Patent ID: 8539330
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A dynamic client-side breadcrumbing method for improving navigation of a plurality of web pages within a Website, the method comprising: (a) generating a breadcrumb for each web page downloaded to a web browser associated with a client from a web server associated with the Website, the generated breadcrumb including navigation information for each downloaded web page; (b) storing breadcrumbs associated with web pages downloaded to the web browser at the client; (c) updating the stored breadcrumbs with the generated breadcrumb to form a breadcrumb navigation trail of breadcrumbs associated with navigation of the web pages; and (d) displaying the breadcrumb navigation trail on each downloaded web page for user selection, (e) storing time stamp with the breadcrumb, wherein the time stamp is used to compare with designated revisit time stamp associated with a subsequently downloaded web page to determine whether to enable resumption of navigation according to the breadcrumb navigation trail, wherein the steps of generating, storing, updating and displaying are performed at the client by a script embedded in the downloaded web page.