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Method and apparatus for widget and widget-container distribution control based on content rules

  • US 9,009,728 B2
  • Filed: 03/06/2007
  • Issued: 04/14/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving an instruction used to define a widget-container containing a service module associated with a widget, the service module being different than the widget, the widget-container being a procedural software framework configured to be embedded within a web-page at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed at the web-page, the widget-container having a portion configured for receiving the widget;

    determining whether processing of the widget within the portion of the widget-container is at least one of restricted or allowed based on at least one of a geographic location associated with the widget-container processing device, an identifier associated with the web-page, or content, other than the widget-container, included in the web-page;

    removing at least one component of the widget-container from the widget-container to produce a modified widget-container when the processing of the widget is restricted; and

    sending, in response to the reference being accessed from the web-page, the modified widget-container to the widget-container processing device when the processing of the widget is restricted.

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