Platform for the interactive contextual augmentation of the web

摘要

A method for increasing the usefulness of hypertext in a browser accessed web site by providing means to augment hyperlinks and other notable page content with additional metacontent and contextually appropriate tools by inserting a script into browser accessed document that when rendered by a web browser causes the link objects within a Document Object to be augmented with extra information relevant to the linked URL, said information obtained from a different domain than the one on which the document resides.