Enhanced favorites service for web browsers and web applications

摘要

The invention provides enhancements for the use of favorites during a Web browsing session. A first enhancement identifies when a user is adding a favorite to his favorites list and auto-suggests a category under which the favorite could be stored. A second enhancement allows a user to review his favorites list and see a summary of feed content (RSS or other standard) on each feed enabled page on his favorites list, without requiring the user to link to the page in question. A third enhancement allows the user to view an manipulate the feed in an independent display window.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method for accessing a feed listing in a web page comprising the steps of:
via a computational device, providing a list linking to at least one feed-enabled page; via a computational device, displaying in a browser window an in-line summary of content from said at least one feed-enabled page without requiring a user to link to said at least one feed-enabled page; via a computational device, selecting at least one of said at least one in-line summary by said user with a pointing device; and via a computational device, dragging said at least one of said at least one in-line summary as a tearoff object to its own position on the user's desktop so that it is displayed in a separate window from said browser window and wherein said tearoff object is a persistent object, independent from said browser and having characteristics independent of said browser.