Method for modifying a toolbar

A method of modifying a toolbar, the method comprising:

• displaying, at a user Internet device, a toolbar comprising one or more buttons, the toolbar defined at least partially by toolbar data stored in one or more toolbar-defining databases, the toolbar data comprising a plurality of attributes, one or more of the plurality of attributes associated with a button of the toolbar, wherein for one or more buttons of the toolbar at least one of the plurality of attributes identifies at least one function to be performed when the button is actuated, and such at least one function to be performed when the button is actuated includes retrieving a web page, and;
• initiating at the user Internet device, without user request, an operation to update the toolbar data in accordance with toolbar update data received from the Internet;
• updating the toolbar data in accordance with the toolbar update data received from the Internet, wherein the updating comprises:
• receiving, at the user Internet device, data comprising a reference to a network location;
• accessing, at the user Internet device, the network location;
• receiving, at the user Internet device, the toolbar update data in response to the user Internet device accessing the network location, wherein the received toolbar update data comprises a content type identifier of the toolbar update data;
• determining, at the user Internet device, that the content type identifier is associated with the toolbar;
• providing, at the user Internet device, the toolbar update data in response to the user Internet device determining that the content type identifier is associated with the toolbar;
• initiating, at the user Internet device, the update of the toolbar data in accordance with the toolbar update data, the updating comprising at least one of the following steps (a) and (b), each respectively comprising:
• (a) writing at least one new attribute to the toolbar data, wherein the writing at least one new attribute to the toolbar data comprises changing the one or more buttons of the toolbar by adding a button;
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• (b) updating at least one attribute of the toolbar data;
• and
• displaying, at the user Internet device, the toolbar as defined by the updated toolbar data.