Systems and methods for detecting associated webpages and initiating an automated deletion event
US12113856B1 · kind B1 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2022 |
| Grant date | Oct 8, 2024 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2042 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computerized method is disclosed that includes operations of detecting user input to a first webpage rendered within a web browser, the user input corresponds to closure of the first webpage, providing an indication of the user input corresponding to the closure of the first webpage to a web browser extension operating in accordance with the web browser, the indication includes an identifier, performing, by the web browser extension operating in accordance with the web browser, a search for the identifier within a URL of each webpage currently opened by the web browser in order to determine that a second webpage is associated with the first webpage based on inclusion of the identifier in a URL of the second webpage, and initiating, by the web browser extension, closure of the second webpage associated with the first webpage following the user input corresponding to closure of the first webpage.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.