Improved browser user interface

Abstract

In a client server system where a client system presents a browser for user interaction, a browser user interface includes functionality for handling dynamic interface elements received by the browser in connection with received pages, presented as part of the browser user interface and modified in response to selected user input without requiring further interaction with a server. In addition to, or in place of, dynamic interface elements such as slide sheets, the browser user interface might also include a rotation display area, tool displays that can overlay a page, opaquely or semi transparently, menu structures, and an ability for the user to modify a page layout without requiring server interaction. The browser might comprise storage for a plurality of rotation display items for storing a summary and a primary presentation for each rotation display item, logic for displaying, by the browser, primary presentations for less all of the plurality of rotation display items in the rotation display area, logic for displaying, by the browser, summaries for items wherein the number of summaries is greater than the number of primary presentations presented at one time, logic for highlighting, among the summaries displayed, the ones of the summaries that correspond to the primary presentations displayed in the rotation display area; and logic for rotating the plurality of rotation display items to display primary presentations for a different subsets of the rotation display items and for updating highlighting of summaries to correspond to the different subsets of rotation display items.

Description

[0001] Comparison of related applications [0002] This application claims priority to co-pending U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 410510, filed September 13, 2002, entitled "Browser User Interface," and filed September 4, 2003 Filed US Patent Application No. 10 / 656846, which is incorporated herein by reference. Contents of the invention [0003] The present invention relates generally to user interfaces, and more particularly to browser interfaces for browsing browsing pages provided on the Internet. Background of the invention [0004] The Internet and other networks interconnect computers and computing devices to allow for convenient data transfer via network connections. Generally, computers and computing devices are organized using a client-server model in which network connections are established between some computers or computing devices acting as servers and some computers or computing devices acting as clients. Of course, certain computers or computing ...

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Problems solved by technology

Although network delays can occur and are often beyond the control of web server administrators, users often associate negative experiences due to network delays with the services provided by web server administrators

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