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
An apparatus for triggering a private browsing function of a web browser application program, comprising:
- a processor;
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- memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory is encoded with instructions and wherein the instructions when executed comprise:
- instructions for receiving a URI for a web browser application program, said web browser application program further comprising a private browsing function;
- instructions for inspecting said received URI for an associated predetermined private browsing indicator, said private browsing indicator comprising a tag inserted into said received URI;
- in response to identification of said tag inserted into said received URI, instructions for triggering operation of the private browsing function of the web browser application program;
- in response to operation of the private browsing function, instructions for deleting a predetermined set of data received by the web browser application program from said received URI and stored in a web browser data cache, 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.
A computer program product for triggering a private browsing function of a web browser application program, the computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code configured to receive a URI for a web browser application program, said web browser application program further comprising a private browsing function;
- computer readable program code configured to inspect said received URI for an associated predetermined private browsing indicator, said private browsing indicator comprising a tag inserted into said received URI;
- in response to identification of said tag inserted into said received URI, computer readable program code configured to trigger operation of the private browsing function of the web browser application program;
- in response to operation of the private browsing function, computer readable program code configured to delete a predetermined set of data received by the web browser application program from said received URI and stored in a web browser data cache, 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, computer readable program code configured to return to a non-private browsing session until identification of another private browsing indicator occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.