Custom rendering of webpages on mobile devices

A method of rendering web content for use on a mobile device, the method comprising:

• receiving a request identifying a website and identifying content elements associated with the web site;
• storing information concerning a URL for the identified website and storing information corresponding to the identified content elements associated with the website;
• storing an association of a user with the stored information concerning the URL and the information corresponding to the identified content elements;
• receiving a request from the user for the webpage
• associating with a webpage view presented to a user;
• providing a selection function whereby the user may select elements of the webpage for display on a mobile device;
• determining webpage elements associated with the user selection;
• in response to a user selection, retrieving updated content information associated with the URL for association with the identified content elements;
• and
• providing the content elements in association with the updated content information to the user.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a computer-readable medium comprising:
• a first instruction for causing a computer to establish an association with a webpage view presented to a user;
• a second instruction for causing the computer to provide a selection function whereby the user may select elements of the webpage for display on a mobile device;
• a third instruction for causing the computer to determine webpage elements associated with the user selection;
• a fourth instruction for causing the computer to display an indication of the selection of the elements with the webpage elements associated with the user selection;
• a fifth instruction for causing the computer to provide criteria for the selection of the webpage elements, including the adjustment of the rendering, the criteria provided for storage on a proxy server;
• and
• a sixth instruction for causing the computer to retrieve the selection of webpage elements from the proxy server in accordance with the stored selection of the webpage elements.