Acquiring web page information without commitment to downloading the web page
First Claim
1. A client-side computer-implemented method comprising:
- fetching a current web page, the current web page including one or more links, each link pointing to a web page;
fetching current information from each linked web page, the information regarding the web page to which each link points, wherein the fetching comprises accessing each linked web page and retrieving information from each linked web page such that current information is then stored separately from the current web page once fetched;
assembling relational information based on the fetched information from each linked web page and based on previously stored historical information, the relational information including at least one newly generated historical relationship between the current fetched information and the previously stored information regarding a user of the client-side computer;
displaying the current web page; and
,displaying an informational region in response to a cursor hovering over a particular link of the one or more links, the region including the current information previously fetched regarding the web page to which the link points and the relational information previously assembled.
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Abstract
What is disclosed is acquiring information regarding a web page, without having to commit to downloading that page. In one embodiment, after a current web page is downloaded from one source, and information regarding web pages linked to by links in the current web page are downloaded from a second source, when a user hovers a cursor over a link on a current web page, an informational region is displayed by the link that includes the information from the second source. The informational region may include, for example, a text box that apparently floats by the link. The information in the region can include, for example, keywords in the meta tags of the web page; paragraph headings of the web page; links on the web page to other pages; etc.
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25 Claims
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1. A client-side computer-implemented method comprising:
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fetching a current web page, the current web page including one or more links, each link pointing to a web page; fetching current information from each linked web page, the information regarding the web page to which each link points, wherein the fetching comprises accessing each linked web page and retrieving information from each linked web page such that current information is then stored separately from the current web page once fetched; assembling relational information based on the fetched information from each linked web page and based on previously stored historical information, the relational information including at least one newly generated historical relationship between the current fetched information and the previously stored information regarding a user of the client-side computer; displaying the current web page; and
,displaying an informational region in response to a cursor hovering over a particular link of the one or more links, the region including the current information previously fetched regarding the web page to which the link points and the relational information previously assembled. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon for execution by a client processor to perform a method comprising:
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fetching a current web page, the current web page including one or more links, each link pointing to a web page; fetching current information from each linked web page, the information regarding the web page to which each link points, wherein the fetching comprises accessing each linked web page and retrieving information from each linked web page such that current information is then stored separately from the current web page once fetched; assembling relational information based on the current fetched information from each linked web page and based on previously stored historical information, the relational information including at least one newly generated historical relationship between the contemporaneously fetched information and the previously stored information regarding a user of the client-side computer; displaying the current web page; and displaying an informational region, in response to a cursor hovering over a particular link of the one or more links, the region including the current information previously fetched regarding the web page to which the link points and the relational information previously assembled. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A computerized system comprising:
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at least one first entity storing web pages; at least one second entity separate from the first entity storing information regarding the web pages; and at least one client, each client able to browse web pages such that fetching of a web page having one or more linked web pages from at least one first entity causes the fetching of current information from each of the one or more linked web pages about the one ore more linked web pages from at least one second entity and causes the assembling of relational information based on the current fetched information and based on previously stored historical information, the relational information including at least one newly generated historical relationship between the current fetched information and the previously stored information regarding a user of the client-side computer, the and the client further operable such that positioning of a cursor over a link of a current web page causes display of an informational region including information regarding a web page to which the link points as stored on the at least one second entity and causes display of the assembled relational information. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A computerized system comprising:
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at least one first entity capable of storing web pages; at least one second entity capable of providing summaries of the web pages, wherein the summaries include at least one historical relationship between a user of the first entity and a web page stored on the first entity; at least one third entity capable of providing for a given web page stored by the first entity, a list of all links on the web page and for each of the links, the corresponding summary, provided by the second entity; and at least one client, each able to browse web pages such that fetching of a web page from the at least one first entity causes fetching current information provided by the third entity and such that positioning of a cursor over a link of a current web page causes display of an informational region including at least one newly generated historical relationship that is based on previously stored historical information and the current fetched information regarding a web page to which the link points.
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