |
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| 8,280,836 Converting unordered graphs to oblivious read once ordered graph representation | 0 | 2008 | |
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| 8,321,496 User evaluation of content on distributed communication network | 2000 | ||
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| 7,590,636 Knowledge filter | 0 | 2006 | |
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| 7,546,338 Method and system for screening remote site connections and filtering data based on a community trust assessment | 2 | 2003 | |
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| 7,814,102 Method and system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents | 1 | 2005 | |
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| 7,698,337 Method for offering news article via on-line system based upon editorial index and system for executing the method | 0 | 2007 | |
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| 7,493,560 Definition links in online documentation | 0 | 2002 | |
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| 7,516,399 Structured-document path-language expression methods and systems | 13 | 2004 | |
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| 7,752,277 System, computer program product and method for storing information in an application service provider | 0 | 2008 | |
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| 7,426,513 Client-based objectifying of text pages | 1 | 2001 | |
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| 8,244,726 Computer-aided extraction of semantics from keywords to confirm match of buyer offers to seller bids | 0 | 2005 | |
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| 7,540,051 Mapping web sites based on significance of contact and category | 31 | 2005 | |
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| 7,020,679 Two-level internet search service system | 11 | 2001 | |
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| 7,548,910 System and method for retrieving scenario-specific documents | 6 | 2005 | |
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| 7,814,483 Cache server at hotspots for downloading services | 2 | 2003 | |
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| 8,438,487 Method and system for one-click navigation and browsing of electronic media and their category structure as well as tracking the navigation and browsing thereof | 0 | 2000 | |
| 8,091,017 Method and apparatus for electronic literary macramé component referencing | 0 | 2007 | |
| 8,275,776 Method and apparatus for enhancing electronic reading by identifying relationships between sections of electronic text | 0 | 2011 | |
| 8,275,785 Method and apparatus for enhancing electronic reading by identifying relationships between sections of electronic text | 0 | 2011 | |
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