Method and apparatus for enhanced browsing, using icons to indicate status of content and/or content retrieval

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8732610
APP PUB NO 20060101341A1
SERIAL NO

11180261

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A method and apparatus for enhanced browsing. The apparatus includes a user interface for presenting an enhanced browsing window of content identified by a link in a page displayed by a browser. The apparatus may include a prefetcher for fetching or prefetching the content and a cache for storing the window. The apparatus may also include an ad interface for retrieving advertisements for display with the content. When a first page is displayed in the browser, content identified by a link to a second page is automatically fetched and an enhanced browsing window, which may initially be invisible, is built. When a user mouses-over a status indicator associated with the link, the window is automatically displayed and the user can navigate the displayed content. The status indicator may change appearance to indicate a status of the prefetching (e.g., initiated, completed, success, failure, communication error).

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  • CUFER ASSET LTD. L.L.C.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Brown, Wendell Las Vegas, US 122 3511
Kelly, James San Francisco, US 143 2037
Milener, Scott San Francisco, US 15 816

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