System, method and apparatus for creating and using a virtual layer within a web browsing environment

• US 20100313252A1
• Filed: 06/08/2009
• Published: 12/09/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Avantis Team Technologies Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Avantis Team Technologies Ltd.
• Inventors: Trouw, Erie
• Application Number:
  US12/455,797
• Publication Number:
  US 20100313252A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/7
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/33 using certificates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2145 Inheriting rights or properties, e.g., propagation of permissions or restrictions within a hierarchy
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2147 Locking files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0222 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0629 for generating comparisons
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

A system and a method for configuring a user-editable layer within a network are disclosed. The system includes a client computing system including a web browser. The web browser further includes a loaded webpage configured to obtain web content from a universal network server through a web address. The system further includes an application object model to collect objects from the client computing system and the universal network server. The system for configuring the user-editable layer within the network further includes a plug-in unit coupled to a layer definition server and an authenticating server for authenticating user credential information. The user-editable layer may include at least one of a virtual layer, an emulating layer, an upgradable layer and the like.

Claims

1. A method for configuring an editable virtual layer in an internet browsing environment, the method comprising:

transferring URL information to a server unit configured to store a plurality of layer extensions;

selecting a layer extension based on the transferred URL information; and

providing display data to arrange the display of the selected layer extension on a virtual layer superimposed over a selected web-page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

aggregating objects corresponding to the selected layer extension and the URL information using a layer markup language;

wherein, the aggregation is executed through a layer definition server unit adaptable to the layer markup language including a plurality of built-in logical nodes.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

aggregating objects corresponding to the selected layer extension and URL information using a layer markup language;

wherein the layer markup language contains native executable logic tags.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the display data includes Peg mapping data.

5. A system for configuring a user-editable layer for display, the system comprising:

a content server comprising an application object model to collect objects from a client computing system and a universal network server;

a processing element for comparing objects of the application object model and a web address;

a data element for providing display data for a user-editable layer responsive to the comparison of the processing element, wherein the display data may be used to create a superimposed image to be displayed over a selected web page.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the user-editable layer is generated using a layer markup language included in a layer definition server.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the system further includes:

a plug-in unit coupled to the layer definition server and an authentication server, wherein the system is configured to;

authenticate user credential information;

transfer web content pertaining to the user-editable layer to the plug-in unit responsive to the authentication; and

render the transferred web content on the client computing system.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the authentication server is coupled to the layer definition, and wherein the system is further configured to:

verify a need for authenticating a user;

transfer web content pertaining to at least one user-editable layer to the plug-in unit from the layer definition server; and

render the transferred web content.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein authentication is granted based on the establishment of a relationship between the poster of the content and the viewer of the content within a proprietary social graph.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the layer markup language comprises built-in logical nodes.

11. A method for configuring an editable virtual layer in an internet browsing environment having at least one client computer, the method comprising:

storing virtual layer data paired with URL information;

selecting virtual layer data for display based on selected URL information; and

aggregating objects corresponding to the virtual layer data and corresponding to the selected URL information.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the step of aggregating objects is executed through a layer definition server unit adaptable to a layer markup language including a plurality of built-in logical nodes.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the step of aggregating objects comprises:

rendering a menu user interface at a predetermined location relative to a displayed web-page;

executing an event in the layer markup language following a user triggered signal through a client computing system.

14. One or more computer-readable storage media having computer-executable instructions for performing a method, wherein the method comprises

configuring a content server comprising an application object model for collecting objects from a client computing system;

enabling a comparison between objects of the application object model and a web address; and

displaying web content on the user-editable layer responsive to a match generated following the comparison, wherein the display is comprised of a superimposed form of the web content on the user-editable layer adaptable to visual environment of the loaded web page, the user-editable layer generated using a layer markup language included in a layer definition server;

authenticating user credential information;

transferring the web content pertaining to the user-editable layer to the plug-in unit responsive to the authentication;

and rendering the transferred web content on the client computing system.