Framework for providing visual context to WWW hyperlinks
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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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Abstract
A method and a system for presenting Internet information to a user including providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink, and at least partially concurrently providing a visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by the at least one hyperlink.
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1. A method comprising:
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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, and render said first web page and said visual image of said third web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system comprising:
a first device to; receive a request for a first web page; and send, 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 device and without using the first device, a visual image of a third web page having said new network address,
said first device being different than said second device, andrender said first web page and said visual image of said third web page. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:
one or more instructions which, when executed by a processor of a first device, cause the processor to; receive a request for a first web page; and send, 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 device and without using the first device, a visual image of a third web page having said new network address, said first device being different than said second device, and render said first web page and said visual image of said third web page. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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