Method of and system for providing information to a user of a client device
First Claim
1. A method of providing information to a user of a client device:
- displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar;
in response to a search request with a searched search term, displaying a search results page on the screen of the client device within the browser, the search results page having been generated based on the searched search term;
receiving, from the user of the client device via the browser, an indication of a network resource to be furnished to the client device, the indication having been generated in response to user interaction with the search results page by selecting the network resource;
sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device;
receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, the network resource and information regarding the network resource;
displaying, on the screen of the client device, the network resource and the information regarding the network resource; and
displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser, information from other than the publisher of the network resource,wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes historical navigation information,the historical navigation information includinga first user-selectable object displaying the searched search term that led to the network resource being displayed, the first user-selectable object being configured to cause displaying of the search results page for the searched search term in response to being selected by the user, andsecond user-selectable objects displaying references to network resources, other than the network resource, the network resources having been selected by the user following the search results page and displayed following the search results page, the second user-selectable objects;
(i) being displayed simultaneously with each other and the first user-selectable object and(ii) being selectable independently from each other and the first user-selectable object, andeach second user-selectable object being configured, in response to being selected by the user, to cause returning to a network resource page of the network resource, andthe historical navigation information being displayed in a breadcrumb format within the address bar of the browser.
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Abstract
Method comprising: displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar; receiving, from a user of the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device; receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource. Also, method comprising: receiving, by at least one server from the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; and sending, by the at least one server to the client device, information from other than the publisher of the net work resource to be displayed within the address bar of the browser.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of providing information to a user of a client device:
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displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar; in response to a search request with a searched search term, displaying a search results page on the screen of the client device within the browser, the search results page having been generated based on the searched search term; receiving, from the user of the client device via the browser, an indication of a network resource to be furnished to the client device, the indication having been generated in response to user interaction with the search results page by selecting the network resource; sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device; receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, the network resource and information regarding the network resource; displaying, on the screen of the client device, the network resource and the information regarding the network resource; and displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser, information from other than the publisher of the network resource, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes historical navigation information, the historical navigation information including a first user-selectable object displaying the searched search term that led to the network resource being displayed, the first user-selectable object being configured to cause displaying of the search results page for the searched search term in response to being selected by the user, and second user-selectable objects displaying references to network resources, other than the network resource, the network resources having been selected by the user following the search results page and displayed following the search results page, the second user-selectable objects; (i) being displayed simultaneously with each other and the first user-selectable object and (ii) being selectable independently from each other and the first user-selectable object, and each second user-selectable object being configured, in response to being selected by the user, to cause returning to a network resource page of the network resource, and the historical navigation information being displayed in a breadcrumb format within the address bar of the browser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing information to a user of a client device having a browser:
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in response to a search request with a searched search term, displaying a search results page on a screen of the client device within the browser, the search results page having been generated based on the searched search term; receiving, by at least one server from the client device via the browser, an indication of a network resource to be furnished to the client device, the indication having been generated in response to user interaction with the search results page by selecting the network resource; and sending, by the at least one server to the client device, information from other than the publisher of the network resource, including historical navigation information, to be displayed in a breadcrumb format within an address bar of the browser, the historical navigation information including a first user-selectable object displaying the searched search term that led to the network resource being displayed, the first user-selectable object being configured to cause displaying of the search results page for the searched search term in response to being selected by the user, and second user-selectable objects displaying references to network resources other than the network resource, the network resources having been selected by the user following the search results page and displayed following the search results page, the second user-selectable objects (i) being displayed simultaneously with each other and the first user-selectable object and (ii) being selectable independently from each other and the first user-selectable object, and each second user-selectable object being configured, in response to being selected by the user, to cause returning to a network resource page of the network resource.
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