Patent ID: 9262546
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for configuring a web browser executing in a computer to render a web page for display at the computer, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a first hyperlink request from a first program executing in the computer to obtain and render a first web page corresponding to the first hyperlink, and in response, obtaining the first web page, and rendering the first web page according to a first set of web page configuration parameters, wherein one or more configuration parameters of the first set of web page configuration parameters are altered based on one or both of an identity and a type of the first program within which the first hyperlink was selected; receiving a second hyperlink request from a second program executing in the computer to obtain and render a second web page corresponding to the second hyperlink, and in response, obtaining the second web page, and rendering the second web page according to a second set of web page configuration parameters, the second set of web page configuration parameters differing in part from the first set of web page configuration parameters in a manner which affects display of the second web page, wherein one or more configuration parameters of the second set of web page configuration parameters are altered based on one or both of an identity and a type of the second program within which the second hyperlink was selected, and wherein the first hyperlink request and the second hyperlink request are received by a web browser control program that configures a web browser based on one or both of an identity of and a type of an application that originates the hyperlink request; and substituting a pointer to a component of the web browser control program for a pointer to a web browser that is included in an operating system registry of the computer.