Patent ID: 8321798
Filing Date: 2012-11-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for displaying a web page which is accessed through a communication network and displayed through a specifically identified web browser program that enables a user to view and interact with text, images, and other information contained in the accessed web page, said method comprising: a processor of a computing device creating a plurality of records in a container browser, each record comprising a web site locator of a web site and a web browser identifier of a web browser associated with the web site, said web browser being used for retrieving a particular web page from the web site and displaying the particular web page on a screen of the computing device when the computing device is connected to the web site via the communication network; after said creating, said processor using a first web browser to retrieve a particular web page from a first web site and display the particular web page on the screen of the computing device; responsive to said using the first web browser, said processor determining whether or not a first record of the plurality of records exists in the container browser, wherein the first record comprises a web site locator of the first web site and a web browser identifier of the first web browser associated with the first web site for retrieving the particular web page from the first web site and displaying the particular web page on the screen of the computing device, and wherein said determining whether or not the first record exists in the container browser comprises determining that the first record exists in the container browser; responsive to said determining that the first record exists in the container browser, said processor determining whether or not the user desires to replace the web browser identifier of the first web browser in the first record in the container browser with a web browser identifier of a second web browser for retrieving the particular web page from the first web site and displaying the particular web page on the screen of the computing device, wherein said determining whether or not the user desires to replace the web browser identifier of the first web browser in the first record with the web browser identifier of the second web browser comprises determining that the user desires to replace the web browser identifier of the first web browser in the first record with the web browser identifier of the second web browser; responsive to said determining that the user desires to replace the web browser identifier of the first web browser in the first record in the container browser with the web browser identifier of the second web browser, said processor prompting the user to select the web browser identifier of the second web browser; responsive to said prompting the user, said processor receiving the web browser identifier of the second web browser from the user; responsive to said receiving the web browser identifier of the second web browser, said processor amending the first record by replacing the web browser identifier of the first web browser with the web browser identifier of the second web browser in the first record in the container browser, which results in the second web browser being associated with the first web site for retrieving the particular web page from the first web site and displaying the particular web page on the screen of the computing device and which further results in the first web browser no longer being associated with the first web site for retrieving the particular web page from the first web site and displaying the particular web page on the screen of the computing device; and after said replacing, said processor using the second web browser identified in the first record to retrieve the particular web page from the first web site and display the particular web page on the screen of the computing device.