| 摘要 |
A system and method for enabling bookmark information to be shared among different computer systems. A method for storing bookmark information is described. User input requesting to store bookmark information may be received, wherein the bookmark information specifies a uniform resource locator (URL) and possibly also specifies other information, such as a name to associate with the URL. If the user does not want to store the bookmark information locally, then the bookmark information may be stored on a server computer system. The method may prompt for and receive user input specifying user authentiation information and may interface with the server computer system to authenticate the user. The bookmark information may then be sent to the server computer system. The server computer system may store the bookmark information is association with the particular user. A method for obtaining stored bookmark information is also described. User input requesting to retrieve stored bookmark information may be received. In response, the method may prompt for and receive user input specifying user authentication information. The method may interface with a server computer system to authenticate the user, using the user authentication information. Bookmark information associated with the user may then be received from the server computer system. The bookmark information may specify a plurality of URLs which were previously stored on the server computer system in accordance with the method described above. The methods described above may be utilized to enable a method for sharing bookmark information among different computer systems.
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