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Dynamic improvement of internet browser appearance and connectivity

  • US 8,959,330 B2
  • Filed: 09/13/2012
  • Issued: 02/17/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method in a client-server environment for presenting graphic and other information on an area of a webpage accessible by a browser application resident on a client device, comprising:

  • providing a plug-in for installation in the browser application, where the plug-in is one of

         1) installed or

         2) caused to be installed in the browser of a web surfer, and the plug-in is configured to allow information to be dynamically

         1) added to,

         2) modified in, and

         3) any combination of the two, the area of the browser containing a user-selectable button by the action of the plug-in;

    displaying the user-selectable button in the area of the webpage;

    wherein the user-selectable button includes at least one of graphic information and a text label, where the user-selectable button is configured to any of

         1) direct the web browser to at least one web site corresponding to the text label,

         2) direct the web browser to content related links to a content that is on the website being browsed, and

         3) any combination of both, where a third party server site is configured dynamically controls what graphic information, text label, or both is being displayed for that user-selectable button, where the third party server site is configured to dynamically control where the user selectable button directs the web browser when the graphic information or text is modified and is directed to at a first period of time to a first website, and at a second period of time the user selectable button directs the web browser to a second website, where the content in a first set of graphic information, text label, or both that is being displayed within the area of that user-selectable button at the first time is different than the content in a second set of graphic information, text label, or both that is being displayed within the area of that user-selectable button at the second time.

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