Controlling the display of pup-up web browser windows

• US 7,051,285 B1
• Filed: 06/28/2000
• Issued: 05/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Lundell, James W., Harrison, Edward R., Miller, Alyson R., Merrill, Cindy L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Kincaid, Kristine
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vu, Thanh
• Application Number:
  US09/605,275
• Time in Patent Office: 2,155 Days
• Field of Search: 345/760, 345/808, 345/705, 345/809, 345/810
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance

Abstract

A system for controlling the display of pop-up windows in web browsers intercepts a request to display a pop-up window and instead may display a dialog box asking the user to indicate whether the user wishes to display the pop-up window. The dialog box may extract information from the pop-up window to give the user some indication of what the pop-up window is about. The user may then control whether the pop-up window is displayed or not.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a web page;

receiving a request from said web page to display a pop-up window; and

in response to said request, displaying information without displaying said pop-up window.

2. The method of claim 1 further including displaying a graphical user interface asking a user to indicate whether the user wants to display the pop-up window.

3. An article comprising a medium storing instructions that enable a processor-based system to:

display a web page;

receive a request from the web page to display a pop-up window; and

in response to said request, display information without displaying said pop-up window.

4. The article of claim 3 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to display a graphical user interface asking a user to indicate whether the user wants to display the pop-up window.

5. The article of claim 4 further storing instructions that enable the processor-based system to intercept the request to display the pop-up window and take other action instead.

6. A system comprising:

a processor-based device; and

a storage coupled to said processor-based device storing instructions that enable the system to display a web page, receive a request from the web page to display a pop-up window, and in response to said request, display information without displaying said pop-up window.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein said storage further stores instructions that enable the processor-based system to display a graphical user interface asking the user to indicate whether the user wants to display the pop-up window.