The multi-user Internet access and security system which automates the
management of the favorites category of bookmarks and also provides a
password protection capability for all of the bookmarks that are stored by
the computer system for each of the users of the computer system. In
particular, the favorites category of bookmarks for each user is cache
managed with the infrequently used bookmarks being cataloged as "expired"
and then migrated to a "former favorites" category where they remain until
the user deletes them or the system optionally automatically deletes them
after a further predetermined period of inactivity. In this manner, the
user can populate the favorites feature of the bookmarks, but does not
have to further address the usefulness of these stored bookmarks, since
the computer system automatically manages the cleanup of former favorite
bookmarks. The present multi-user Internet access and security system also
provides password protection of the individual user's bookmarks to prevent
the other users from accessing the user's bookmarks. This is advantageous
when the bookmarks are provisioned with login and password data to
automate the user's access to a particular WEB site. This capability is
especially relevant where the login and password script varies for the
plurality of bookmarks that are stored for a particular user. The user
then does not have to remember the various access scripts, since they are
programmed into the computer system. The user, having already been
password admitted, simply clicks on the desired bookmark and the computer
system automatically access the identified Internet WEB site without the
need for further user input.