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The invention discloses a portable device that is similar to a combination of a palm top computer and a cellular telephone, and which allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software

The invention discloses a portable device that is similar to a combination of a palm top computer and a cellular telephone, and which allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software programs to translate, rasterize and compress images received from the Internet. The compressed images are sent the portable device and the device is capable of decompressing the compressed image. Thus, the user views a bit map image of a Web page. The portable device further comprises methods of pointing and clicking on text and images which represent links to other pages. All commands that the user enters into the portable device are sent to the host computer, which performs the commands via a virtual browser, and sends the information back to the portable device.

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The invention discloses a portable device that is similar to a combination of a palm top computer and a cellular telephone, and which allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software

The invention discloses a portable device that is similar to a combination of a palm top computer and a cellular telephone, and which allows the user to access the Internet and World Wide Web. A host computer that may also be a Web server, is connected to the Internet and comprises various software programs to translate, rasterize and compress images received from the Internet. The compressed images are sent the portable device and the device is capable of decompressing the compressed image. Thus, the user views a bit map image of a Web page. The portable device further comprises methods of pointing and clicking on text and images which represent links to other pages. All commands that the user enters into the portable device are sent to the host computer, which performs the commands via a virtual browser, and sends the information back to the portable device. when displaying the representations of the network entities within the focused subset. 10. A method according to claim 3, wherein at least one of the focused network features is selected as a filter network feature; and wherein the identifying said focused subset comprises identifying the network entities within the base view subset categorized with any of the filter network features. 11. A method according to claim 3 further comprising receiving as highlight network features a selection of at least one respective selected network feature for each of at least one of the attribute layers; and identifying as a highlight subset the network entities within the focused subset categorized with all of the highlight network features. 12. A method according to claim 3, wherein one of the base view network features corresponds to a geographical region. 13. A method according to claim 1 further comprising displaying representations of the network entities within the focused subset. 14. A method according to claim 13, wherein the displaying representations of the network entities within the focused subset is done by producing a geographical view of the representations of the network entities within the focused subset. 15. A method according to claim 13, wherein the displaying representations of the network entities within the focused subset is done by producing a logical view of the representations of the network entities within the focused subset. 16. A method according to claim 13, wherein the displaying the network entities of the focused subset is done by producing a text list of the network entities within the focused subset. 17. A method according to claim 1 further comprising providing a selection mechanism for selecting each focused network feature to define one of a type or a geographical region within one of the attribute layers. 18. A method according to claim 1, wherein one of the attribute layers is defined by a containment hierarchy of geographical region network features. 19. A method according to claim 1, wherein one of the attribute layers is defined by a containment hierarchy of network features concerning types of services and specific services. 20. A method according to claim 1, wherein one of the attribute layers is defined by a containment hierarchy of network features concerning types of customers and specific customers. 21. A method according to claim 1, wherein one of the attribute layers is defined by a containment hierarchy of network features concerning types of network entities. 22. A method according to claim 1 further comprising saving the focused network features as a bookmark for reselection at a later time. 23. A method according to claim 1 further comprising saving the focused network features automatically as a history entry which can be reselected at a later time. 24. A method according to claim 1 further comprising monitoring network information pertaining to the network entities within the focused subset and reporting this information. 25. A method according to claim 24, wherein the reporting the network information comprises counting the number of errors or warnings corresponding to the network entities within the focused subset. 26. A method according to claim 25, wherein the reporting the network information further comprises reporting periodically the number of errors or warnings corresponding to the network entities within the focused subset. 27. A computer system adapted to implement the method of claim 1. 28. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) adapted to implement the method of claim 1. 29. A computer readable medium having software stored thereon for instructing a computer to implement a method according to claim 1. 30. A Graphical User Interface (GUI) that is arranged to have access to categorization information with regard to a plurality of network entities within a network, the categorization information for each of the plurality of network entities being a plurality of network feature s arranged within attribute layers, each attribute layer being defined by a respective containment hierarchy of network features; wherein the GUI operates to receive as focused network features a selection of at least one respective selected network feature for each of at least one of the attribute layers; and wherein the GUI is arranged to output the focused network features to an apparatus that operates to identify as a focused subset the network entities categorized with all of the focused network features. 31. An apparatus being controlled by control logic, the control logic operating to: provide a categorization of each of a plurality of network entities according to a plurality of network features arranged within attribute layers, each attribute layer being is defined by a respective containment hierarchy of network features; receive as focused network features a selection of at least one respective selected network feature for each of at least one of the attribute layers; and identify as said focused subset the network entities categorized with all of the focused network features. 32. An apparatus according to claim 31, wherein the control logic further operates to provide a selection mechanism for selecting between selecting a base view network feature, a filter network feature, and a highlight network feature. 33. An apparatus according to claim 32, wherein at least one of the focused network features is selected as a base view network feature; and wherein the control logic further operates to identify as a base view subset the network entities categorized with all of the base view network features. 34. An apparatus according to claim 33, wherein at least one of the focused network features is selected as a filter network feature; and wherein the control logic operates to identify said focused subset by identifying the network entities within the base view subset categorized with all of the filter network features. 35. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the control logic further operates to display representations of the network entities of the focused subset. 36. An apparatus according to claim 34, wherein the control logic further operates to receive as highlight network features a selection of at least one respective selected network feature for each of at least one of the attribute layers; and identify as a highlight subset the network entities within the focused subset categorized with all of the highlight network features. 37. An apparatus according to claim 36, wherein the control logic further operates to display representations of the network entities of the focused subset and visually distinguish the representations of the network entities within the highlight subset when displaying the representations of the network entities within the focused subset. pled to said event receiver for determining the routing type of the received event; a router coupled to said routing type determiner for routing the received event to a human interface object based on the determined routing type for the received event; and an indication count for the event, the indication count for indicating interest in the event from one or more clients, wherein when a client registers or unregisters interest in the event, the indication count for the event is updated, wherein said routing type is a member of a set including a first routing type that is routed based on geometric coordinates of the received event, a second routing type that is routed based on an input focus, and a third routing type that is broadcast to a plurality of interface objects.