Patent · US Expired

Limiting unsolicited browser windows

US7100122B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

14Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

David Earl Blaschke · Austin, US
Scott Thomas Jones · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 27, 2002
Grant date	Aug 29, 2006
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2024

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG09G5/14
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and program controls the occurrence of unsolicited browser windows by enabling a user to specify a maximum depth of a window that can be opened. Before opening a new window, the browser determines the window depth in relation to the specified depth. If the new window to be opened has a given depth in relation to the specified setting which allows the new window to be opened, the window will be opened. If the new window to be opened has a given depth in relation to the specified setting which does not allow the new window to be opened, the window will not be opened. Furthermore, the browser prevents a new window from being opened from a current window if the current window is being closed.

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