Active Web Page Consolidator and Internet History Management System
First Claim
1. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
- communicating a resource address from a user input on a local computing device to a remote server system;
inserting the resource address into a queue;
dequeueing the resource address in a first cycle;
communicating the resource address to a web browser instance;
building a site page associated with the resource address within the web browser instance;
converting at least a portion of the site page into an image file, the image file being visually representative of the site page when the image file is displayed;
communicating the image file to the local computing device;
displaying the image file on a screen of the local computing device;
reinserting the resource address into the queue;
dequeueing the resource address in a subsequent cycle;
communicating the resource address to the web browser instance;
building an updated site page associated with the resource address within the web browser instance; and
converting at least an updated portion of the updated site page into a updated image file, the updated image file being visually representative of the updated site page when the updated image file is displayed.
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Abstract
A method for allowing a selection of any portion or all of one or more webpages for conversion and display as an image at a user interface screen and a system for updating the selected portions so that the user is kept up-to-date on changes taking place on the selected webpage URL'"'"'s without navigating to them. The system periodically queries the webpage to determine if the website has changed, and creates an updates image to replace the image when the website has changed. This method of allowing user selected webpage aggregation onto one or more user accessible pages gives the user the ability to read and overview a multitude of information sources quickly at one location, while using fewer resources compared to opening a plurality of browser instances on the user'"'"'s computer.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of providing content to a user, the method comprising the steps of:
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communicating a resource address from a user input on a local computing device to a remote server system; inserting the resource address into a queue; dequeueing the resource address in a first cycle; communicating the resource address to a web browser instance; building a site page associated with the resource address within the web browser instance; converting at least a portion of the site page into an image file, the image file being visually representative of the site page when the image file is displayed; communicating the image file to the local computing device; displaying the image file on a screen of the local computing device; reinserting the resource address into the queue; dequeueing the resource address in a subsequent cycle; communicating the resource address to the web browser instance; building an updated site page associated with the resource address within the web browser instance; and converting at least an updated portion of the updated site page into a updated image file, the updated image file being visually representative of the updated site page when the updated image file is displayed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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