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AssigneeOath Inc.
InventorsTimothy O'Shaugnessy, Sudheer Agrawal
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Abstract
A first web page is displayed on a client computer. In response to determining that a second web page is made accessible through a link embedded in the first web page, an image corresponding to the second web page is fetched and stored. In addition, a thumbnail image preview that corresponds to the fetched image of the second web page is generated, stored, and displayed while the first web page is displayed.
Claims21
1-25. (canceled)
A computer-implemented method comprising the following operations performed by one or more processors:
- receiving, at a client computer, an electronic message in a messaging application, the electronic message including a link to a web page;
- displaying, at the client computer, the electronic message with the link;
- fetching the web page;
- automatically identifying, at the client computer, features in the web page;
- generating a preview image of the web page that is a reduced scale representation of the web page;
- determining, at the client computer, that a cursor is interacting with the link in the messaging application without a user otherwise selecting the link;
- and
- displaying, to the user at the client computer, the preview image of the web page in response to having determined that the cursor is interacting with the link without otherwise selecting the link in the messaging application.
A system comprising the following operations performed by one or more processors:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- one or more processors that are configured to execute instructions for:
- receiving, at a client computer, an electronic message in a messaging application, the electronic message including a link to a web page;
- displaying, at the client computer, the electronic message with the link;
- fetching the web page;
- automatically identifying, at the client computer, features in the web page;
- generating a preview image of the web page that is a reduced scale representation of the web page;
- determining, at the client computer, that a cursor is interacting with the link in the messaging application without a user otherwise selecting the link;
- and
- displaying, to the user at the client computer, the preview image of the web page in response to having determined that the cursor is interacting with the link without otherwise selecting the link in the messaging application.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising the following operations performed by one or more processors:
- a memory that stores instructions;
- and
- one or more processors that are configured to execute instructions for:
- receiving, at a client computer, an electronic message in a messaging application, the electronic message including a link to a web page;
- displaying, at the client computer, the electronic message with the link;
- fetching the web page;
- automatically identifying, at the client computer, features in the web page;
- generating a preview image of the web page that is a reduced scale representation of the web page;
- determining, at the client computer, that a cursor is interacting with the link in the messaging application without a user otherwise selecting the link;
- and
- displaying, to the user at the client computer, the preview image of the web page in response to having determined that the cursor is interacting with the link without otherwise selecting the link in the messaging application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.