Lisa V Heilbron

US Patent:

7565409, Jul 21, 2009

Filed:

Nov 28, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/564093

Inventors:

Lisa Heilbron - Bellevue WA, US
John C. Platt - Bellevue WA, US
Patrice Y. Simard - Bellevue WA, US
Bernhard Schoelkopf - Cambridge, GB

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217, 709201, 709202, 709203, 709206, 709219

Abstract:

What is disclosed is acquiring information regarding a web page, without having to commit to downloading that page. In one embodiment, after a current web page is downloaded from one source, and information regarding web pages linked to by links in the current web page are downloaded from a second source, when a user hovers a cursor over a link on a current web page, an informational region is displayed by the link that includes the information from the second source. The informational region may include, for example, a text box that apparently floats by the link. The information in the region can include, for example, keywords in the meta tags of the web page; paragraph headings of the web page; links on the web page to other pages; etc.

US Patent:

7155489, Dec 26, 2006

Filed:

Jun 28, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/609001

Inventors:

Lisa Heilbron - Bellevue WA, US
John C. Platt - Bellevue WA, US
Bernhard Schoelkopf - Cambridge, GB
Patrice Y. Simard - Bellevue WA, US

Assignee:

Microsoft Corporation - Redmond WA

International Classification:

G06F 15/16
G06F 7/00
G06F 15/00

US Classification:

709217, 707 3, 707 6, 7155011, 709218, 709219

Abstract:

What is disclosed is acquiring information regarding a web page, without having to commit to downloading that page. In one embodiment, after a current web page is downloaded from one source, and information regarding web pages linked to by links in the current web page are downloaded from a second source, when a user hovers a cursor over a link on a current web page, an informational region is displayed by the link that includes the information from the second source. The informational region may include, for example, a text box that apparently floats by the link. The information in the region can include, for example, keywords in the meta tags of the web page; paragraph headings of the web page; links on the web page to other pages; etc.