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A method for providing force feedback over a network supporting TCP/IP protocols by: (a) sending from a client computer over a network supporting TCP/IP protocols, a connection request to a web server connected to the network that is hosting a desired URL; (b) receiving and processing an HTML file a

A method for providing force feedback over a network supporting TCP/IP protocols by: (a) sending from a client computer over a network supporting TCP/IP protocols, a connection request to a web server connected to the network that is hosting a desired URL; (b) receiving and processing an HTML file at the client computer that was sent from the web server in response to the connection request, wherein the processing includes parsing an embedded force object reference having associated parameters and building a force object therefrom; (c) developing a force feedback signal with the force object; and (d) providing force feedback to a human/computer interface device coupled to the client computer in response to the force feedback signal. A networked force feedback system of the present invention includes a network, a first computer coupled to the network, and a second computer coupled to the network, where the second computer includes a visual display and a human/computer interface device capable of providing a second computer input and providing force feedback in response to a force feedback signal provided by the second computer. The second computer develops an image on the visual display that is associated with stored feedback information, such that the second computer produces the force feedback signal in response to at least one of information derived from the first computer and of the second computer input.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for providing force feedback over a network comprising:establishing a connection between a server machine and a client machine over a network, said client machine including a visual display and a human/computer interface device providing computer-controlled physi

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A method for providing force feedback over a network comprising:establishing a connection between a server machine and a client machine over a network, said client machine including a visual display and a human/computer interface device providing computer-controlled physical force feedback to a user of said human/computer interface device;receiving from said server machine over said network web page information, said web page information including screen display information representing a visual layout of a web page and force feedback information related to said visual layout of said web page information;displaying on said visual display of said client machine said web page based upon said screen display information;receiving input information from said human computer interface device for positioning a pointer image with respect to said visual layout of said web page;providing a force feedback signal that is based upon said input information and based upon said web page information received over said network; anddirecting said human/computer interface device to output computer-controlled physical force feedback to said user correlated with said visual layout of said web page on said visual display, said force feedback being based upon said force-feedback signal.