摘要 |
A method is provided for creating and using a web shortcut for conducting a web transaction on the World Wide Web ("web"). In one aspect of the invention, a web shortcut is created by performing the following steps: (1) recording a web page's uniform resource location ("URL") as a node in a history tree; (2) filling in a web form to provide web form information; (3) recording a web page's reuse policy; and (4) saving the recorded node, web form information, and reuse policy to a file. In another aspect of the invention, the web shortcut is utilized when an online user selects a node in the history tree. |