| 摘要 |
<p>A system and method for integrating an on-line service community with a foreign service (24) such as the Internet World Wide Web. An extension to a user's preferred Web browser (190) is manifested as a toolbar (196) comprised of control buttons and a viewer on a computer user's screen. By interacting with the control buttons of the toolbar (196) and the menus of the viewer, on-line service content (198) is delivered to the user in response to the URLs (22) specified by the user as he or she browses the Web. In addition, control buttons on the toolbar (196) present opportunities for interacting with other community members. Although the user may change URLs (22) and Web sites frequently, the present invention maintains a context for the user's interactions so that on-line service content (198) may be presented and interactions with other community members facilitated.</p> |
