Smart Browsing Providers

• US 20130159480A1
• Filed: 09/15/2012
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hyatt, David, Guha, Ramanathan
• Application Number:
  US13/620,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20130159480A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0813 characterised by the conditions triggering a change of settings
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A web browser program is for execution by a client computer connectable to a plurality of server computers via a computer network. The web browser program automatically reconfigures chrome of a user interface to the web browser program to provide a user access to any one of a plurality of groups of related information. A content display program module is configured to receive content data from a current server computer that is one of the plurality of server computers. The content display program module causes a display, on a content portion of the a display of the client computer, that corresponds to the content data. A chrome display program module is configured to cause a display of chrome on a chrome portion of the client computer display that corresponds to chrome specifiers in a chrome configuration database.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A method comprising:

sending a request for content to a server;

receiving the content from the server;

enabling display of the content in a user interface, the user interface including a first chrome portion and a second chrome portion;

automatically reconfiguring the first chrome portion of the user interface to include information related to the content displayed in the user interface; and

using a default chrome configuration for the second chrome portion.

13. A method comprising:

sending a request for content to a server;

receiving the content from the server;

enabling display of the content in a user interface, the user interface including a chrome portion;

automatically reconfiguring the chrome portion of the user interface to include a control element related to the content; and

leaving one or more control elements in the chrome portion irrespective of the content displayed in the user interface.