System and method for web browsing

US 20020054114A1
Filed: 11/02/2001
Published: 05/09/2002
Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
Status: Active Grant

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1. A method for browsing web pages comprising the steps of:

in response to a user action, requesting first web page data from a source of web page data;

receiving said first web page data including a reference to second web page data;

locating said reference to said second web page data in said first web page data;

automatically requesting said second web page data using said reference;

rendering a first web page in a first panel using said first web page data; and

rendering a second web page in a second panel using said second web page data.

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Abstract

The present invention provides a system and method for web browsing. Generally speaking, the present invention contemporaneously displays multiple web pages, preferably within a single window, for a user to view. In a preferred embodiment, a current web page, a past web page, and a future web page are contemporaneously displayed in a single window. In this embodiment, the present invention tracks a past web page and renders it in a first panel, renders the current web page in a second panel, and identifies a hyperlink in the current web page to retrieve and render the future web page in a third panel. Preferably, all of these panels are embedded within a single window. In this manner, the user contemporaneously views the current web page, the past page, and the future web page in the single window. Preferably, the present invention is implemented as a web browsing room in a three-dimensional space where walls of the rooms correspond to various ones of the aforementioned panels. The user can view the web pages in the browsing room using various three-dimensional navigation techniques.

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1. A method for browsing web pages comprising the steps of:
- in response to a user action, requesting first web page data from a source of web page data;
  
  receiving said first web page data including a reference to second web page data;
  
  locating said reference to said second web page data in said first web page data;
  
  automatically requesting said second web page data using said reference;
  
  rendering a first web page in a first panel using said first web page data; and
  
  rendering a second web page in a second panel using said second web page data.
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- - 2. The method of claim 1, wherein said first web page and said second web page are contemporaneously displayed in a single window.
  - 3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of rendering a second web page comprises the step of rendering said second web page as a thumbnail image in said second panel using said second web page data.
  - 4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of rendering said second web page in said first panel in response to said user selecting said second web page.
  - 5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:
    - locating a reference to third web page data in said second web page data;
      
      automatically requesting said third web page data using said reference to third web page data;
      
      rendering a third web page in a third panel using said third web page data.
  - 6. The method of claim 4, further comprising the steps of:
    - locating a reference to third web page data in said second web page data;
      
      automatically requesting said third web page data using said reference to third web page data;
      
      rendering a third web page in said second panel using said third web page data.
  - 7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of rendering said first web page in a third panel using said first web page data.
  - 8. The method of claim 7, further comprising the step of rerendering said first web page in said first panel using said first web page data in response to said user selecting said first web page.
  - 9. The method of claim 8, wherein said step of rerendering said first web page comprises the step of rerendering said first web page in said first panel using said first web page data in response to said user selecting said first web page from said third panel.
  - 10. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
    - requesting third web page data;
      
      rendering a third web page in said first panel using said third web page data; and
      
      upon said user action, rendering said third web page in a third panel.
  - 11. The method of claim 1, wherein said third web page data includes a reference to said first web page data.
  - 12. The method of claim 1, wherein said first panel and said second panel are configured in separate planes in a three-dimensional space.
  - 13. The method of claim 5, wherein said first panel, said second panel are configured in separate planes in a three-dimensional space.
  - 14. The method of claim 13, wherein said first panel, said second panel, and said third panel are configured in separate planes in said three-dimensional space.
  - 16. The method of claim 15, further comprising the steps of:
    - rendering a third web page in said first panel using said third web page data; and
      
      upon a user action, requesting said first web page data; and
      
      rendering said third web page in a third panel.
  - 17. The method of claim 15, wherein said first panel and said second panel are configured in separate planes in a three-dimensional space.
  - 18. The method of claim 16, wherein said first panel, said second panel, and said third panel are configured in separate planes in a three-dimensional space.
  - 20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:
    - locating a reference to third web page data in said second web page data;
      
      requesting said third web page data using said located reference; and
      
      rendering a third web page in a third panel.
  - 21. The method of claim 19, wherein said first panel and said second panel are in a single window.
  - 22. The method of claim 20, wherein said first panel, said second panel and said third panel are configured in a three-dimensional space as a center wall, a left wall, and a right wall of a room, respectively.
  - 23. The method of claim 20, wherein said step of rendering said third web page in said third panel comprises the step of rendering said third web page as a thumbnail image in said third panel.
  - 24. The method of claim 20, wherein said step of rerendering said first web page in said second panel comprises the step of rendering said first web page as a thumbnail image in said second panel.
  - 26. The graphic user interface of claim 25, further comprising a third panel having third web page generated therein from third web page data, said third web page data including a reference to said first web page data.
  - 27. The graphic user interface of claim 25, wherein said second web page data includes a reference to third web page data, and further comprising a third panel having a third web page generated therein from said third web page data.
  - 28. The graphic user interface of claim 26, wherein said first panel, said second panel, and said third panel are configured as walls of a room in a three-dimensional space.
  - 30. The graphic user interface of claim 29, wherein said room includes a floor having web browsing indicia rendered thereon.
  - 31. The graphic user interface of claim 29, wherein said room includes a floor having an application program embedded therein capable of receiving data from a cut-and-paste operation.
  - 32. The graphic user interface of claim 29, wherein said room is navigable in said three-dimensional space.
  - 33. The graphic user interface of claim 29, wherein when a user selects said previous web page on said first wall, said previous web page is rendered on said second wall thereby becoming a new current web page.
  - 34. The graphic user interface of claim 33, wherein after said user selects said previous web page on said first wall, said current web page is rendered on said first wall thereby becoming a new previous web page.
  - 35. The graphic user interface of claim 29, wherein when a user selects said future web page on said third wall, said future web page is rendered on said second wall thereby becoming a new current web page.
  - 36. The graphic user interface of claim 35, wherein after said user selects said future web page on said third wall, said current web page is rendered on said first wall thereby becoming a new previous web page.
  - 37. The graphic user interface of claim 35, wherein after said user selects said future web page on said third wall, a new future web page is rendered on said third wall, said new future web page accessed via a hyperlink in said future web page.

15. A method for browsing web pages comprising the steps of:
- rendering a first web page in a first panel using first web page data;
  
  locating a reference to second web page data in said first web page data;
  
  automatically requesting said second web page data using said located reference; and
  
  rendering a second web page in a second panel using said second web page data.

19. A method for browsing web pages comprising the steps of:
- requesting first web page data from a source of web page data;
  
  rendering a first web page in a first panel using said first web page data;
  
  requesting second web page data in response to a user action;
  
  rendering a second web page in said first panel using said second web page data; and
  
  rerendering said first web page in a second panel.

25. A graphic user interface comprising:
- a first panel having a first web page rendered therein from first web page data, said first web page data including a reference to second web page data; and
  
  a second panel having a second web page rendered therein from said second web page data.

29. A graphic user interface comprising:
- a room in a three-dimensional space, said room having a first wall, a second wall, and a third wall, wherein said first wall includes a past web page rendered thereon, wherein said second wall includes a current web page rendered thereon, said current web page including a hyperlink; and
  
  wherein said third wall includes a future web page rendered thereon, said future web page retrievable via said hyperlink.

38. A computer program code product comprising:
- computer-readable program code for causing a computer to render a first web page in a first panel using first web page data;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to locate a reference to second web page data in said first web page data;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to automatically request said second web page data using said located reference;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to render a second web page in a second panel using said second web page data; and
  
  a computer-usable medium configured to store said computer-readable program codes.

39. A method for enabling a computer to implement a web browser, comprising:
- transmitting computer-readable program code to a computer, said computer-readable program code including;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to render a first web page in a first panel using first web page data;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to locate a reference to second web page data in said first web page data;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to automatically request said second web page data using said located reference;
  
  computer-readable program code for causing a computer to render a second web page in a second panel using said second web page data.

40. An apparatus for web browsing comprising:
- a computer;
  
  a web browser operating on said computer, said web browser including a first panel that includes a past web page, a second panel that includes a current web page, and a third panel that includes a future web page; and
  
  a trimonitor including a first display device portion that displays said first panel, a second display device portion that displays said second panel, and a third display device portion that displays said third panel.

41. A graphic user interface comprising:
- a three-dimensional space having a current panel, a plurality of past panels, and a plurality of future panels, wherein each of said plurality of past panels includes a past web page rendered thereon, wherein said current panel includes a current web page rendered thereon, said current web page including a plurality of hyperlinks; and
  
  wherein each of said plurality of future panels includes a future web page rendered thereon, each future web page retrievable via a corresponding one of said plurality of hyperlinks.
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- - 42. The graphic user interface of claim 41, further comprising a panel that includes a sticky web page.
  - 43. The graphic user interface of claim 41, wherein one of either said plurality of past panels or said plurality of future panels includes a sticky web page.

44. A method for bookmarking web pages in a web browser comprising the steps of:
- storing a bookmark for a scene rendered by the web browser;
  
  said scene including a first web page and a second web page;
  
  said bookmark including a reference to said first web page and a reference to said second web page;
  
  selecting said stored bookmark; and
  
  recalling said scene by rendering said first web page and said second page.
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- - 45. The method of claim 44, wherein said second web page is a past web page.
  - 46. The method of claim 44, wherein said second web page is a sticky web page.
  - 47. The method of claim 44, wherein said bookmark further includes a display location for said first web page.
  - 48. The method of claim 46, wherein said bookmark further includes a display location for said first web page.

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Current Assignee
Browse3D, LLC
Original Assignee
David T. Shuping, William R. Johnson
Inventors
Johnson, William R., Shuping, David T.

Granted Patent

US 7,624,348 B2
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715/764
CPC Class Codes

G06F 16/954   Navigation, e.g. using cate...

G06F 16/955   using information identifie...

G06F 3/0481   based on specific propertie...

G06T 15/00   3D [Three Dimensional] imag...

System and method for web browsing

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