Browser Address Bar Segmentation for Multi-Source Information Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional browsers lack enhanced functionality in their address bars, which primarily display or accept URLs, limiting their ability to provide additional information to users without altering the main resource display or opening additional windows.
Innovation Solution
The address bar is enhanced to display information from sources other than the current network resource's publisher, allowing the browser to show desired information, such as advertising, status updates, navigation hints, or historical navigation paths, without altering the main resource display or opening pop-ups, by interacting with servers to retrieve and render this information within the address bar.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the address bar is used to display additional information from sources other than the current network resource's publisher, then the information provision capability is improved, but the address bar's original function of displaying and accepting URLs may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The address bar is divided into multiple display regions: a first region for displaying the current network resource's URL and a second region for displaying additional information from other sources. This segmentation allows both the original URL functionality and the new information display capability to coexist without interfering with each other, resolving the contradiction between information provision and operational ease.
2Ease of operation
If additional information is displayed in the address bar, then the user experience is improved, but the screen space available for the main resource display is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of displaying additional information in a way that reduces the main resource display area, the patent utilizes the address bar's existing spatial dimension at the top of the browser window. By segmenting the address bar into multiple regions, the patent adds a new dimension for information display without encroaching on the screen space allocated to the main resource display area, thus improving user experience while maintaining display area integrity.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the address bar displays information from multiple sources, then the functionality is enhanced, but the complexity of the address bar increases
Solution Approach 1:
The address bar is segmented into distinct regions with specific functions: the first region maintains the original URL display and input functionality, while the second region is dedicated to displaying additional information from other sources. This segmentation approach enhances functionality by allowing multiple information sources to be displayed simultaneously while managing complexity through clear functional separation and standardized display formats in each region.
Data Source
AI summary
Method comprising: displaying, on a screen of the client device, a browser having an address bar; receiving, from a user of the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; sending, from the client device to at least one server, a request to furnish the network resource to the client device; receiving, by the client device from the at least one server, at least one of the network resource and information regarding the network resource. Also, method comprising: receiving, by at least one server from the client device via the browser, an indication of an network resource to be furnished to the client device; and sending, by the at least one server to the client device, information from other than the publisher of the net work resource to be displayed within the address bar of the browser.