System and method for the dynamic improvement of internet browser navigability
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1. A method for presenting graphic and other information in a toolbar area of a browser, the method comprising:
- providing a plug-in for installation in a browser, the plug-in stored on a computer-readable medium comprising programming instructions for;
displaying a user-selectable button in the toolbar area of the browser;
wherein the user-selectable button includes at least one of graphic information and a text label, the user-selectable button for directing a user to at least one web site corresponding to the text label; and
updating the graphic information and the text label dynamically based on a web site that is being accessed via the browser.
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Abstract
A method and system for dynamically providing the on-demand addition of graphic and other information to a web brower'"'"'s toolbar. The HotbarToolbar comprises a plurality of categorized or rated links, which in the presently preferred embodiment are organized under customized, newly and dynamically added toolbar buttons known as hotbuttons. The name and/or content of the hotbuttons may change dynamically in accordance with various factors (including, but not limited to, changes in URL).
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31 Claims
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1. A method for presenting graphic and other information in a toolbar area of a browser, the method comprising:
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providing a plug-in for installation in a browser, the plug-in stored on a computer-readable medium comprising programming instructions for; displaying a user-selectable button in the toolbar area of the browser; wherein the user-selectable button includes at least one of graphic information and a text label, the user-selectable button for directing a user to at least one web site corresponding to the text label; and updating the graphic information and the text label dynamically based on a web site that is being accessed via the browser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for dynamically updating an attribute of a browser via a plug-in, the method comprising:
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providing graphic information in a toolbar area of a browser; and updating the graphic information dynamically based on a web site that is being accessed via the browser. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for providing on-demand addition of graphic and other information to a toolbar area of a browser, the system comprising:
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a processor; and a memory in communication with the processor and arranged for storing a plug-in for a web browser, the plug-in containing processing instructions that, when executed, direct the processor to display a user-selectable button in the toolbar area of the web browser, and to update the displayed user-selectable button dynamically based on a web site that is being accessed via the browser, wherein the user-selectable button includes at least one of a text label and the graphic information.
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17. A system for presenting graphic and other information in a toolbar area of a browser, the system comprising:
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a plug-in for installation in a browser, the plug-in stored on a computer-readable medium comprising; means for displaying a user-selectable button in the toolbar area of the browser; wherein the user-selectable button includes at least on of graphic information and a text label, the user-selectable button for directing a user to at least one web site corresponding to the text label; and means for updating the graphic information and the text label dynamically based on a web site that is being accessed via the browser. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A system for dynamically updating an attribute of a browser via a plug-in, the system comprising:
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means for providing graphic information in a toolbar area of a browser; and means for updating the graphic information dynamically based on a web site that is being accessed via the browser. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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