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Method and system to create, transmit, receive and process information, including an address to further information
Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC
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Filing: 1995-04-04
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Granted: 1998-08-04
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Expires: 2015-04-04
Abstract
Abstract A method and system for sending and receiving Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) in electronic mail over the Internet. An electronic mail document containing a URL may have several different types. If the message type indicates a URL, when the received URL type document is read or browsed using a multimedia Internet browser, the URL is looked up so that the information corresponding to the URL is displayed without necessarily displaying any portion of the received message. If the received document is of the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) type, the document may be displayed and a user may "click" on the URL to look up the information corresponding to the URL. If the received document is of the text type, the text may be converted to the HTML format and the HTML format document displayed so that a user may "click" on the URL in order to look up the information corresponding to the URL without the need to type in the URL address.
Inventors
- 👤 Thomas Higley
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 21:55
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06Q; G06Q10/00; G06Q10/10; G06Q10/107; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/955
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 48
Claim 1
Independent Claim
81 words
A method of communicating between computers, comprising the steps of: creating a message at a first computer, said message including a reference to a predetermined location; transmitting, by the first computer, said message to a second location; and receiving said message by a computer at the second location; decoding said message by the computer at the second location by retrieving data from the predetermined location, automatically by a single application, without requiring user interaction, into the computer at the second location.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
81 words
A method of communicating between computers, comprising the steps of: creating a message at a first computer, said message including a reference to a predetermined location; transmitting, by the first computer, said message to a second location; and receiving said message by a computer at the second location; decoding said message by the computer at the second location by retrieving data from the predetermined location, automatically by a single application, without requiring user interaction, into the computer at the second location.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein: said step of creating a message creates the message using Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said step of decoding said message decodes the message using an HTML viewer.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
56 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein: said step of creating a message creates the message without using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said step of decoding said message includes: decoding the message by translating the message to the HTML; and displaying, using a HTML viewer, said message which has been translated to the HTML.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
39 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein: said reference to a predetermined location is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and said step of creating creates the message without including data corresponding to the predetermined resource referenced by the URL.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 4, wherein said decoding step automatically retrieves the data from the predetermined location when a user decodes the message without the user requesting the retrieval of the data corresponding to the URL.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said transmitting step transmits the message over an Internet connection.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
49 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of creating creates the message so that the reference to a predetermined location corresponds to at least one of company information, a catalog, new product information, a manual, a correction to the manual, an order, complaint information, and a questionnaire.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said decoding includes displaying the message and the data from the predetermined location without running an application other than said single application and without running a separate translation program.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
A method according to claim 1, wherein said step of creating a message creates said message to be an electronic mail message and said transmitting steps transmits said message over the Internet.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
81 words
A method of processing, by a computer at a second location, a message created by a computer at a first location, the message including a reference to a predetermined location, and which was transmitted to the computer at the second location, comprising the steps of: receiving said message by the computer at the second location; decoding said message by the computer at the second location by retrieving data from the predetermined location, automatically by a single application, without requiring user interaction.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
81 words
A method of processing, by a computer at a second location, a message created by a computer at a first location, the message including a reference to a predetermined location, and which was transmitted to the computer at the second location, comprising the steps of: receiving said message by the computer at the second location; decoding said message by the computer at the second location by retrieving data from the predetermined location, automatically by a single application, without requiring user interaction.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein: said message is encoded using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said step of decoding said message decodes the message using an HTML viewer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
51 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein: said message is encoded without using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said step of decoding said message includes: decoding the message by translating said message to the HTML; and displaying said message which has been translated to the HTML using an HTML viewer.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein: said reference to a predetermined location is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and said message is created without including data corresponding to the predetermined resource referenced by the URL.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
37 words
A method according to claim 13, wherein said decoding step automatically retrieves the data from the predetermined location when a user decodes the message without the user requesting the retrieval of the data corresponding to the URL.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
17 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein said receiving step receives the message from an Internet connection.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
50 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein said message having the reference to the predetermined location has the reference to the predetermined location corresponding to at least one of company information, a catalog, new product information, a manual, a correction to the manual, an order, complaint information, and a questionnaire.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
36 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein said decoding includes displaying the message and the data from the predetermined location without running an application other than said single application and without running a separate translation program.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 10, wherein said receiving step receives the message as an Internet electronic mail message.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
108 words
A computer implemented method for transmitting a message to a receiving computer which examines a type of the message and looks up an address to a predetermined location contained within the message if the message is determined to be of a type which indicates that the message contains an address, comprising the steps of: encoding a message into a format which indicates that a type of the message is of a format which contains an address to a predetermined location and contains the address to the predetermined location without including data corresponding to the predetermined location; and transmitting the encoded message over a network to the receiving computer.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
108 words
A computer implemented method for transmitting a message to a receiving computer which examines a type of the message and looks up an address to a predetermined location contained within the message if the message is determined to be of a type which indicates that the message contains an address, comprising the steps of: encoding a message into a format which indicates that a type of the message is of a format which contains an address to a predetermined location and contains the address to the predetermined location without including data corresponding to the predetermined location; and transmitting the encoded message over a network to the receiving computer.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 19, wherein said encoding step encodes the message to be of a type indicating the message contains a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
88 words
A computer system, comprising: a first computer; and a second computer connected to the first computer via a network; said first computer including: means for creating a message including a reference to a predetermined location; and means for transmitting, by the first computer, said message to a second location; said second computer including: means for receiving said message; and means for decoding said message by retrieving data from the predetermined location without a user typing the reference to the predetermined location into the computer at the second location.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
88 words
A computer system, comprising: a first computer; and a second computer connected to the first computer via a network; said first computer including: means for creating a message including a reference to a predetermined location; and means for transmitting, by the first computer, said message to a second location; said second computer including: means for receiving said message; and means for decoding said message by retrieving data from the predetermined location without a user typing the reference to the predetermined location into the computer at the second location.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
37 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein: said means for creating a message creates the message using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said means for decoding said message decodes the message using an HTML viewer.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
61 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein: said means for creating a message creates the message without using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said means for decoding said message includes: means for decoding the message by translating the message to the HTML; and means for displaying, using a HTML viewer, said message which has been translated to the HTML.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
40 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein: said reference to a predetermined location is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and said means for creating creates the message without including data corresponding to the predetermined resource referenced by the URL.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
44 words
A computer system according to claim 24, wherein said decoding means automatically retrieves the data from the predetermined location when a user decodes the message in order to read the message without the user requesting the retrieval of the data corresponding to the URL.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
18 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein said transmitting means transmits the message over an Internet connection.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
50 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein said means for creating creates the message so that the reference to a predetermined location corresponds to at least one of company information, a catalog, new product information, a manual, a correction to the manual, an order, complaint information, and a questionnaire.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
51 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein said decoding is automatic and performed by a single application; and said decoding means includes means for displaying the message and the data from the predetermined location without running an application other than said single application and without running a separate translation program.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
34 words
A computer system according to claim 21, wherein said means for creating a message creates said message to be an electronic mail message and said means for transmitting transmits said message over the Internet.
Claim 34
Dependent Claim
69 words
A computer, located at a second location, for processing a message created by a transmitting computer at a first location, the message including a reference to a predetermined location, said computer comprising: means for receiving said message; and means, connected to the means for receiving, for decoding said message by retrieving data from the predetermined location without a user of said computer typing the reference to the predetermined location.
Claim 35
Dependent Claim
69 words
A computer, located at a second location, for processing a message created by a transmitting computer at a first location, the message including a reference to a predetermined location, said computer comprising: means for receiving said message; and means, connected to the means for receiving, for decoding said message by retrieving data from the predetermined location without a user of said computer typing the reference to the predetermined location.
Claim 36
Dependent Claim
31 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein: said message is encoded using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said means for decoding said message decodes the message using an HTML viewer.
Claim 37
Dependent Claim
59 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein: said message received by said computer was encoded without using a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML); and said means for decoding said message includes: means for decoding said message by translating the message to the HTML; and means for displaying said message which has been translated to the HTML using an HTML viewer.
Claim 38
Dependent Claim
36 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein: said reference to a predetermined location is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and said message is created without including data corresponding to the predetermined resource referenced by the URL.
Claim 39
Dependent Claim
38 words
A computer according to claim 33, wherein said means for decoding automatically retrieves the data from the predetermined location when a user decodes the message without the user requesting the retrieval of the data corresponding to the URL.
Claim 40
Dependent Claim
18 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein: said means for receiving receives the message from an Internet connection.
Claim 41
Dependent Claim
50 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein said message having the reference to the predetermined location has the reference to the predetermined location corresponding to at least one of, company information, a catalog, new product information, a manual, a correction to the manual, an order, complaint information, and a questionnaire.
Claim 42
Dependent Claim
56 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein: said means for decoding performs the decoding to be automatic and includes a single application; and said decoding means includes a means for displaying the message and the data from the predetermined location without running an application other than said single application and without running a separate translation program.
Claim 43
Dependent Claim
20 words
A computer according to claim 30, wherein said means for receiving receives the message as an Internet electronic mail message.
Claim 44
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer for transmitting a message to a receiving computer which examines a type of the message and looks up an address to a predetermined location contained within the message if the message is determined to be of a type which indicates that the message contains an address, comprising: means for encoding a message into a format which indicates that a type of the message is of a format which contains an address to a predetermined location and contains the address to the predetermined location without including data corresponding to the predetermined location; and means for transmitting the encoded message over a network to the receiving computer.
Claim 45
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer for transmitting a message to a receiving computer which examines a type of the message and looks up an address to a predetermined location contained within the message if the message is determined to be of a type which indicates that the message contains an address, comprising: means for encoding a message into a format which indicates that a type of the message is of a format which contains an address to a predetermined location and contains the address to the predetermined location without including data corresponding to the predetermined location; and means for transmitting the encoded message over a network to the receiving computer.
Claim 46
Dependent Claim
27 words
A method according to claim 39, wherein said encoding means encodes the message to be of a type indicating the message contains a Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
Claim 47
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of communicating between computers, comprising the steps of: sending a message over a network, said message includes at least one reference to a predetermined location at a first computer system; receiving said message at a second computer system; and decoding said message by retrieving data from said predetermined location automatically, without requiring user interaction.
Claim 48
Independent Claim
56 words
A method of communicating between computers, comprising the steps of: sending a message over a network, said message includes at least one reference to a predetermined location at a first computer system; receiving said message at a second computer system; and decoding said message by retrieving data from said predetermined location automatically, without requiring user interaction.
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