US 2003/0080995 A1 · Contextually adaptive web browser

Abstract

A web browser's layout, available features and tools are adapted to the instantaneous environment, without the use of downloadable, up-loadable or resident programs, plug-ins or agents. The browser itself is tailored to the context in which it is being used, to provide for different functionalities in the browser tool bar, the functionality changing in association with different data such as a web page requested, web page content, the user demographic classification, age, location, or any other characteristic known or inferred by such provider. This mutation occurs according to factors preset by the user (surfer) or pushed by the provider or a third party authorized by a service or content provider.

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Dependent claims

A method for changing the layout, available features and functionality, or tools of a page appearing on a web browser running in a window on a user's computer, the method including the step of transferring to the browser from a remote location executable code, the code comprising:

a first code portion converting the window to a modified window having no tool bar;
a second code portion dividing the modified window into plural frames;
a third code portion installing a set of substitute tools in a first of the frames;
and
a fourth code portion recreating the original page in second frame;
web pages being thereafter viewed in the second frame, while substitute tools may be operated in the first frame.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Contextually adaptive web browser

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Contextually adaptive web browser

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Abstract

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