Ken P Olson

US Patent:

7376709, May 20, 2008

Filed:

May 9, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/142248

Inventors:

James Brei - Milford MI, US
Mark Holt - Dexter MI, US
Ken Olson - Ann Arbor MI, US
Sri Potharaju - Ann Arbor MI, US

Assignee:

ProQuest - Ann Arbor MI

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709218, 707 3

Abstract:

The present invention is a process of creating durable Uniform Resource Locator links to results of performing web-enabled functions. The web-enabled functions are performed using a system delivered user interface requiring users to authenticate within the system. After authentication, the user will be able to perform a first user function that will create Uniform Resource Locator link results derived from the first user function. The user will then be able to conduct successive users functions, either dependent or independent of the first user function results without having to re-authenticate. The successive user function will then create durable Uniform Resource Locator link results derived from the successive user function without altering the previously created Uniform Resource Locator links to previous user function results.