NETPLIANCE

APPLIANCE COMPRISING SCREEN AND KEYBOARD FOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK

ELECTRONIC MAIL SERVICES; PROVIDING ON-LINE CHAT ROOMS FOR TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES AMONG COMPUTER [ USER ] *USERS* CONCERNING TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST; PROVIDING ON-LINE ELECTRONIC BULLETIN BOARDS FOR TRANSMISSION OF MESSAGES AMONG [ COMPUTERS ] *COMPUTER* USERS CONCERNING TOPICS OF GENERAL INTEREST

COMPUTER SERVICES, NAMELY, CREATING INDEXES OF INFORMATION, SITES AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS FOR OTHERS; SEARCHING, BROWSING AND RETRIEVING INFORMATION, SITES AND OTHER RESOURCES AVAILABLE ON GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS FOR OTHERS; ORGANIZING CONTENT OF INFORMATION PROVIDED OVER A GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK ACCORDING TO USER PREFERENCE; PROVIDING AN ONLINE LINK TO SHOPPING, NEWS, WEATHER, SPORTS, CURRENT EVENTS, AND REFERENCE MATERIALS; PROVIDING A WIDE RANGE OF GENERAL INTEREST INFORMATION VIA GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORKS