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US 11,113,343 B2Granted
Systems and methods for enabling a user to operate on displayed web content via a web browser plug-in
AssigneeNewsplug, Inc.
InventorsJohn S. Shriber, Roman Zaks
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed that transmits a plug-in module to a web browser of a client computer. The web browser displays web content in a main window. The plug-in module, when activated, causes the web browser to display a user interface to a user of the client computer. The user interface is separate from the main window of the web browser, displays at least a portion of the web content, and is configured to enable the user to operate on the displayed at least a portion of the web content.
Claims19
A method comprising:
- transmitting, by a server computer, a plug-in module to a web browser of a client computer, the web browser displaying web content in a main window,
- wherein the plug-in module, when activated, causes the web browser to display a user interface to a user of the client computer, wherein the user interface:
- is separate from the main window of the web browser,
- automatically displays at least a portion of the web content according to user settings that identify what the displaying at least a portion of the web content includes,
- is configured to enable the user to operate on the displayed at least a portion of the web content, and
- is configured to enable the user to adjust the portion of the web content displayed in the user interface to generate user content, wherein adjusting the portion of the web content comprises removing content from the portion of web content or modifying the portion of web content,
- transmitting, by the server computer, the plug-in module to a second client computer;
- receiving, at the server computer, a URL from the plug-in module at the second client computer;
- identifying, by the server computer, the web content in an index based on the URL received from the second client computer;
- and
- transmitting, by the server computer, an advertisement to the second client computer for display.
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A server computer comprising:
- a processor;
- a storage medium for tangibly storing thereon program logic for execution by the processor, the program logic comprising:
- transmission logic executed by the processor for transmitting a plug-in module to a web browser of a client computer, the web browser displaying web content in a main window,
- wherein the plug-in module, when activated, causes the web browser to display a user interface to a user of the client computer, wherein the user interface:
- is separate from the main window of the web browser,
- automatically displays at least a portion of the web content according to user settings that identify what the displaying at least a portion of the web content includes,
- is configured to enable the user to operate on the displayed at least a portion of the web content, and
- is configured to enable the user to adjust the portion of the web content displayed in the user interface to generate user content, wherein adjusting the portion of the web content comprises removing content from the portion of web content or modifying the portion of web content,
- transmission logic executed by the processor for transmitting a plug-in module to a web browser of a second client computer;
- logic executed by the processor for receiving a URL from the plug-in module at the second client computer;
- logic executed by the processor for identifying the web content in an index based on the URL received from the second client computer;
- and
- transmission logic executed by the processor for transmitting an advertisement to the second client computer for display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.