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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2011
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2006
Jerry S. Amato, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nicolas Brun, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ales Holecek, Kirkland, WA (US);
Costa Bassem Touma, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Jerry S. Amato, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Nicolas Brun, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Ales Holecek, Kirkland, WA (US);
Costa Bassem Touma, Santa Clara, CA (US);
DG FastChannel, Inc, Irving, TX (US);
Abstract
Techniques and implementations for providing enhanced functionality for handling data in Internet browsers or other applications used for accessing data over a network, including providing thumbnail image displays of the current appearance of webpages referenced by URLs returned in a set of search results, providing thumbnail image displays of the webpages referenced by a list of favorite or bookmarked websites, providing thumbnail image displays of webpages which have been blocked from appearing on a user's screen, and providing thumbnail image displays of images which have been extracted from webpages and stored for potential future use.