Previewing portions of the hypertext World Wide Web documents linked to hyperlinks in received World Wide Web documents

摘要

System through which a Web user may distinguish those hyperlinks in each received Web document which are of interest to him. At a receiving display station, a user is enabled to select to view only a portion of a hypertext document linked to a hyperlink in any received hypertext document. The user is also permitted to select the size of the portion of the linked document to be viewed. Then, there is provided, preferably in the browser, an implementation for accessing and storing at the one receiving display station, the selected portion of the linked hypertext document; and for then displaying said stored portion of a linked document to the user. The user may then review this preview portion of the document and decide whether he wishes to see the whole linked Web document.