Christopher J Stephenson

US Patent:

20130254643, Sep 26, 2013

Filed:

May 10, 2013

Appl. No.:

13/891822

Inventors:

Christopher Stephenson - Medfield MA, US
Robert Bailie - Bath ME, US

Assignee:

SpanLocal News, Inc. - Medfield MA

International Classification:

G06F 17/22

US Classification:

715205

Abstract:

A computer-based system provides a user interface for displaying hyperlinked content (such as web content) and for enabling users to navigate the hyperlinks contained within such content. One benefit of various embodiments of the present invention is that they enable primary hyperlinked content to be rendered, and for associated content (i.e., content located at the destinations of hyperlinks within the primary content) to be rendered without replacing, overwriting, or otherwise obscuring the rendering of the primary content. As a result, the rendering of the primary content remains fully visible after the associated content is rendered and while the rendering of the associated content is visible. For example, the associated content may be rendered in an existing display area that does not overlap with the display area containing the rendering of the primary content.