July 15, 2006

Ronald J. DeHaas announces provisional patent pending status on his following
Invention:

System and method for providing a textual snapshot of a site:
The method and system of monitoring and reporting for the purposes of accountability of Instant Message, Chat room, and other non-http protocols already has patent pending status by DeHaas et al.

In an accountability report (that is a report which lists Internet activity and is submitted to an accountability partner), there is sometimes question of what a site is, or whether or not it is an objectionable site.

This invention has the following claims:
1. A system and method for linking directly (by hyperlink or other means) to information regarding a particular website, newsgroup, email,.or other electronic transmission.
2. The system and method of claim 1 wherein said information includes how the website, newsgroup, email, or other electronic transmission was accessed, such as whether it was in the form of a popup or a link from an email.
3. The system and method of claim 1 wherein said information includes the text of the website, newsgroup, email, or other electronic transmission, such that said text can be viewed without graphics that may also have appeared in the website, newsgroup, email, or other electronic transmission.
4. The system and method of claim 1 wherein said information includes an analysis of why the website, newsgroup, email, or other electronic transmission may have been considered to be objectionable.