METHOD OF MANAGING WEBSITE COMPONENTS OF A BROWSER

• US 20110022571A1
• Filed: 07/24/2009
• Published: 01/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/24/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kevin Howard Snyder
• Original Assignee: Kevin Howard Snyder
• Inventors: Snyder, Kevin Howard
• Application Number:
  US12/509,288
• Publication Number:
  US 20110022571A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/692
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• 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 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons

Abstract

A method of uninstalling all data and objects relating to a Website is disclosed. The user, upon visiting a Website, registers the site with the uninstall software according to a defined registration event. The registration process creates a Meta URL, to which all data and objects relating to the visited Website are associated. The data and objects include URLs, HTML documents, bookmarks or favorites, temporary browser objects such as embedded multimedia, browser cookies, browser history, and browser plug-ins and extensions. A configuration file, local or remote, or a user interface determines which items are removable. Multiple browsers can share the association between the data and objects relating to a Website and the Meta URL and the user can remove a browser from the shared association.

Claims

1. A method of managing in a client computer system one or more browser objects and data associated with a Website identified by an URL, the method comprising:

visiting a Website residing on a server computer system by entering an URL into a browser running on the client computer system;

defining and registering a current Meta URL for the browser based on the URL of the visited Website; and

while in the visited Website, performing the following steps;

permitting one or more browser objects or data related to the visited Website to be installed in the client computer system and associating said objects or data with the current Meta URL; and

upon an occurrence of an uninstall request, cleaning a registered Website from the client computer system by removing objects and data associated with the current Meta URL for the registered Website.

2. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1, wherein a registered Website includes the visited Website.

3. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1, wherein removing said objects and data includes:

searching for all browser objects and data registered to the current Meta URL; and

based on the results of the search,

removing any temporary browser or browser cache objects found by the search;

removing any bookmarks and/or favorites found by the search;

removing any browser cookies found by the search;

removing any browser history found by the search; and

triggering the uninstall or disabling of any browser plug-ins or extension found by the search.

4. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1, further comprising the step of configuring a file to guide the management, including removal, of said objects and data.

5. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 4,

wherein the configured file indicates that browser objects and data are to be associated with a new Meta URL and the current Meta URL;

and

further comprising the steps of

visiting a new URL via a bookmark or address field;

defining and registering a new Meta URL for the browser based on the new URL; and

while in the Website of the new URL, associating browser object and data with the new Meta URL and the current Meta URL.

6. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 4, wherein registering a current Meta URL includes:

checking for an existing registration of a newly entered URL;

assigning an URL and default URL name to a new Meta URL, if not already registered; and

checking a configuration file for any events that trigger registration of Website Entities.

7. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1,

storing and maintaining the association of the browser objects and data with the Meta URL;

and

sharing among at least two different browsers said stored association of said objects and data with the Meta URL.

8. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 7, further comprising removing from one of the browsers said stored association upon the occurrence of the uninstall request.

9. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1, wherein an uninstall request includes a user request to clean a registered Website from the computer system.

10. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1, wherein an uninstall request includes a remote request to clean a registered Website from the computer system.

11. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of registering a Meta URL occurs in response to one of a number of pre-defined events.

12. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 11, wherein said predefined events are taken from a group consisting of:

OnBeforeNavigate, OnNavigateComplete, OnDocumentComplete, OnDownloadBegin, OnDownloadComplete, OnNavigateError, or OnQuit.

13. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 1,

further comprising navigating to a new URL through a document element while in the visited Website;

and

wherein any browser objects and data relating to the new URL are associated with the current Meta URL.

14. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 13, wherein the document element is an HTML link.

15. A program storage device readable by a machine tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for managing in a client computer system one or more browser objects and data associated with a Website identified by an URL, said method steps comprising:

visiting a Website residing on a server computer system by entering an URL into a browser running on the client computer system;

defining and registering a current Meta URL for the browser based on the URL of the visited Website; and

while in the visited Website, performing the following steps;

permitting one or more browser objects or data related to the visited Website to be installed in the client computer system and associating said objects or data with the current Meta URL; and

upon an occurrence of an uninstall request, cleaning a registered Website from the client computer system by removing objects and data associated with the current Meta URL for the registered Website.

16. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 15, wherein removing said objects and data includes:

searching for all browser objects and data registered to the current Meta URL; and

based on the results of the search,

removing any temporary browser or browser cache objects found by the search;

removing any bookmarks and/or favorites found by the search;

removing any browser cookies found by the search;

removing any browser history found by the search; and

triggering the uninstall or disabling of any browser plug-ins or extension found by the search.

17. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 15, further comprising the step of configuring a file to guide the management, including removal, of said objects and data.

18. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 17, wherein registering a current Meta URL includes:

checking for an existing registration of a newly entered URL;

assigning an URL and default URL name to a new Meta URL, if not already registered; and

checking a configuration file for any events that trigger registration of Website Entities.

19. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 15,

storing and maintaining the association of the browser objects and data with the Meta URL;

and

sharing among at least two different browsers said stored association of said objects and data with the Meta URL.

20. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 15, wherein the step of registering a Meta URL occurs in response to one of a number of pre-defined events.

21. The method of managing browser objects and data as recited in claim 20, wherein said predefined events are taken from a group consisting of:

OnBeforeNavigate, OnNavigateComplete, OnDocumentComplete, OnDownloadBegin, OnDownloadComplete, OnNavigateError, or OnQuit.

22. A method of managing in a client computer system one or more browser objects and data associated with a Website identified by an URL, the method comprising:

visiting a Website residing on a server computer system by entering an URL into a browser running on the client computer system;

defining and registering a current Meta URL for the browser based on and corresponding to the URL of the visited Website; and

while in the visited Website,

permitting one or more browser objects or data related to the visited Website to be installed in the client computer system, and

associating the installed one or more browser objects or data related to the visited Website with the current Meta URL, so that, upon an uninstall request, a registered Website can be cleaned from the client computer system by removing objects and data associated with the current Meta URL for the registered Website.