Google Inc.

David Jeffery Bloom

Joseph Schorr

Ben Lisbakken

Jeffrey William Scudder

A system and method is disclosed for informing a user of an action to be performed by a web component in a domain of a primary website. A web component is provided to a web browser for display in connection with a website. The web component includes code that is executed in a different web domain than the website. On receiving an indication that a user has moved a cursor over the web component, the web component generates an alert informing the user of the action to be performed by the web component before the user activates the web component.

System and method for informing users of an action to be performed by a web component

A device may create a child frame within a container frame displayed by a browser program. The child frame may be associated with an origin that is different than an origin associated with the container frame. The device may determine whether the child frame is locked to prohibit reading of information relating to the child frame. The determination of whether the child frame is locked including checking whether a first variable is present in the child frame. The device may determine one or more values relating to the child frame, where the one or more values are determined by checking whether a second set of variables is present in the child frame, where each variable, in the second set, corresponds to a single bit of the one or more values.

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Mountain View, CA, United States of America

David Jeffery Bloom