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AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsDavid R. Dickman, Luis Fernando Talavera Abdala, Kerry Schwartz, James E. Allard
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A client computer has a facility for encapsulating location information, such as a uniform resource locator (URL), for a resource that is available on a server computer. The facility is especially well-adapted for use with Internet documents. The location information for such a resource is encapsulated into an object known as an Internet shortcut. The Internet shortcut appears to a user as an icon that may be used to gain access to the underlying resource. The Internet shortcut icon holds a link to a remote resource and will automatically activate the web browser when selected. The Internet shortcut icons may be implemented as objects that are visible on the desktop of the operating system. File operations such as copy, delete, and copy may be performed on the Internet shortcut icon through a context menu. In addition, Internet shortcuts may be transferred to E-mail, facsimile, floppy disk destinations through a context menu.
In a client computer system that runs an operating system that provides a name space of objects that are visible to a user on an output device and that is coupled to a network having a server for providing a resource, said resource having an associated uniform resource locator (URL), said operating system enabling a web browser to employ the associated URL to locate a web page that provides access to the resource, a method comprising:
A client computer system that is coupled to a server computer that has a resource for access by the client computer system, said resource having a uniform resource locator (URL) for enabling location of the resource by the client computer system, said operating system enabling a web browser to locate and access the resource, said client computer system comprising:
In a client computer system that runs an operating system that provides a name space of objects that are visible to a user on an output device and that is coupled to a network having a server for providing a resource, said resource having an associated uniform resource locator (URL), said operating system enabling a web browser to locate a web page that provides access to the resource, a method comprising:
A client computer system that is coupled to a server computer that has a resource for access by the client computer system, said resource having a uniform resource locator (URL) for enabling location of the resource by the client computer system, said operating system enabling a web browser to locate and access the resource, said client computer system comprising:
In a computer system, a method for producing a shortcut for a user to access a resource on a network, comprising:
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