Indicating the differences between Internet web pages
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1. A computer accessible medium storing instructions to:
- provide a graphical user interface for a browser application for a display of a processor-based system, said interface including a navigation bar with a selectable subtract button image and a window to display a web page;
in response to an initial selection of said subtract button image, causing said browser application to difference a cached version and a current version of a Web page and display the difference between said versions in said window; and
in response to subsequent selection of said subtract button image, toggle between the display of said current version and the display of the difference between said versions in said window.
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Abstract
Software may be provided for indicating the difference between an earlier cached version and a current version of a web page. This saves the user the trouble of comparing the two pages to determine whether there are changes that would be of interest. For example, in one embodiment of the present invention, the navigation bar of a web browser may include a button to allow the user to select a subtract or differencing feature. Once selected, the current version of a display web page is compared to a cached version of the web page and any differences are either highlighted or displayed.
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17 Claims
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1. A computer accessible medium storing instructions to:
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provide a graphical user interface for a browser application for a display of a processor-based system, said interface including a navigation bar with a selectable subtract button image and a window to display a web page; in response to an initial selection of said subtract button image, causing said browser application to difference a cached version and a current version of a Web page and display the difference between said versions in said window; and in response to subsequent selection of said subtract button image, toggle between the display of said current version and the display of the difference between said versions in said window. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a processor; a display coupled to said processor; a storage coupled to said processor; and said storage storing instructions for a browser application that enable the processor-based system to provide a graphical user interface for the display, said interface including a navigation bar with a selectable subtract button image and a window to display a web page, in response to an initial selection of said subtract button image, causing said browser application to difference a cached version and a current version of a web page and display the difference between said versions in said window, and in response to subsequent selections of said subtract button image, toggle between the display of said current version and the display of the difference between said versions in said window. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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upon initial receipt of a current version of an Internet web page by a browser application, said browser application automatically comparing the current version and a cached version of the page and displaying, in a window of said browser application, an indication of the difference between said versions; and toggling between displaying the indication of the difference and displaying said current version of said page in said window, said toggling in response to user selection of a selectable subtract button image on a graphical user interface of a navigation bar within said browser application. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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