System and method for accessing and displaying internet content via an integrated application media package

US8521833B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Mainstream Scientific, LLC · US

Inventors

• John Albert Kembel · Palo Alto, US
• George Andrew Kembel · Menlo Park, US
• Daniel S. Kim · Palo Alto, US
• John Russell · Palo Alto, US
• Jake Wobbrock · Palo Alto, US
• Geoffrey S. Kembel · Menlo Park, US
• Jeremy L. Kembel · Palo Alto, US
• Lynn D. Gabbay · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2007
• Grant date: Aug 27, 2013
• Expiry date: Feb 6, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L67/34
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method for accessing and displaying Internet content employs a software component which includes a definition for rendering a graphical user interface within which Internet content may be presented outside of and without utilization of a web browser application. The component also includes a network reference, such as a URL, pointing to the Internet content such that the Internet Content may be downloaded and presented within said user interface. A component provider may thus create customized displays within which intended web-content may be rendered. An application component may be used in association with the software component to manage the collection, organization, sharing, and rendering of a plurality of such software components.