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US5890164:
Estimating the degree of change of web pages
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Nielsen, Jakob; Atherton, CA
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| Assignee: |
Sun Microsystems, Inc., Palo Alto, CA
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| Published / Filed: |
1999-03-30
/ 1996-06-24
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| Application Number: |
US1996000668893
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
G06F 17/30;
Core:
more...
IPC-7:
G06F 17/30;
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| ECLA Code: |
G06F17/30W9;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
707/201;
707/010;
707/E17.119;
Original:
707/201;
707/010;
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| Field of Search: |
707/010,201,203,204
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| Priority Number: |
| 1996-06-24 |
US1996000668893 |
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| Abstract: |
When monitoring a large number of information sources such as pages on the World Wide Web, a user may not have time to normally look at each source at regular intervals. A background process will connect to each source maintained in a database and calculate an estimate of how much the source has changed since the last time a user viewed it. The amount of change is graphically displayed to the user as part of an icon or file listing. The user can thus determine whether the amount of new material justifies connecting to the source.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
McDermott, Will & Emery ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Lintz, Paul R.;
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| Maintenance Status: |
CC Certificate of Correction issued
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| Family: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. A system for displaying information about changes in files on one or more file servers, comprising:
- a. a network;
- b. one or more file servers connected to said network; and
- c. a computer, having a database and a display, connected to said network and configured to periodically access files listed in said database over said network and to determine the amount the files have changed since the last time a user viewed the files and to display an indication of how much a file has changed.
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