Method, apparatus, and article of manufacture for providing enhanced bookmarking features for a heterogeneous environment

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6961751
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09583700

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A method, article of manufacture, and apparatus for identifying bookmark features either on a local browser or generated from a remote browser and sent to the local browser. Specifically, a method for managing bookmark information in a data structure residing on a computer, comprising receiving the bookmark information from a plurality of sources networked to the computer, the bookmark information comprising source identifier information and Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), and storing the bookmark information in the data structure. The apparatus comprises a computer, at least one bookmarking device having a unique source identifier associated therewith and containing a first browser adapted to process uniform resource locators (URLs), and a network connection connecting the computer to the at least one bookmarking device and comprising network addresses identified by the URLs, wherein the at least one bookmarking device transfers the URLs and unique source identifiers to the computer via the network connection.

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INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATIONNEW ORCHARD ROAD ARMONK NY 10504

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bates, Cary Lee Rochester, MN 284 16460
Day, Paul Reuben Rochester, MN 185 12024
Santosuosso, John Matthew Rochester, MN 312 11895

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