Dynamic updateable web toolbar
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1. A method comprising:
- displaying a toolbar that persists in a browser window displayed on a device across multiple Web pages during a browsing session, the toolbar including multiple toolbar buttons, wherein displaying the toolbar comprises customizing the toolbar to display personally relevant information based, at least in part, on information other than information associated with a web page currently displaying;
automatically receiving during the browsing session and without requiring user input, from a remote toolbar source independent of the multiple Web pages, an updated toolbar including a change to the multiple toolbar buttons;
customizing at least a portion of the updated toolbar utilizing customization information provided by a different remote source than the remote toolbar source, the customization information comprising information that is not user-specified; and
replacing, during the browsing session, at least a first portion of the toolbar in the browser window with the customized portion of the updated toolbar.
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Abstract
A toolbar that persists in a browser window across multiple Web pages during a browsing session is displayed. This toolbar includes multiple toolbar buttons. An updated toolbar is automatically received from a remote toolbar source that is independent of the multiple Web pages, and this updated toolbar includes a change to the toolbar buttons. The toolbar in the browser is replaced, during the browsing session, with this updated toolbar. The toolbar can also include one or more buttons based at least in part on customization information regarding a user of the browser.
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1. A method comprising:
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displaying a toolbar that persists in a browser window displayed on a device across multiple Web pages during a browsing session, the toolbar including multiple toolbar buttons, wherein displaying the toolbar comprises customizing the toolbar to display personally relevant information based, at least in part, on information other than information associated with a web page currently displaying; automatically receiving during the browsing session and without requiring user input, from a remote toolbar source independent of the multiple Web pages, an updated toolbar including a change to the multiple toolbar buttons; customizing at least a portion of the updated toolbar utilizing customization information provided by a different remote source than the remote toolbar source, the customization information comprising information that is not user-specified; and replacing, during the browsing session, at least a first portion of the toolbar in the browser window with the customized portion of the updated toolbar. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. One or more computer storage media having stored thereon multiple instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a device, causes the one or more processors to:
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receive toolbar data from a remote toolbar source, the toolbar data describing toolbar buttons for a Web toolbar to be displayed in a Web browser window during a browsing session; receive customization information regarding a user of the device based, at least in part, on information other than information associated with a web page currently displaying, wherein at least some of the customization information regarding a user of the device is received from a source local to the device and at least some of the customization information is received from a customization source remote to the device, the remote customization source comprising a different source than the remote toolbar source; and display the toolbar in the Web browser, the toolbar including one or more toolbar buttons based at least in part on both the toolbar data and the customization information, the one or more toolbar buttons configured to be automatically changed during display of the web page without requiring user input. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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17. A computing device comprising:
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a processor; and one or more computer readable media storing multiple instructions for execution by the processor, the multiple instructions causing the processor to; access data describing multiple toolbar buttons to be included in a toolbar; display the toolbar in a Web browser window, the toolbar including the multiple toolbar buttons, wherein display of the toolbar comprises customizing the toolbar to display personally relevant information based, at least in part, on information other than information associated with a web page currently displaying, wherein the information other than information associated with a web page currently displaying comprises user-specified preferences and information obtained from analyzing user Web browser activity received from a different remote source than a remote toolbar source; receive, from the remote toolbar source, new data describing a change to the multiple toolbar buttons; and replace automatically during a browsing session associated with the Web browser the display of the toolbar in the Web browser window with an updated toolbar, the updated toolbar incorporating the change to the multiple toolbar buttons. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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