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Framework for providing visual context to WWW hyperlinks

  • US 8,782,507 B2
  • Filed: 03/09/2010
  • Issued: 07/15/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/06/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, by a first server, a request for a first web page; and

    sending, by said first server and based on said received request, code to a browser executing on a client device,said code defining said first web page including a hyperlink to a second web page,said hyperlink being associated with a network address that has at least a host component and a path component,said code including instructions to cause said browser to;

    modify said path component to form a modified path component,generate a new network address based on said host component and said modified path component,retrieve, from a second server and without using the first server, a visual image of a third web page having said new network address,said first server being different than said second server, andrender said first web page and said visual image of said third web page.

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