Patent ID: 9612707
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computer apparatus to facilitate using content lenses to display content in a network document, the apparatus comprising: computer-executable instructions configured, when executed by a computer system, to direct the computer system to: display a first network document comprising primary display content and a plurality of lens activation objects, receive a selection of a lens activation object, modify the display of the first network document to include a first plurality of lens content objects, retrieve first content for display in the first plurality of lens content objects based in part on a first value of a site state variable that is associated with the first content, display a second network document comprising the plurality of lens activation objects and a second plurality of lens content objects different from the first plurality of lens content objects, retrieve second content for display in the second plurality of lens content objects based in part on a second value of the site state variable that is associated with the second content, receive a de-selection of the selected lens activation object, and modify the display of the second network document to remove the second plurality of lens content objects but maintain space created for accommodating display of the second plurality of lens content objects; and at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing the computer-executable instructions.