US 2008/0168065 A1 · System and Method for Universal Web-History Service in Single or Collaborative Environments

Abstract

In an embodiment of the present invention a web collaboration tool is utilized for collecting references to the web pages visited by a user and displaying a visual indication of the visited pages in the browser when another user or group member views a previously visited page. The present invention also relates to a web collaboration server aiding the tool in receiving the identifiers of visited pages, storing the identifiers in a database and reporting the identifier to other users when they visit a web page already visited. Additionally, the present invention also relates to a method of visually differentiating links in a Word document using some special symbol to indicate visited links when printing in black and white.

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Dependent claims

A method for universal web-history service in single or collaborative environments, said method comprising:

receiving a request for a web page at a server from a user by way of a client data processing device, said user is associated with a group of users;
retrieving a plurality of information from said server, said plurality of information is related to said group of users;
obtaining said web page from a global network based data processing resource;
building a modified web page based in part on said plurality of information, such that any member of said group of users receives the same said modified web page;
and
responding to said request by sending said modified web page to said client data processing device.

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System and Method for Universal Web-History Service in Single or Collaborative Environments

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System and Method for Universal Web-History Service in Single or Collaborative Environments

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