公开(公告)号：JPH10116220A

公开(公告)日：1998-05-06

申请号：JP12361297

申请日：1997-05-14

Applicant: IBM

Inventor： ROBERT CARL BARRETT ,  DANIEL CLARK KELEM ,  PAUL PHILIP MARIO ,  EDWIN JOSEPH SELKER

IPC: G06F3/14 ,  G06F3/048 ,  G06F12/00 ,  G06F13/00 ,  G06F17/30 ,  H04L29/06 ,  H04L29/08

Abstract: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To display an estimated value of the length of a time needed to download a linked page by providing a sign relating to a parameter in relation with a displayed user selectable link. SOLUTION: Multimedia information such as a web page having a user- selectable hyperlink is displayed. Namely, the system estimates the length of the time needed to complete downloading according to a factor such as a turn-around time. Then the system selects on sign and displays it. Namely, a web page containing an image 48 such as a photograph, three hyperlinks 50, 52 and 54, and a text main body 56 having no hyperlink is displayed. Then signs 58, 60, and 62 are shown nearby the hyperlinks 50, 52, and 54.