Heads-up display for improving on-line efficiency with a browser

• US 9,305,285 B2
• Filed: 11/01/2013
• Issued: 04/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DataSphere Technologies, Inc. (Sinclair, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: DataSphere Technologies, Inc. (Sinclair, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hewett, Delane Robert, Anclades, Regis, Sweet, Nathan Johnathan, Cowan, Gary Duncan
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blackwell, James H
• Application Number:
  US14/070,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20150128021A1
• Time in Patent Office: 886 Days
• Field of Search: 715/207, 715/210, 715/234, 715/246, 715/205, 707/709, 707758-770, 707/805, 707E17011-E17013, 709/206, 709/203, 709217-219, 705/7.29, 705/7.11, 705/7.27, 705/7.38, 705/7.42
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06398 Performance of employee with respect to a job function
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

Embodiments are directed to a heads-up display for improving efficiency for displaying information using a web browser. Content-of-interest may be determined in web documents based in part on content profiles corresponding to the web documents. The determined content-of-interest may be compared with other information stored separately from the web browser. Business Information associated with the determined content-of-interest may be determined based on the comparison of the other information and the content-of-interest. Plugin information for a plugin document may be generated based on the a portion of the business information and the at least a portion of content-of-interest. The generated plugin document may be displayed in the web browser. The web documents may be modified based on the business information that may correspond to the determined content-of-interest. And, the modified web documents may displayed in the web browser.

Claims

1. A method for displaying information in a browser over a network, wherein one network device performs actions, comprising:

determining content-of-interest that is included in one or more web documents based in part on a content profile, wherein the content profile corresponds to a source of the one or more web documents and the content-of-interest includes at least contact information for an entity, and wherein the one or more web documents is viewed by one or more users employing a plug-in for the browser;

determining business information associated with the content-of-interest based on other information remotely located in a datastore, wherein the business information includes new contact information for customers and non-customers of a business;

determining a performance value for the one or more users based the at least one user'"'"'s percentage of converting non-customers into customers of the business;

when the performance value for the one or more users exceeds a defined threshold, generating plugin information that is included in a plugin document based on the determined business information and the content-of-interest, wherein the plugin document is provided to the one or more users employing the plug-in for the browser;

when the performance value for the one or more users is less than the defined threshold, excluding a highest quality portion of the business information from the plugin document that is provided to the one or more users;

modifying the one or more web documents based on the determined business information and the content-of interest, wherein at one or more portions of the one or more modified web documents corresponds to the content-of-interest, and wherein the modifying includes one or more of graying out the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, adding content to the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more colors of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more styles of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, or changing one or more formats of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents;

providing the one or more modified web documents and the plugin document for display in the browser, wherein the one user is enabled to perform one action related to the determined business information; and

when a plurality of users access a same modified web document within a given period of time, providing one or more notifications to the plurality of users advising that the same modified web document is over prospected by the plurality of users and one or more other modified web documents are under prospected based on a determined number of the plurality of users accessing the same modified web document.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining new contact information for a new entity in the one or more web documents that is unavailable in the remotely located datastore; and

modifying the one or more web documents to indicate the new contact information for the new entity.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

providing a portion of the content-of-interest to one or more external information services, wherein the one or more external information services provides additional other information; and

providing the additional other information to the remotely located datastore for use in determining the business information.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

determining feedback information from the one or more users, wherein the feedback information is related to one or more of the determined business information or the content of interest; and

providing the feedback information to the remotely located datastore for use as other information in subsequently determining new business information.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the browser plugin for use in a particular geographic region;

providing a warning in the plugin document when a portion of the contact information for the entity is determined to be outside the particular geographic region and an amount of the outside portion of the contact information is greater than a threshold; and

modifying the one or more web documents by adding contact information for the entity that is inside the particular geographic region.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more users is enabled to employ the browser to perform one or more actions, further comprising:

monitoring one or more behaviors of the one or more users with the plug-in; and

blocking each performed action that is determined to be unrelated to the determined business information or notifying the one or more users of each performed action that is determined to be unrelated to the determined business information.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising, determining contact access information based on the content-of-interest and the one or more web documents, wherein the determined contact access information includes an identifier corresponding to one or more other actions that were performed on the content-of-interest by another user.

8. A system for displaying information in a browser over a network, comprising:

a network computer, including;

a transceiver for communicating over the network;

a memory for storing instructions;

one or more processor devices that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including;

determining content-of-interest that is included in one or more web documents based in part on a content profile, wherein the content profile corresponds to a source of the one or more web documents and the content-of-interest includes contact information for an entity, and wherein the one or more web documents is viewed by one or more users employing a plug-in for the browser;

determining business information associated with the content-of-interest based on other information remotely located in a datastore, wherein the business information includes new contact information for customers and non-customers of a business;

determining a performance value for the one or more users based the one user'"'"'s percentage of converting non-customers into customers of the business;

when the performance value for the one or more users exceeds a defined threshold, generating plugin information that is included in a plugin document based on the determined business information and the content-of-interest, wherein the plugin document is provided to the one or more users employing the plug-in for the browser;

when the performance value for the one or more users is less than the defined threshold, excluding a highest quality portion of the business information from the plugin document that is provided to the one or more users;

modifying the one or more web documents based on the determined business information and the content-of interest, wherein at one or more portions of the one or more modified web documents corresponds to the content-of-interest, and wherein the modifying includes one or more of graying out the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, adding content to the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more colors of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more styles of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, or changing one or more formats of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents;

providing the one or more modified web documents and the plugin document for display in the browser, wherein the one user is enabled to perform one action related to the determined business information; and

when a plurality of users access a same modified web document within a given period of time, providing one or more notifications to the plurality of users advising that the same modified web document is over prospected by the plurality of users and one or more other modified web documents are under prospected based on a determined number of the plurality of users accessing the same modified web document; and

a client computer, including;

a transceiver for communicating over the network;

a memory for storing instructions;

one or more processor devices that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including;

displaying the one or more modified web documents in the browser; and

displaying the plugin document in the browser.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

determining new contact information for a new entity in the one or more web documents that is unavailable in the remotely located datastore; and

modifying the one or more web documents to indicate the new contact information for the new entity.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

providing a portion of the content-of-interest to one or more external information services, wherein the one or more external information services provides additional other information; and

providing the additional other information to the remotely located datastore for use in determining the business information.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

determining feedback information from the one or more users, wherein the feedback information is related to one or more of the determined business information or the content of interest; and

providing the feedback information to the remotely located datastore for use as other information in subsequently determining new business information.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising:

configuring the browser plugin for use in a particular geographic region;

providing a warning in the plugin document when a portion of the contact information for the entity is determined to be outside the particular geographic region and an amount of the outside portion of the contact information is greater than a threshold; and

modifying the one or more web documents by adding contact information for the entity that is inside the particular geographic region.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the one or more users is enabled to employ the browser to perform one or more actions, further comprising:

monitoring one or more behaviors of the one or more users with the plug-in; and

blocking each performed action that is determined to be unrelated to the determined business information or notifying the one or more users of each performed action that is determined to be unrelated to the determined business information.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising, determining contact access information based on the content-of-interest and the one or more web documents, wherein the determined contact access information includes an identifier corresponding to one or more other actions that were performed on the content-of-interest by another user.

15. A processor readable non-transitive storage media that includes instructions for displaying information in a browser over a network, wherein a network device that executes at least a portion of the instructions enables actions, comprising:

determining content-of-interest that is included in one or more web documents based in part on a content profile, wherein the content profile corresponds to a source of the one or more web documents and the content-of-interest includes at least contact information for an entity, and wherein the one or more web documents is viewed by one or more users employing a plug-in for the browser;

determining business information associated with the content-of-interest based on other information remotely located in a datastore, wherein the business information includes new contact information for customers and non-customers of a business;

determining a performance value for the one or more users based the at least one user'"'"'s percentage of converting non-customers into customers of the business;

when the performance value for the one or more users exceeds a defined threshold, generating plugin information that is included in a plugin document based on the determined business information and the content-of-interest, wherein the plugin document is provided to the one or more users employing the plug-in for the browser;

when the performance value for the one or more users is less than the defined threshold, excluding a highest quality portion of the business information from the plugin document that is provided to the one or more users;

modifying the one or more web documents based on the determined business information and the content-of interest, wherein at one or more portions of the one or more modified web documents corresponds to the content-of-interest, and wherein the modifying includes one or more of graying out the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, adding content to the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more colors of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more styles of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, or changing one or more formats of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents;

providing the one or more modified web documents and the plugin document for display in the browser, wherein the one user is enabled to perform at least one action related to the determined business information; and

when a plurality of users access a same modified web document within a given period of time, providing one or more notifications to the plurality of users advising that the same modified web document is over prospected by the plurality of users and one or more other modified web documents are under prospected based on a determined number of the plurality of users accessing the same modified web document.

16. The media of claim 15, further comprising:

determining new contact information for a new entity in the one or more web documents that is unavailable in the remotely located datastore; and

modifying the one or more web documents to indicate the new contact information for the new entity.

17. The media of claim 15, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

providing a portion of the content-of-interest to one or more external information services, wherein the one or more external information services provides additional other information; and

providing the additional other information to the remotely located datastore for use in determining the business information.

18. The media of claim 15, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

determining feedback information from the one or more users, wherein the feedback information is related to one or more of the determined business information or the content of interest; and

providing the feedback information to the remotely located datastore for use as other information in subsequently determining new business information.

19. The media of claim 15, further comprising:

configuring the browser plugin for use in a particular geographic region;

providing a warning in the plugin document when a portion of the contact information for the entity is determined to be outside the particular geographic region and an amount of the outside portion of the contact information is greater than a threshold; and

modifying the one or more web documents by adding contact information for the entity that is inside the particular geographic region.

20. The media of claim 15, further comprising, determining contact access information based on the content-of-interest and the one or more web documents, wherein the determined contact access information includes an identifier corresponding to one or more other actions that were performed on the content-of-interest by another user.

21. A network device for displaying information in a browser over a network, comprising:

a transceiver for communicating over the network;

a memory for storing instructions;

one or more processor devices that is operative to execute instructions that enable actions, including;

determining content-of-interest that is included in one or more web documents based in part on a content profile, wherein the content profile corresponds to a source of the one or more web documents and the content-of-interest includes contact information for an entity, and wherein the one or more web documents is viewed by one or more users employing a plug-in for the browser;

determining business information associated with the content-of-interest based on other information remotely located in a datastore, wherein the business information includes new contact information for customers and non-customers of a business;

determining a performance value for the one or more users based the one user'"'"'s percentage of converting non-customers into customers of the business;

when the performance value for the one or more users exceeds a defined threshold, generating plugin information that is included in a plugin document based on the determined business information and the content-of-interest, wherein the plugin document is provided to the one or more users employing the plug-in for the browser;

when the performance value for the one or more users is less than the defined threshold, excluding a highest quality portion of the business information from the plugin document that is provided to the one or more users;

modifying the one or more web documents based on the determined business information and the content-of interest, wherein at one or more portions of the one or more modified web documents corresponds to the content-of-interest, and wherein the modifying includes one or more of graying out the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, adding content to the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more colors of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, changing one or more styles of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents, or changing one or more formats of the one or more portions of the one or more web documents;

providing the one or more modified web documents and the plugin document for display in the browser, wherein the one user is enabled to perform one action related to the determined business information; and

when a plurality of users access a same modified web document within a given period of time, providing one or more notifications to the plurality of users advising that the same modified web document is over prospected by the plurality of users and one or more other modified web documents are under prospected based on a determined number of the plurality of users accessing the same modified web document.

22. The network device of claim 21, further comprising:

determining new contact information for a new entity in the one or more web documents that is unavailable in the remotely located datastore; and

modifying the one or more web documents to indicate the new contact information for the new entity.

23. The network device of claim 21, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

providing a portion of the content-of-interest to one or more external information services, wherein the one or more external information services provides additional other information; and

providing the additional other information to the remotely located datastore for use in determining the business information.

24. The network device of claim 21, wherein determining the business information further comprises:

determining feedback information from the one or more users, wherein the feedback information is related to one or more of the determined business information or the content of interest; and

providing the feedback information to the remotely located datastore for use as other information in subsequently determining new business information.

25. The network device of claim 21, further comprising:

configuring the browser plugin for use in a particular geographic region;

providing a warning in the plugin document when a portion of the contact information for the entity is determined to be outside the particular geographic region and an amount of the outside portion of the contact information is greater than a threshold; and

modifying the one or more web documents by adding contact information for the entity that is inside the particular geographic region.

26. The network device of claim 21, wherein the one or more users is enabled to employ the browser to perform one or more actions, further comprising:

monitoring one or more behaviors of the one or more users with the plug-in; and

blocking each performed action that is determined to be unrelated to the determined business information or notifying the one or more users of each performed action that is determined to be unrelated to the determined business information.