METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTIVELY VIEWING THE CONTENT OF WEBSITES

• US 20070074111A1
• Filed: 09/19/2006
• Published: 03/29/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rocket Software Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Rocket Software Incorporated
• Inventors: Hoe-Richardson, Peter, Youniss, Andrew, Firshein, Alexander, Shkurti, Gentian
• Application Number:
  US11/533,086
• Publication Number:
  US 20070074111A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A method and system for selectively viewing the content of web sites is disclosed. In particular, the present invention is a plug-in toolbar that can be used with any standard web browser software to allow a user to selectively display, block or even rearrange selected content of arbitrary websites onto a blank webpage as desired.

Claims

1. A method of selectively viewing the content of a webpage from a website using web browsing software, comprising the steps of:

navigating to at least one webpage of at least one website;

entering an edit mode;

selecting at least one subset of said at least one web page to apply at least one predefined display effect thereto;

entering a display mode;

wherein upon entering said display mode applies said at least one predefined display effect to said at least one subset of said at least one webpage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said display of said at least one subset may be rearranged as the user desires on said at least one webpage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one predefined display effect allows only said at least one subset to be displayed.

4. The method of claim 1, where said at least one predefined display effect blocks said at least one subset from being displayed.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

providing a blank webpage;

arranging said at least one subset of at least one webpage on said blank webpage as the user desires.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said user may selectively switch between said predefined display effects.

7. A method of selectively viewing the content of a webpage from a website using web browsing software, comprising the steps of:

providing a blank webpage;

navigating to at least one webpage of at least one website;

entering an edit mode;

selecting at least one subset of said at least one web page to apply at least one predefined display effect thereto;

arranging said at least one subset of at least one webpage on said blank webpage as the user desires.

entering a display mode;

wherein upon entering said display mode applies said at least one predefined display effect to said at least one subset arranged on said blank webpage.

8. A plug-in for web browsing software for selectively viewing the content of a webpage from a website, comprising:

means for selecting at least one subset of said at least one web page to apply at least one predefined display effect thereto;

means for applying said predefined display effect to said at least one subset of said at least one webpage.

9. The plug-in of claim 8, wherein said display effect allows said at least one subset to be rearranged on the at least one webpage as the user desires.

10. The plug-in of claim 8, wherein said at least one predefined display effect allows only said at least one subset to be displayed.

11. The plug-in of claim 8, where said at least one predefined display effect blocks said at least one subset from being displayed.

12. The plug-in of claim 8, further comprising:

means for selectively arranging said at least one subset of at least one webpage on a separate blank webpage.

13. A plug-in for web browsing software for selectively viewing the content of a webpage from a website, comprising:

an edit function for selectively marking a subset of a webpage with a predefined display effect;

a view function for applying said predefined display effect to said webpage;

a normal function for removing said predefined display effect from said webpage.

14. The plug-in of claim 13, wherein said predefined display effect allows only said subset from said webpage to be displayed.

15. The plug-in of claim 13, where said predefined display effect blocks said at subset from said webpage from being displayed.

16. The plug-in of claim 13, further comprising:

a my page function for arranging a plurality of subsets from a plurality of webpages on a blank webpage and applying said predefined display effect to said blank webpage.