METHOD OF AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION TO A USER OF A CLIENT DEVICE

• US 20160057251A1
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Published: 02/25/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Direct Cursus Technology LLC
• Original Assignee: Yandex Europe AG (Yandex N.V.)
• Inventors: SEGALOVICH, Ilya Valentinovich, GORSKIY, Konstantin Pavlovitch
• Granted Patent: US 10,447,817 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display

Abstract

Method comprising: displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar; receiving, from a user of the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device; receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource. Also, method comprising: receiving, by at least one server from the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; and sending, by the at least one server to the client device, information from other than the publisher of the net work resource to be displayed within the address bar of the browser.

Claims

1. A method of providing information to a user of a client device:

displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar;

receiving, from a user of the client device via the browser, an indication of a network resource to be furnished to the client device;

sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device;

receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource;

displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser, information from other than the publisher of the network resource, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes historical navigation information.

2. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource, is, receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, the network resource;

and

further comprising,

displaying the network resource within the browser on the screen of the client device, and

displaying a uniform resource locator (URL) of the network resource within the address bar of the browser on the screen of the client device;

and wherein displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser, information from other than the publisher of the network resource, is displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser information from other than the publisher of the network resource, while displaying at least part of the URL of the network resource within the address bar of the browser.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource, is, receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, the network resource;

and

further comprising,

displaying the network resource within the browser on the screen of the client device, and

displaying a URL of the network resource within the address bar of the browser on the screen of the client device;

and wherein displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser, information from other than the publisher of the network resource, is displaying, on the screen of the client device, within the address bar of the browser information from other than the publisher of the network resource in place of the URL of the network resource within the address bar of the browser.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein a size of the address bar is not altered by displaying the information from other than the publisher within the address bar.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein display of information within the browser other than within the address bar is not altered by displaying the information from other than the publisher within the address bar.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising ceasing to display the additional information including historical navigation information in the address bar.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes information regarding at least one user-selectable object;

and further comprising taking an action via the client device as a consequence of the user selecting at least one of the at least one user-selectable object.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes information regarding at least one object capable of receiving input from the user;

and further comprising taking an action via the client device as a consequence of user input into at least one of the at least one object.

9. The method of claim 1,

wherein the at least one server is a first server;

and

further comprising, prior to displaying on the screen of the client device within the address bar of the browser information from other than the publisher of the network resource;

sending, from the client device to a second server, a request for the information from other than the publisher of the network resource; and

receiving, by the client device from the second server, the information from other than the publisher of the network resource.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource is received via, at least in part, the at least one server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource is generated by, at least in part, the browser.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource emanates from, at least in part, a publisher of the browser.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource is received via, at least in part, a publisher of the browser.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes status information.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the status information includes status information with respect to the network resource.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the status information includes status information with respect to the browser.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the status information is status information with respect to other than the network resource and the browser.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the network resource includes navigation information for navigating within the network resource.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical navigation information includes a searched search term.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical navigation information includes references to network resources other than the network resource.

23. The method of claim 1, wherein the historical navigation information is displayed in a breadcrumb format.

24. The method of claim 1, wherein the information from other than the publisher of the website includes a request for instructions from the user of the client device.

14. (canceled)

20. (canceled)

25. A method of providing information to a user of a client device having a browser:

receiving, by at least one server from the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; and

sending, by the at least one server to the client device, information from other than the publisher of the network resource, including historical navigation information, to be displayed within the address bar of the browser.

26-123. -123. (canceled)