Abstract: A method is provided for locating and navigating to the site home of a network site in an information network such as the Internet, an Intranet, or the like from a site page within the network site. In an exemplary embodiment, the method includes the steps of receiving a request to navigate from a site page to the site home of the network site, determining a site home for the network site, and when a site home is found for the network site, navigating to the site home in response to the received request so information provided by the site home may be communicated to a user. The method may be implemented as a program of instructions storable on a medium readable by an information handling system for causing the information handling system to perform the steps of the method.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 16, 1999
Date of Patent:
November 23, 2004
Assignee:
Gateway, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael J. Calvillo, Joseph G. Richard, Glen J. Anderson, Russell F. McKnight