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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 22, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2012
Thomas Christian Wiltzius, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kathryn Cushing, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Matthew Marra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gideon Wald, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Christian Wiltzius, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Kathryn Cushing, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gregory Matthew Marra, San Francisco, CA (US);
Gideon Wald, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are methods and systems for displaying alerts in a web browser. An alert repeater is configured to receive an alert from an alert provider. A geographical determiner is configured to determine an effective geographical area for the alert. The alert repeater sends the alert over a browser update communication channel to an alert receiver in a web browser within effective geographical area. The alert receiver then displays the alert in the web browser.