UNIVERSAL CONTENT REFERENCING, PACKAGING, DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM, AND A TOOL FOR CUSTOMIZING WEB CONTENT

• US 20130268840A1
• Filed: 01/28/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Savnor Technologies, LLC
• Original Assignee: Savnor Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: SKIRPA, Alexander R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,900 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A computer tool allows a user to manipulate displayed content of a web page by a user device. The computer tool may be used to implement a collapsing, foldable browser that allows users to customize web content. The computer tool receives an indication of a user defined first portion of the content of a web page displayed by a browser, determines a remaining portion of the content of the web other than the first portion; and renders only the first user defined portion on a display screen of a display associated with the user device. An attribute may be associated with the first portion and displayed in proximity to the first portion to provide functions to manipulate the first portion within the display screen of the display associated with the user device. A menu may be associated with the attribute. The menu may include functions to allow toggling between display of only first portion and the first portion combined with a remaining portion, to minimize the browser, to close the browser to a file, and to expand display of only the first portion to display the browser window in addition to the first portion.

Claims

1. A computer program stored in a storage device for manipulating displayed content of a web page by a user device, the computer program comprising instructions configured to cause a processing device of a user device to:

receive a boundary defined by a user surrounding a portion of dynamic web content of a web page displayed within a window of a browser presenting the web page;

determine an area of the web page within the user defined boundary; and

present the web page in a display screen of a display associated with the user device by rendering only the dynamic web content of the web page located within the determined area of the web page.

5. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program further comprises instructions to cause the processing device to periodically or continuously render an updated or live content of the web page corresponding to the determined area of the web page in the display screen.

6. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program further comprises instructions to cause the processing device to associate a visible attribute with the rendered dynamic web content of the web page wherein the visible attribute is configured to manipulate the rendered dynamic web content within the display screen according to a user input.

9. The computer program of claim 6, wherein the computer program further comprises instructions to cause the processing device to provide a menu in association with the visible attribute, wherein the menu includes one or more inputs configured to toggle between presenting only the rendered dynamic web content and a browser window presenting the rendered dynamic web content of the web page and additional content of the web page contiguous to the rendered content within in the browser window.

10. The computer program of claim 6 wherein the visible attribute is a handle associated with the rendered dynamic web content and the computer program further comprises instructions configured to cause the processing device to receive a user input associated with the visible attribute;

and manipulate the rendered dynamic web content within the display screen of the display associated with the user device.

11. The computer program of claim 1 wherein the instructions configured to cause a processor to determine an area of the web page within the user defined boundary further comprise instructions configured to cause the processor to determine coordinates associated with the location of the user defined boundary within the web page.

12. The computer program of claim 6, wherein the computer program further comprises instructions to cause the processing device in response to user input to toggle between presenting the visible attribute and the rendered dynamic web content and presenting only the visible attribute without rendering the dynamic web content.

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13. A method for manipulating the display of content of a web page by a computer tool of a user device, the method comprising:

receiving a boundary defined by a user surrounding a portion of dynamic web content of a web page displayed within a window of a browser presenting the web page;

determining an area of the web page within the user defined boundary; and

presenting the web page in a display screen of a display associated with the user device by rendering only the dynamic web content of the web page located within the determined area of the web page.

16. The method of claim 13 further comprising periodically or continuously rendering an updated or live content of the web page corresponding to the determined area of the web page in the display screen.

17. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving another boundary defined by the user surrounding another portion of dynamic web content of another web page displayed within a window of a browser presenting the another web page;

determining another area of the another web page within the another user defined boundary; and

presenting the another web page within the display screen of the display associated with the user device by rendering only the dynamic web content of the another web page corresponding to the another determined area of the another web page simultaneously with the presenting of the web page rendering only the dynamic web content of the web page located within the determined area of the web page.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the method further comprises associating a visible attribute with the rendered dynamic web content of the web page configured to manipulate the rendered dynamic web content within the display screen according to a user input.

21. The method of claim 18 further comprising providing a menu in association with the visible attribute, wherein the menu provides one or more inputs configured to toggle between presenting only the rendered dynamic content and a browser window presenting the rendered dynamic content of the web page and additional content of the web page contiguous to the rendered content within in the browser window.

22. The method of claim 18 wherein the visible attribute is a handle associated with the rendered dynamic interactive content and the method further comprises receiving a user input associated with the visible attribute;

and manipulating the rendered dynamic interactive content within the display screen of the display associated with the user device.

23. The method of claim 13 wherein determining an area of the web page within the user defined boundary further comprises determining coordinates associated with the location of the user defined boundary within the web page.

24. The method of claim 18 further comprising displaying the visible attribute in proximity to the rendered dynamic web content of the web page;

and toggling between presenting the visible attribute in proximity to the rendered dynamic web content and presenting only the visible attribute without rendering the dynamic web content.

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25. A method for manipulating the display of content of a web page by a computer tool of a user device, the method comprising:

presenting the webpage in a browser window;

receiving an indication of a boundary defined by a user within the browser window surrounding a portion of dynamic web content of a web page displayed;

determining an area of the web page within the user defined boundary; and

folding the browser window to a window sized to render substantially only the dynamic web content of the web page corresponding to the determined area of the web page.

26. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

unfolding the browser window from the window sized to render substantially only the dynamic web content of the web page corresponding to the determined area of the web page to a larger browser window presenting the rendered dynamic content of the web page and additional content of the web page contiguous to the rendered content within in the larger browser window.

27. The method of claim 25 further comprising:

displaying a visible attribute in proximity to the folded browser window configured to manipulate the folded browser window.

28. The method of claim 27 further comprising:

further folding the folded browser window to present only the visible attribute.

29. The method of claim 28 further comprising:

toggling, in response to user input, between unfolding the further folded browser window to present the visible attribute and the folded browser window and further folding the folded browser window to present only the visible attribute.

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