ENHANCED WEB TOOLBAR
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1. A user interface visibly displayed on a display of a computing device comprising:
- a toolbar having a bounded perimeter and comprising a plurality of icons being visibly displayed on the display, each icon occupying a first space within the bounded perimeter of said toolbar,wherein, upon a selection of a first icon in the plurality of icons by a user, said first space associated with the first icon expands horizontally along a longitudinal axis of said toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within said perimeter, said information not being visible absent said expansion.
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Abstract
An enhanced toolbar is disclosed. The enhanced toolbar is not static but is rather updated dynamically. In one aspect, the enhanced toolbar has a bounded perimeter and comprises a plurality of icons visibly displayed on a display of a computing device. Each icon occupies a first space within the bounded perimeter of the toolbar. Upon a selection of a first icon in the plurality of icons by a user, the first space associated with the first icon expands horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within the perimeter. The information is not visible absent the expansion.
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1. A user interface visibly displayed on a display of a computing device comprising:
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a toolbar having a bounded perimeter and comprising a plurality of icons being visibly displayed on the display, each icon occupying a first space within the bounded perimeter of said toolbar, wherein, upon a selection of a first icon in the plurality of icons by a user, said first space associated with the first icon expands horizontally along a longitudinal axis of said toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within said perimeter, said information not being visible absent said expansion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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determining, via one or more processors on a network, that an activity has occurred; determining, via said one or more processors, whether the activity is an activity that a user of a first device wants to be alerted to upon its occurrence; if the activity is an activity that the user of the first device wants to be alerted to upon its occurrence, alerting the user by expanding, in a toolbar having a bounded perimeter and comprising a plurality of icons being visibly displayed to the user on the first device, a space associated with an icon in the plurality of icons horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the toolbar for a predetermined amount of time. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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determining, via one or more processors on a network, that an activity has occurred; determining, via said one or more processors, whether the activity is an activity that a user of a first device wants to be alerted to upon its occurrence; if the activity is an activity that the user of the first device wants to be alerted to upon its occurrence, alerting the user by changing the appearance of a display of an icon of a toolbar, the toolbar having a bounded perimeter and comprising a plurality of icons visibly displayed on the first device, each icon occupying a first space within the bounded perimeter of said toolbar; and expanding the first space horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within said perimeter, said information not being visible absent said expansion. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer readable medium comprising computer code which implements the following procedures:
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determining that an activity has occurred; determining whether the activity is an activity that a user of a first device wants to be alerted to upon its occurrence; if the activity is an activity that the user of the first device wants to be alerted to upon its occurrence, alerting the user by changing a display of an icon of a toolbar, the toolbar having a bounded perimeter and comprising a plurality of icons visibly displayed on the first device, each icon occupying a first space within the bounded perimeter of said toolbar; and expanding the first space horizontally along a longitudinal axis of the toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within said perimeter, said information not being visible absent said expansion. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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35. A system comprising:
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a toolbar provider server configured to transmit to a computing device a toolbar having a bounded perimeter and comprising a plurality of icons being visibly displayed on a display of the computing device, each icon occupying a first space within the bounded perimeter of said toolbar; and an advertisement server configured to provide content for addition to the toolbar, wherein, upon a selection of a first icon in the plurality of icons by a user, said first space associated with the first icon expands horizontally along a longitudinal axis of said toolbar to display information in a second bounded space within said perimeter, said information not being visible absent said expansion. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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