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Browser hierarchical contextual information for web pages

  • US 6,177,936 B1
  • Filed: 08/20/1998
  • Issued: 01/23/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/20/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method that provides contextual information for pages, wherein each page has an address that identifies the source of the page, wherein each address comprises a plurality of identifiers in a hierarchy, comprising:

  • displaying pages within windows on a display in a hierarchical relationship; and

    in response to a user requesting a change to a current window in the plurality of windows, updating the pages in other of the plurality of windows to maintain the hierarchical relationship, and wherein the updating step further comprises determining a parent page for each page by clipping a most-narrow identifier in the page addresses.

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