US 2015/0088847 A1 · METHOD OF DISPLAYING A CUSTOMIZED ADDRESS BAR OR SEARCH RESULTS IN A BROWSER

Abstract

Disclosed is a method of displaying a customised location bar or tab in a browser comprising: sending a request for content from a browser to a web server associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) entered into the browser; receiving the requested content from the web server at the browser; sending a request for custom domain data from the browser to a domain registration service, the request for custom domain data comprising information indicative of at least a portion of the URL; receiving custom domain data from the domain registration service at the browser if at least a portion of the URL is registered with the domain registration service; and controlling the appearance of the contents of the location bar or tab in accordance with the received custom domain data. A method for similarly displaying customised search results and associated systems are also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A method of displaying a customiszed location bar or tab in a browser comprising:

sending a request for content from a browser to a web server associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) entered into the browser;
receiving the requested content from the web server at the browser;
sending a request for custom domain data from the browser to a domain registration service, the request for custom domain data comprising information indicative of at least a portion of the URL;
receiving custom domain data from the domain registration service at the browser if at least a portion of the URL is registered with the domain registration service, wherein the custom domain data relates to a desired appearance of the location bar or tab and can be used by the browser to update the appearance of the location bar or tab;
and
updating the appearance of the contents of the location bar or tab in accordance with the received custom domain data.

3 more elements

A method of displaying a customiszed search result from a search engine comprising:

sending a search query from a browser to a search engine;
receiving the search query at the search engine and generating information indicative of one or more search results based on the search query where each search result is associated with a uniform resource locator (URL);
sending a request for custom domain data from the search engine to a domain registration service, the request for custom domain data comprising information indicative of at least a portion of each of the one or more URLs;
receiving custom domain data from the domain registration service at the search engine for each URL registered with the domain registration service, wherein each custom domain data entry relates to a desired appearance of its corresponding search result and can be used by the browser to update the appearance of the one or more search results;
receiving the information indicative of the one or more search results and the custom domain data from the search engine at the web browser;
and
displaying the search results in the browser such that the appearance of each search result with corresponding custom domain data is updated in accordance with the custom domain data.

4 more elements

A computer-based system comprising:

a domain registration service;
a browser comprising a location bar or a tab and being arranged to send a request for content to and receive content from a web server associated with a uniform resource locator (URL), send a request for custom domain data comprising information indicative of at least a portion of the URL to a domain registration service, receive custom domain data from the domain registration service, display content received from the web server, and update the appearance of the location bar or tab in accordance with the custom domain data from the domain registration service;
the domain registration service comprising a database of custom domain data indexed by at least a portion of a URL, wherein each custom domain data entry relates to a desired appearance of the location bar or tab, and wherein the domain registration service is arranged to receive from the browser a request for custom domain data comprising information indicative of at least a portion of a URL, search the database of custom domain data based on the received information indicative of a URL, and send to the browser any located custom domain data such that the browser can update the appearance of the location bar or tab.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method of displaying a customized address bar or search results in a browser

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Method of displaying a customized address bar or search results in a browser

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Abstract

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