Automatic bookmarking of web documents at receiving display stations of the world wide web based upon repetitive accessing of the documents

摘要

A system, method and program to help a user retrieve previously accessed documents are retroactively determined to be of interest. The bookmarking process associated with a receiving display station for the selection of received documents to thereby store at said receiving display station, direct links to such documents for future access are modified so that they include the following: a combination of an implementation at the receiving display station for tracking the number of times each document is received and a function responsive to these tracking means for bookmarking a received document after said document has been received a predetermined number of times at the receiving display station. A process may be optionally included for permitting a user at said receiving display station to change said predetermined number of times. These optional means may conveniently be implemented by a routine for displaying to said user that the document has been received for said predetermined number of times, combined with a function enabling the user to bookmark the document. In this implementation, a function may be provided enabling a user at said receiving display station to change said predetermined number of times for a received document even after the document has been received for said predetermined number of times. Of course, the system may be set up so that the received document is automatically bookmarked after the document has been received at said receiving display station for said predetermined number of times without providing the user with the above option.