Triggering a private browsing function of a web browser application program
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsChristopher Phillips, Matthew Whitbourne
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Abstract
A private browsing function of a web browser application program may be triggered for a browser by a browser or by a URL provider. Upon receipt of the URI by a web browser, the URI is inspected for the presence of a private browsing indicator. When the URI is found to contain a private browsing indicator, operation of the private browsing function for the web browser application program is triggered.
Claims6
A method of triggering a private browsing function of a web browser application program, comprising:
- receiving a URI for a web browser application program, said web browser application program further comprising a private browsing function;
- inspecting said received URI, with a processor, for an associated predetermined private browsing indicator, said private browsing indicator comprising a tag inserted into said received URI;
- in response to identification, by said processor, of said tag inserted into said received URI, triggering operation of the private browsing function of the web browser application program;
- in response to operation of the private browsing function, a predetermined set of data received by the web browser application program from said received URI and stored in a web browser data cache, is deleted, said set of data comprising at least visited pages, form and search entries, password and usernames, download list/log entries, cookies, web cache, and active logins;
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- upon completion of a private browsing session to said received URI, returning to a non-private browsing session until identification of another private browsing indicator occurs.
A method of creating a URI arranged to trigger a private browsing function of a web browser application program, comprising:
- identifying a URI for triggering private browsing;
- associating a private browsing indicator with said identified URI, said private browsing indicator comprising a tag;
- combining said identified URI and said tag to create the URI arranged to trigger a private browsing function of a web browser application program;
- in response to triggering the private browsing function, a predetermined set of data received by the web browser application program from said created URI and stored in a web browser data cache, is deleted, said set of data comprising at least visited pages, form and search entries, password and usernames, download list/log entries, cookies, web cache, and active logins;
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- upon completion of a private browsing session to said created URI, returning to a non-private browsing session until identification of another private browsing indicator occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.