Collaboration and sharing of curated web data from an integrated browser experience

A system for sharing collected web content, comprising:

• a memory for storing executable program code;
• and
• one or more processors, functionally coupled to the memory, the one or more processors being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program code and operative to:
• cause a collection pane to be displayed in a web browser application;
• receive a first user input, from a first user account, to add a first subset of web content from a first webpage to a first section of the displayed collection pane;
• receive a second user input, from the first user account, to add a second subset of web content from a second webpage to a second section of the displayed collection pane;
• save the first subset of web content in the first section of the collection pane, and the second subset of web content in the second section of the collection pane, as a collection of web content, wherein the first user account has administrative rights associated with the collection of web content;
• cause the collection of web content to be displayed in the collection pane of the web browser application;
• receive, from the first user account, an indication to provide a second user account with access to the collection of web content;
• provide the second user account with access to the collection of web content;
• receive an indication to add the collection of web content to a browser instance associated with the second user account;
• add the collection of web content to the browser instance associated with the second user account;
• receive a modification to the collection of web content from the browser instance associated with the second user account;
• and
• modify a corresponding collection of web content on a web browser instance associated with the first user account.

A computer-readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, assists with sharing collected web content, the computer-readable storage device including instructions executable by the one or more processors for:

• causing a collection pane to be displayed in a web browser application;
• receiving a first user input, from a first user account, to add a first subset of web content from a first webpage to a first section of the displayed collection pane;
• receiving a second user input, from the first user account, to add a second subset of web content from a second webpage to a second section of the displayed collection pane;
• saving the first subset of web content in the first section of the collection pane, and the second subset of web content in the second section of the collection pane, as a collection of web content, wherein the first user account has administrative rights associated with the collection of web content;
• causing the collection of web content to be displayed in the collection pane of the web browser application;
• receiving, from the first user account, an indication to provide a second user account with access to the collection of web content;
• providing the second user account with access to the collection of web content;
• receiving, from a web browser instance associated with the first user account, an indication to add a note to one of the sections of the collection of web content;
• adding the note to the section in the collection of web content in the web browser instance associated with the first user account;
• and
• automatically adding the note to the section in the collection of web content in a web browser instance associated with the second user account.