WO2011007357A2 - System and method for inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages - Google Patents
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Abstract
A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages, the system including web page parsing functionality operative to parse the web pages, thereby generating a collection of web page elements associated with each of the web pages, web browser displayable content displaying code generating functionality operative to generate web browser displayable content displaying code to display web browser displayable content in a web browser, and web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality operative to insert the code into the web page elements.
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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR INSERTING WEB BROWSER DISPLA YABLE CONTENT INTO EXISTING WEB PAGES
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
Reference is made to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Serial No. 61/271,323, filed July 16, 2009 and entitled "TOOLBAR AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTATION THEREOF", the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference and priority of which is hereby claimed pursuant to 37 CFR 1.78(a) (4) and
(5Xi).
Reference is also made to the following patents and patent applications, owned by assignee, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference:
U.S. Patent No. 7,047,033;
U.S. Published Patent Application Nos. 2007/0206221, 2008/0010335, 2008/0016462, 2008/0153467, 2009/0024719, 2009/0043777, 2009/0044098, 2009/0044126, 2010/0095024 and 2010/0106857;
U.S. Patent Application No. 12/808,970; and
U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 61/266,247.
FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to client-software-independent functionality in mobile internet browsers and more particularly to client-software-independent internet browser toolbars in mobile internet browsers.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The following patent publications are believed to represent the current state of the art:
U.S. Patent No. 7,047,033;
U.S. Published Patent Application Nos. 2007/0206221, 2008/0010335, 2008/0016462, 2008/0153467, 2009/0024719, 2009/0043777, 2009/0044098, 2009/0044126, 2010/0095024 and 2010/0106857; and
U.S. Patent Application No. 12/808,970.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention seeks to provide a system for displaying client- software-independent web browser displayable content in mobile internet browsers.
There is thus provided in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention a system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages, the system including web page parsing functionality operative to parse the web pages, thereby generating a collection of web page elements associated with each of the web pages, web browser displayable content displaying code generating functionality operative to generate web browser displayable content displaying code to display web browser displayable content in a web browser, and web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality operative to insert the code into the web page elements.
Preferably, the system also includes internet requests interception functionality operative to intercept internet requests from a web client for the existing web pages. Additionally, the internet requests interception functionality also includes HTTP request filtering functionality operative to select into which of the existing web pages to insert the web browser displayable content.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the parsing functionality, code generating functionality, code insertion functionality, internet requests interception functionality and HTTP request filtering functionality reside on a proxy server.
Preferably, the internet requests interception functionality is operative to process the internet requests for the existing web pages and to download the existing web pages from the internet. Additionally, the internet requests interception functionality is operative to send the existing web pages modified by the web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality to the web client. Preferably, the web browser residing on the web client is operative to display the existing web pages. Additionally, the web browser displayable content displaying code generating functionality adapts the web browser displayable content to the web browser.
Preferably, the web browser is a mobile web browser. Additionally, the mobile web browser resides on a mobile device.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web browser displayable content is not subject to user viewing area manipulation. Preferably, user viewing area manipulation includes at least one of zooming, panning and scrolling of the web browser displayable content.
Preferably, the web browser displayable content is client-software- independent. Additionally, the web browser displays the web browser displayable content together with at least one of the existing web pages.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web browser displayable content is a toolbar. Preferably, the system also includes state persistency functionality operative to maintain a persistent state of the toolbar across all web pages with which the toolbar is displayed. Additionally, the state persistency functionality is provided by a client-side mechanism. Alternatively, the state persistency functionality is provided by a server side mechanism. Alternatively, the state persistency functionality is provided by a combination of a client-side mechanism and a server side mechanism.
Preferably, the web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality inserts the toolbar into web pages which are part of a predefined toolbar zone. Additionally, the toolbar includes web page interaction functionality operative to allow a user to use the toolbar to interact with a web page together with which the toolbar is displayed.
Preferably, the web page interaction functionality is provided by client- side code. Alternatively, the web page interaction functionality is provided by server- side code. Alternatively, the web page interaction functionality is provided by a combination of by client-side code and server-side code.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web browser displayable content is a semi-transparent content overlay area. Preferably, the web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality inserts the semi-transparent content overlay area into web pages which are part of a predefined content overlay zone.
Preferably, the web browser displayable content includes user-actionable elements. Additionally, the user-actionable elements include menus, buttons and text fields.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web browser displayable content displaying code includes browser side code. Additionally, user interaction with the web browser is operative to instruct the web browser to display the web browser displayable content. Preferably, the system also includes user interaction responsive functionality operative to provide web content related functionality which is responsive to user interaction with the web browser displayable content.
Preferably, the system also includes user notification functionality operative to periodically check for the existence of events which may be of interest to a user, and to display notifications regarding said events in the web browser.
There is also provided in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention a method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages, the method including parsing the web pages, thereby generating a collection of web page elements associated with each of the web pages, generating web browser displayable content displaying code to display web browser displayable content in a web browser, and inserting the code into the web page elements.
Preferably, the method also includes intercepting internet requests from a web client for the existing web pages. Additionally, intercepting internet requests also includes selecting into which of the existing web pages to insert the web browser displayable content. Additionally, intercepting internet requests also includes processing the internet requests for the existing web pages and to download the existing web pages from the internet. Additionally, intercepting internet requests also includes sending the existing web pages modified by the web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality to the web client. Preferably, the web browser residing on the web client displays the existing web pages.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, generating web browser displayable content displaying code also includes adapting the web browser displayable content to the web browser. Preferably, the web browser is a mobile web browser. Preferably, the mobile web browser resides on a mobile device.
Additionally, the web browser displayable content is not subject to user viewing area manipulation. Preferably, user viewing area manipulation includes at least one of zooming, panning and scrolling of the web browser displayable content.
Preferably, the web browser displayable content is client-software- independent. Additionally, the web browser displays the web browser displayable content together with at least one of the existing web pages.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web browser displayable content is a toolbar. Additionally, the method also includes maintaining a persistent state of the toolbar across all web pages with which the toolbar is displayed. Preferably, maintaining a persistent state of the toolbar across all web pages with which the toolbar is displayed is provided by a client-side mechanism. Alternatively, maintaining a persistent state of the toolbar across all web pages with which the toolbar is displayed is provided by a server side mechanism. Alternatively, maintaining a persistent state of the toolbar across all web pages with which the toolbar is displayed is provided by a combination of a client-side mechanism and a server side mechanism.
Preferably, inserting the code into the web page elements includes inserting the toolbar into web pages which are part of a predefined toolbar zone. Additionally, the method also includes allowing a user to use the toolbar to interact with a web page together with which the toolbar is displayed. Additionally, allowing a user to use the toolbar to interact with a web page together with which the toolbar is displayed is provided by client-side code. Alternatively, allowing a user to use the toolbar to interact with a web page together with which the toolbar is displayed is provided by server-side code. Alternatively, allowing a user to use the toolbar to interact with a web page together with which the toolbar is displayed is provided by a combination of by client-side code and server-side code.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the web browser displayable content is a semi-transparent content overlay area. Additionally, inserting the code into the web page elements includes inserting the semi- transparent content overlay area into web pages which are part of a predefined content overlay zone.
Preferably, the web browser displayable content includes user-actionable elements. Additionally, the user-actionable elements include menus, buttons and text fields. Additionally or alternatively, the web browser displayable content displaying code includes browser side code. Preferably, user interaction with the web browser is operative to instruct the web browser to display the web browser displayable content. Additionally, the method also includes providing web content related functionality which is responsive to user interaction with the web browser displayable content.
Preferably, the method also includes periodically checking for the existence of events which may be of interest to a user, and to display notifications regarding said events in the web browser.
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The present invention will be understood and appreciated more fully from the following detailed description, taken in conjunction with the drawings in which:
Fig. 1 is a simplified pictorial illustration of a client-software- independent internet browser toolbar displayed by a mobile internet browser, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 2 is a simplified pictorial illustration of a client-software- independent semi-transparent content overlay area displayed by a mobile internet browser, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention;
Fig. 3 is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the insertion of client- software-independent web browser displayable content generating code into a web page; and
Fig. 4 is a simplified functional block diagram illustrating the components of a system for inserting client-software-independent web browser displayable content generating code into a web page.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
Over recent years, the use of mobile devices to access the internet has become widespread, and the use mobile devices are expected to become the primary method of accessing the internet within the next few years. However, mobile internet browsers currently available on mobile devices are significantly inferior to desktop internet browsers in terms of the functionality provided to the user. Additionally, there is a wide range of mobile internet browsers currently commercially available, as well as a wide range of mobile operating systems and mobile devices, each of which offering different and often mutually incompatible sets of functionality and graphic capabilities. This diversity of internet browsing environments creates a challenge for vendors wishing to provide similar functionality to consumers using different devices.
Particularly, the concept of plug-ins and toolbars is lacking in most mobile platforms. For example, the functionality currently offered by mobile internet browsers could be enhanced by the provision of a toolbar similar to toolbars generally integrated in internet browsers, which are commercially available for use on desktop and laptop computers.
A toolbar may be considered as a portal for various types of internet browsing related applications that enhance user experience. These applications may include, for example, user actionable notifications, such as icons showing the number of unread emails, new TWITTER® messages and EBAY® bids, fast access to a preferred internet search engine, a search window for searching the text of a web page currently displayed by the browser for a specific word or term, and applications for translating the currently displayed web page into various languages. While some mobile internet browsers include a basic integrated toolbar, most currently available mobile internet browsers lack the software infrastructure needed to allow dynamic integration of additional toolbars provided by third parties.
Additionally, there is currently a great diversity of mutually incompatible mobile internet platforms and mobile internet browsers. Thus the implementation of an application, such as an internet browser toolbar, would be significantly different for each of the many of the currently available platforms and browsers.
The present invention seeks to provide a system and a method for displaying client-software-independent web browser displayable content in mobile internet browsers together with and as part of web pages which are downloaded from web servers on the internet.
Reference is now made to Fig. 1, which is a simplified pictorial illustration of a client-software-independent internet browser toolbar displayed by a mobile internet browser, in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment of the present invention provides a client-software- independent internet browser toolbar for mobile devices, wherein the toolbar is displayed in the web site content viewing area of the internet browser as part of a web page downloaded from a web site, and is generated by toolbar generating code inserted by a web proxy or by a web server other than the web server which hosts the web site. Throughout, the term "proxy server" is defined to mean an HTTP proxy server or a web server which inserts web browser displayable content into existing web pages.
It is a particular feature of this embodiment of the present invention that the client-software-independent internet browser toolbar generating code is adapted by the proxy server to the particular internet browser which will display the toolbar, and therefore a single proxy server can be used in conjunction with an internet browser on any client.
It is another particular feature of this embodiment of the present invention that although the toolbar is displayed in the web site content viewing area of the internet browser, the toolbar behaves as if it is an integral part of the internet browser. For example, web content displayed by the browser can be hidden by the toolbar, as if the toolbar is part of a browser window frame surrounding the content viewing area.
Additionally, the toolbar remains at a set position and resolution regardless of user actions performed on the browser such as zooming, panning and scrolling the displayed content. The toolbar is also capable of interacting with the currently displayed web page. For example, the toolbar may include functionality enabling the user to search for and highlight specific words in the displayed web page. This functionality may be provided by client-side code, server-side code, or by a combination of client-side code and server-side code.
It is also a particular feature of the present invention that a client- software-independent internet browser toolbar for mobile internet browsers is provided, preferably based on the insertion of browser side code, such as HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and JavaScript (JS) into each of the HTML pages of a "toolbar zone", whereby the "toolbar zone" refers to a domain for which the toolbar is made available on the mobile device. The toolbar zone may range from a single designated web page to the entire Internet. The HTML/CSS/JS code may be inserted by an intermediate HTTP proxy server or by the web server creating the web page to be displayed. Although the toolbar generating code is inserted into each displayed web page separately, the user experience is one of an identical and ubiquitous toolbar displayed on any page in the toolbar zone.
The inserted toolbar may generally mimic the style of the graphic user interface already available on the mobile device, and may provide user interface elements such as input fields and buttons which are similar to user interface elements already available on the mobile device. For example, an embodiment of the client- software-independent internet browser toolbar for the Apple® iPhone Mobile Safari browser may appear as a native part of the browser by using the iPhone icons theme.
The proxy server preferably maintains a persistent state of the toolbar across the various web pages in which it is displayed. Preferably, persistency is accomplished by a mechanism of client-side storage (for example, cookies and HTML5 storage), or by a server side mechanism. For example, the toolbar may include functionality which enables the user to use TWITTER® to "tweet" about the web page currently displayed by the browser, by posting text and a link to the currently displayed page to the user's TWITTER® account. To provide this functionality, the toolbar must store the user's TWITTER® credentials in a manner which will allow the toolbar to access the credentials across all web pages and browsing sessions, obviating the need to repeatedly prompt the user to enter his or her TWITTER® access credentials.
As seen in Fig. 1, there is provided a mobile device 100 which includes an internet browser 102 including an integral browser toolbar 104 and a web content viewing area 106. Mobile device 100 also includes a status bar 108 which displays indicators relating to the general status of the mobile device such as the level of device wireless reception 110 and the level of battery charge 112, as well as general
information such as the current time 114. The integral browser toolbar 104 includes various user clickable buttons which provide standard browser related functionality to the user.
As also seen in Fig. 1, it is a particular feature of the present invention that a client-software-independent internet browser toolbar 120 is displayed in the web content viewing area 106, together with a web page 122. The toolbar 120 includes various user clickable buttons, which provide additional functionality to the user such as search functionality, a link to other user applications, and various settings and configuration options. Preferably both toolbars 104 and 120 are displayed to the user simultaneously.
Reference is now made to Fig. 2, which is a simplified pictorial illustration of a client- software-independent semi-transparent content overlay area displayed by a mobile internet browser, in accordance with another preferred embodiment of the present invention. This embodiment of the present invention provides a client-software-independent semi-transparent content overlay area displayed by a mobile internet browser, wherein the overlay area is displayed in the web site content viewing area of the internet browser over a web page downloaded from a web site, and is generated by overlay area generating code inserted by a proxy server.
It is a particular feature of this embodiment of the present invention that the client-software-independent semi-transparent content overlay area generating code is adapted by the proxy server to the particular internet browser which will display the overlay area, and therefore a single proxy server can be used in conjunction with an internet browser on any client.
It is another particular feature of this embodiment of the present invention that although the overlay area is displayed in the web site content viewing area of the internet browser, the overlay area behaves as if it is an integral part of the internet browser. For example, the overlay area remains at a set position and resolution regardless of user actions performed on the browser such as zooming, panning and scrolling the displayed content.
It is also a particular feature of the present invention that a client- software-independent semi-transparent content overlay area for mobile devices is provided, preferably based on the insertion of browser side code, such as HTML, CSS
(Cascading Style Sheets) and JavaScript into each of the HTML pages of a "content overlay zone", whereby the "content overlay zone" refers to a domain for which the overlay area is made available on the mobile device. The content overlay zone may range from a single designated web page to the entire Internet. The HTML/CSS/JS code may be inserted by an intermediate HTTP proxy server or by the web server creating the web page to be displayed. Although the overlay area generating code is inserted into each displayed web page separately, the user experience is one of an identical ubiquitous overlay area displayed on any page in the content overlay zone.
Additionally, the content overlay area may generally mimic the style of the graphic user interface already available on the mobile device, and may provide similar user interface elements such as input fields and buttons.
As seen in Fig. 2, there is provided a mobile device 200 which includes an internet browser 202 including an integral browser toolbar 204 and a web content viewing area 206. Mobile device 200 also includes a status bar 208 which displays indicators relating to the general status of the mobile device such as the level of device wireless reception 210 and the level of battery charge 212, as well as general information such as the current time 214. The integral browser toolbar 204 includes various user clickable buttons which provide standard browser related functionality to the user.
As also seen in Fig. 2, it is a particular feature of the present invention that a client-software-independent semi-transparent content overlay area 220 is displayed in the web content viewing area 206, over a web page 222. The overlay area 220 may be used to display content such as advertisements or links to other web pages and applications in addition to the content displayed in content viewing area 206. Preferably, a button 224 is provided to remove the overlay area 220 and to thereby display the web page 222 in its entirety.
Reference is now made to Fig. 3, which is a simplified flowchart indicating steps in the insertion of client-software-independent web browser displayable content generating code into a web page, and to Fig. 4, which is a simplified functional block diagram illustrating the components of a system for inserting client-software- independent web browser displayable content generating code into a web page.
As mentioned hereinabove, the content generating code may be inserted by an intermediate HTTP proxy server (either as a proxy module or as a proxy plug-in, e.g. by communicating with the proxy server using ICAP protocols) or by the server (e.g. a Web Application Server or a Web Server) creating the web page to be displayed. The content generating code must be inserted into the web page to be displayed in a manner that ensures preservation of the original layout and functionality of the web page, and in a manner which will ensure that the web browser displayable content appears identically across all the web pages.
As seen in Figs. 3 and 4, a user uses an internet browser on a mobile device 300 to request a particular web page. A proxy server 302 intercepts the request for the particular web page, and identifies whether the request is an HTTP transaction which the proxy server should process. For example, if the content to be inserted is a toolbar, HTTP requests that have originated outside the toolbar zone or HTTP responses that are destined for entities outside the toolbar zone are ignored by the proxy server and are left to be processed by the web server 304 which hosts the requested web page.
If the transaction is identified by the proxy server as a transaction that should be processed by the proxy server, the proxy server 302 downloads the requested web page from the relevant web server 304 through the internet. The "Content-type" of the HTTP header of the web page is examined to determine the type of the content of the web page. Web pages that are not markup documents (e.g. HTML pages) are ignored. Similarly, HTTP transactions regarding frames other than the frame within which the inserted content is to be displayed are also ignored, as well as other elements that are not root HTML pages such as media elements and AJAX requests.
After identifying the relevant transactions, the proxy server 302 parses the web page using a parser 306 which is included in the proxy server 302, thereby creating a collection of the elements which comprise the web page (e.g. an HTML page may be parsed into a DOM tree).
A code generation module 308 which is part of the proxy server 302 creates the content generating code to be inserted using a suitable markup language, such as HTML or XHTML-MP. The code also preferably consists of CSS and JavaScript elements. The code is adapted to the layout of the graphic interface of the mobile internet browser on the mobile device 300 (e.g. on some mobile devices CSS
fixed-positioning cannot be used) and to the overall functionality of the specific mobile internet browser on the mobile device 300 (e.g. JavaScript Touch API is not supported across all mobile internet browsers).
It is appreciated that the inserted content generating code may be operative to instruct the mobile internet browser on the mobile device 300 to display various display elements as part of the web page, such as a client-software-independent internet browser toolbar or a semi-transparent content overlay area.
Preferably, the inserted content is designed to mimic the general graphic design theme and the user interface paradigm of the mobile device 300. The proxy server 302 includes a mobile device database 310 which includes information regarding all currently available mobile devices and mobile internet browsers. This information includes information regarding the graphical capabilities and limitations of the currently available mobile devices and mobile internet browsers, and is essential in order to correctly adapt inserted content to the graphic capabilities and limitations of the target device and browser.
After creating the content generating code, a code insertion module 312 which is part of the proxy server 302 inserts the content generating code into the web page to be displayed by the mobile internet browser. Each element of the content generating code must be inserted into the relevant segment of the web page. For example, an HTML code fragment such as a DIV element which actually generates the inserted content may be inserted immediately following the "BODY" tag in an HTML document, and CSS and JavaScript code fragments may be inserted as the last items within the "HEAD" container of the HTML document.
The proxy server 302 then sends the modified web page to the mobile device 300, which displays the web page in the internet browser. Preferably, the inserted content generating code does not instruct the browser to display the inserted content immediately, but rather instructs the browser to wait for the user to activate the inserted content prior to displaying the inserted content. On a device comprising a touch screen the activation may be accomplished by swiping a finger over the display, and on a device comprising a keyboard the activation may be accomplished by pressing on a predetermined button on the device. Upon activation of the inserted content, the content is displayed.
Preferably, the proxy server 302 also includes a state persistency module 314 which is operative to provide state persistency functionality for the inserted content. For example, when the proxy server 302 is used in conjunction with the embodiment of Fig. 1, the state persistency module 314 preferably maintains a persistent state of the toolbar across the various web pages in which it is displayed, as described hereinabove.
The proxy server 302 may also include a user interaction module 316 which is operative to provide web content related functionality which may be made available to the user as a result of user interaction with the inserted content. For example, when the proxy server 302 is used in conjunction with the embodiment of Fig. 1, clicking on a "translate" button on the toolbar may trigger a request to the user interaction module 316 to send to the mobile device 300 a translation of the web page currently displayed by the browser, encoded with content generating code which instructs the mobile internet browser on device 300 to display the translation in the web content viewing area of the mobile internet browser on device 300.
Alternatively, the content generating code which generates the toolbar may also periodically poll the user interaction module 316 for the existence of events which may be of interest to the user, and may display notifications regarding these events to the user. Such events may include incoming emails, calendar reminders and stock price alerts.
Additionally, for example, when the proxy server 302 is used in conjunction with the embodiment of Fig. 2, clicking on an advertisement displayed in the content overlay area may trigger a request to the user interaction module 316 to send additional content generating code to the mobile device 300, whereby the additional content generating code may instruct the device to launch an application or to display additional content.
It is appreciated that while web pages displayed by an internet browser are subject to being resized and scrolled through browser functionality such as zoom, resize and scrolling functionality available as part of the functionality of the internet browser, the inserted content maintains its original position shape and size regardless of any such manipulation of the web page displayed by the browser. This is accomplished by elements of the inserted content generating code which compensate for any such manipulation of the web page displayed by the browser.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the present invention is not limited by what has been particularly shown and described hereinabove. Rather the scope of the present invention includes both combinations and subcombinations of the various features described hereinabove as well as modifications thereof which would occur to persons skilled in the art upon reading the foregoing description and which are not in the prior art.
Claims
1. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages, said system comprising:
web page parsing functionality operative to parse said web pages, thereby generating a collection of web page elements associated with each of said web pages;
web browser displayable content displaying code generating functionality operative to generate web browser displayable content displaying code to display web browser displayable content in a web browser; and
web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality operative to insert said code into said web page elements.
2. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 1 and wherein said system also comprises internet requests interception functionality operative to intercept internet requests from a web client for said existing web pages.
3. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 2 and wherein said internet requests interception functionality also includes HTTP request filtering functionality operative to select into which of said existing web pages to insert said web browser displayable content.
4. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claims 2 and 3 and wherein said parsing functionality, code generating functionality, code insertion functionality, internet requests interception functionality and HTTP request filtering functionality reside on a proxy server.
5. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 2 - 4 and wherein said internet requests interception functionality is operative to process said internet requests for said existing web pages and to download said existing web pages from the internet.
6. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 2 - 5 and wherein said internet requests interception functionality is operative to send said existing web pages modified by said web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality to said web client.
7. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 6 and wherein said web browser residing on said web client is operative to display said existing web pages.
8. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 7 and wherein said web browser displayable content displaying code generating functionality adapts said web browser displayable content to said web browser.
9. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said web browser is a mobile web browser.
10. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 9 and wherein said mobile web browser resides on a mobile device.
11. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said web browser displayable content is not subject to user viewing area manipulation.
12. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 11 and wherein user viewing area manipulation includes at least one of zooming, panning and scrolling of said web browser displayable content.
13. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said web browser displayable content is client-software-independent.
14. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said web browser displays said web browser displayable content together with at least one of said existing web pages.
15. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 1 - 14 and wherein said web browser displayable content is a toolbar.
16. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 15 and wherein said system also comprises state persistency functionality operative to maintain a persistent state of said toolbar across all web pages with which said toolbar is displayed.
17. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 16 and wherein said state persistency functionality is provided by a client-side mechanism.
18. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 16 and wherein said state persistency functionality is provided by a server side mechanism.
19. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 16 and wherein said state persistency functionality is provided by a combination of a client-side mechanism and a server side mechanism.
20. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 15 - 19 and wherein said web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality inserts said toolbar into web pages which are part of a predefined toolbar zone.
21. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 15 - 20 and wherein said toolbar comprises web page interaction functionality operative to allow a user to use said toolbar to interact with a web page together with which said toolbar is displayed.
22. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 21 and wherein said web page interaction functionality is provided by client-side code.
23. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 21 and wherein said web page interaction functionality is provided by server-side code.
24. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 21 and wherein said web page interaction functionality is provided by a combination of by client-side code and server-side code.
25. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 1 - 14 and wherein said web browser displayable content is a semi-transparent content overlay area.
26. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 25 and wherein said web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality inserts said semi-transparent content overlay area into web pages which are part of a predefined content overlay zone.
27. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said web browser displayable content comprises user-actionable elements.
28. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 27 and wherein said user-actionable elements include menus, buttons and text fields.
29. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said web browser displayable content displaying code comprises browser side code.
30. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein user interaction with said web browser is operative to instruct said web browser to display said web browser displayable content.
31. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said system also comprises user interaction responsive functionality operative to provide web content related functionality which is responsive to user interaction with said web browser displayable content.
32. A system for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of the preceding claims and wherein said system also comprises user notification functionality operative to periodically check for the existence of events which may be of interest to a user, and to display notifications regarding said events in said web browser.
33. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages, said method comprising:
parsing said web pages, thereby generating a collection of web page elements associated with each of said web pages;
generating web browser displayable content displaying code to display web browser displayable content in a web browser; and
inserting said code into said web page elements.
34. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 33 and wherein said method also comprises intercepting internet requests from a web client for said existing web pages.
35. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 34 and wherein said intercepting internet requests also includes selecting into which of said existing web pages to insert said web browser displayable content.
36. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to either of claims 34 and 35 and wherein said intercepting internet requests also includes processing said internet requests for said existing web pages and to download said existing web pages from the internet.
37. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 34 - 36 and wherein said intercepting internet requests also includes sending said existing web pages modified by said web browser displayable content displaying code insertion functionality to said web client.
38. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 37 and wherein said web browser residing on said web client displays said existing web pages.
39. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 38 and wherein said generating web browser displayable content displaying code also includes adapting said web browser displayable content to said web browser.
40. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 39 and wherein said web browser is a mobile web browser.
41. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 40 and wherein said mobile web browser resides on a mobile device.
42. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 41 and wherein said web browser displayable content is not subject to user viewing area manipulation.
43. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 42 and wherein user viewing area manipulation includes at least one of zooming, panning and scrolling of said web browser displayable content.
44. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 43 and wherein said web browser displayable content is client-software-independent.
45. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 44 and wherein said web browser displays said web browser displayable content together with at least one of said existing web pages.
46. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 45 and wherein said web browser displayable content is a toolbar.
47. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 46 and wherein said method also comprises maintaining a persistent state of said toolbar across all web pages with which said toolbar is displayed.
48. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 47 and wherein said maintaining a persistent state of said toolbar across all web pages with which said toolbar is displayed is provided by a client-side mechanism.
49. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 47 and wherein said maintaining a persistent state of said toolbar across all web pages with which said toolbar is displayed is provided by a server side mechanism.
50. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 47 and wherein said maintaining a persistent state of said toolbar across all web pages with which said toolbar is displayed is provided by a combination of a client-side mechanism and a server side mechanism.
51. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 46 - 50 and wherein said inserting said code into said web page elements includes inserting said toolbar into web pages which are part of a predefined toolbar zone.
52. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 46 - 51 and wherein said method also comprises allowing a user to use said toolbar to interact with a web page together with which said toolbar is displayed.
53. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 52 and wherein said allowing a user to use said toolbar to interact with a web page together with which said toolbar is displayed is provided by client-side code.
54. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 52 and wherein said allowing a user to use said toolbar to interact with a web page together with which said toolbar is displayed is provided by server-side code.
55. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 52 and wherein said allowing a user to use said toolbar to interact with a web page together with which said toolbar is displayed is provided by a combination of by client-side code and server-side code.
56. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 45 and wherein said web browser displayable content is a semi-transparent content overlay area.
57. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 56 and wherein said inserting said code into said web page elements includes inserting said semi-transparent content overlay area into web pages which are part of a predefined content overlay zone.
58. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 57 and wherein said web browser displayable content comprises user-actionable elements.
59. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to claim 58 and wherein said user-actionable elements include menus, buttons and text fields.
60. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 59 and wherein said web browser displayable content displaying code comprises browser side code.
61. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 60 and wherein user interaction with said web browser is operative to instruct said web browser to display said web browser displayable content.
62. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 61 and wherein said method also comprises providing web content related functionality which is responsive to user interaction with said web browser displayable content.
63. A method for generating and inserting web browser displayable content into existing web pages according to any of claims 33 - 62 and wherein said method also comprises periodically checking for the existence of events which may be of interest to a user, and to display notifications regarding said events in said web browser.
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