US 10,567,517 B2 · Web resource load blocking API

Abstract

In various embodiments described herein, a content extension and programming interface enable third-party content extensions to supply transformation and filtering actions and associated criteria to native web clients on a system. In one embodiment, the native web client loads data for a third-party content filtering, blocking, or transformation extension and conducts extension defined actions without requiring additional intermediation by the third-party content. In one embodiment, a third-party application downloaded to a mobile or handheld device can include an extension data object that provides actions and triggers that are loaded by a native web client of the system. The third-party application is not required to execute continuously and can exit or be terminated once the web client retrieves the extension data object.

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Dependent claims

A machine implemented method on an electronic device having one or more processors, the method comprising:

receiving a request to load a web content resource;
deriving an action and a trigger from a memory mapped data object associated with a web content filter extension;
comparing attributes of the web content resource to the trigger;
and
applying the action based on the comparing, the action including blocking a loading of the web content resource;
and passing the attributes of the web content resource to a bytecode interpreter on the electronic device, wherein deriving the action and the trigger from the memory mapped data object includes interpreting bytecode of the memory mapped data object on the electronic device, wherein the bytecode of the memory mapped data object includes bytecode of the trigger that is interpreted to determine the action to apply, and wherein comparing the attributes of the web content resource to the trigger is performed entirely within the bytecode interpreter.

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