Web information kiosk

Claim 3

The method of claim 1 wherein the step of interpreting said request for the transfer of information includes the substep of instructing said server computer to run a server side program which acts as an interface between said server and other local resources associated with said Uniform Resource Locator.

Claim 4

The method of claim 1 wherein the step of displaying said information includes displaying a predefined secondary set of information based upon the location of said client computer.

Claim 5

The method of claim 3 wherein the step of displaying a predefined secondary set of information is based upon the time of day at said location of said client computer.

Claim 8

The method of claim 5 wherein the step of interpreting said request for the transfer of information includes the substep of instructing said server computer to run a server side program which acts as an interface between said server and other local resources associated with said Uniform Resource Locator.

Claim 9

The method of claim 5 wherein the step of displaying said information includes displaying a predefined secondary set of information based upon the location of said client computer.

Claim 10

The method of claim 7 wherein the step of displaying a predefined secondary set of information is based upon the time of day at said location of said client computer.

Claim 11

specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators.

Claim 12

specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators.

Claim 13

The method of claim 9 wherein the step of interpreting said request for the transfer of information includes the substep of instructing said server computer to run a server side program which acts as an interface between said server and other local resources associated with said Uniform Resource Locator.

Claim 14

The method of claim 9 wherein the step of displaying a predefined secondary set of information is based upon the time of day at said location of said client computer.

Claim 15

A computer readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions representing a computer program that can cause a computer for perform a method for selectively displaying hypertext documents to a user by an operator on an electronic display associated with a client computer connected to a server computer through a data network comprising the steps of: a) initiating a user request for the transfer of information from a server computer through a client computer by specifying to said server computer a Uniform Resource Locator; b) verifying that said Uniform Resource Locator is from a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators; c) interpreting said user request for the transfer of information if said Uniform Resource Locator is from said group of previously approved Uniform Resource Locators; d) transmitting information associated with said Uniform Resource Locator to said client computer; and e) displaying said information, wherein the step of displaying said information includes the substep of removing from said information Hyper Text Markup Language anchors which would initiate requests for information from said server computer by specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in said group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators.

Claim 16

A computer readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions representing a computer program that can cause a computer for perform a method for selectively displaying hypertext documents to a user by an operator on an electronic display associated with a client computer connected to a server computer through a data network comprising the steps of: a) initiating a user request for the transfer of information from a server computer through a client computer by specifying to said server computer a Uniform Resource Locator; b) verifying that said Uniform Resource Locator is from a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators; c) interpreting said user request for the transfer of information if said Uniform Resource Locator is from said group of previously approved Uniform Resource Locators; d) transmitting information associated with said Uniform Resource Locator to said client computer; and e) displaying said information, wherein the step of displaying said information includes the substep of removing from said information Hyper Text Markup Language anchors which would initiate requests for information from said server computer by specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in said group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators.

Claim 17

The computer readable storage medium of claim 12 wherein the method step of interpreting said user request for the transfer of information includes the substep of instructing said server computer to run a server side program which acts as an interface between said server and other local resources associated with said Uniform Resource Locator.

Claim 18

The computer readable storage medium of claim 12 wherein the method includes the step of displaying said information includes displaying a predefined secondary set of information based upon the location of said client computer.

Claim 19

The computer readable storage medium of claim 14 wherein the method includes the step of displaying a predefined secondary set of information is based upon the time of day at said location of said client computer.

Claim 20

The computer readable storage medium of claim 12 wherein the method step of displaying said information includes the substep of removing from said information Hyper Text Markup Language anchors which would initiate requests for information from said server computer by specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in said group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators: a) initiating a user request for the transfer of information from a server computer through a client computer by specifying to said server computer a Uniform Resource Locator; b) interpreting said user request for the transfer of information; c) transmitting information associated with said Uniform Resource Locator to said client computer; d) removing from said transmitted information Hyper Text Markup Language anchors which would initiate requests for information from said server computer by specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators; and e) displaying said user requested information without links associated with said anchors.

Claim 21

The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the method includes the step of interpreting said request for the transfer of information includes the substep of instructing said server computer to run a server side program which acts as an interface between said server and other local resources associated with said Uniform Resource Locator.

Claim 22

The computer readable storage medium of claim 16 wherein the method includes the step of displaying said information includes displaying a predefined secondary set of information based upon the location of said client computer.

Claim 23

The computer readable storage medium of claim 18 wherein the method includes the step of displaying a predefined secondary set of information is based upon the time of day at said location of said client computer.

Claim 24

The computer readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions representing a computer program that can cause a computer to perform a method for selectively displaying hypertext documents on an electronic display associated with a client computer connected to a server computer through a data network comprising the steps of: a) initiating a user request for the transfer of information from a server computer through a client computer by specifying to said server computer a Uniform Resource Locator; b) interpreting said user request for the transfer of information; c) transmitting information associated with said Uniform Resource Locator to said client computer; and d) displaying said user requested information and displaying a predefined secondary set of information based upon the location of said client computer, wherein the method includes the step of displaying said information includes the substep of removing from said information Hyper Text Markup Language anchors which would initiate requests for information from said server computer by specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators.

Claim 25

The computer readable storage medium encoded with executable instructions representing a computer program that can cause a computer to perform a method for selectively displaying hypertext documents on an electronic display associated with a client computer connected to a server computer through a data network comprising the steps of: a) initiating a user request for the transfer of information from a server computer through a client computer by specifying to said server computer a Uniform Resource Locator; b) interpreting said user request for the transfer of information; c) transmitting information associated with said Uniform Resource Locator to said client computer; and d) displaying said user requested information and displaying a predefined secondary set of information based upon the location of said client computer, wherein the method includes the step of displaying said information includes the substep of removing from said information Hyper Text Markup Language anchors which would initiate requests for information from said server computer by specifying Uniform Resource Locators which are not in a group of previously operator approved Uniform Resource Locators.

Claim 26

The computer readable storage medium of claim 20 wherein the method includes the step of interpreting said request for the transfer of information includes the substep of instructing said server computer to run a server side program which acts as an interface between said server and other local resources associated with said Uniform Resource Locator.

Claim 27

The computer readable storage medium of claim 20 wherein the method includes the step of displaying a predefined secondary set of information is based upon the time of day at said location of said client computer.