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US 7,200,640 B1
Continuously tunable, graphic internet navigation tool

James M. Cole, 10846 Gambrill Park Rd., Frederick, Md. 21702 (US); Mark Donnelly, 7313 Abington Ct., Frederick, Md. 21702 (US); Medea E. Minnich, 103 Baughman's La. - #199, Frederick, Md. 21702 (US); and William H. Humm, 8603 Woodlake Dr., Richmond, Va. 23294 (US)
Filed on May 24, 2000, as Appl. No. 9/577,167.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/189929, filed on Mar. 16, 2000.
Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—217  [709/224; 345/733; 345/738; 707/10] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In a computer having a processor, an operating system, a graphical user interface and a browser and connected to a network having a search engine server, the improvement comprising:
means for generating a plurality of IP addresses based upon an initial, user-inputted IP address,
means for directing the retrieval from a network server of stored, indexed information pertaining to said IP addresses,
means, utilizing said retrieved information, for generating multi-media expressions for each of said IP addresses, and
means, utilizing said retrieved information, for generating and displaying a plurality of icons, each of which is representative of one of said IP addresses.

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