Patent ID: 7149982
Filing Date: 2006-12-12
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of displaying a plurality of web pages, the method comprising: while displaying a plurality of user-selected web pages, the web pages being displayed according to user-selected display configuration settings and the display configuration settings including at least in part indications of portions of the web pages to be displayed, receiving a single user-initiated snapshot indication from a user to store a snapshot of the plurality of web pages; after receiving the single user-initiated snapshot indication, storing the snapshot of the plurality of web pages, wherein the snapshot comprises network addresses of the plurality of web pages along with stored display configuration settings for the network addresses, the stored display configuration settings representing settings at the time the snapshot indication was received and at least in part including scroll positions for the plurality of web pages, the scroll positions giving indications of portions of the plurality of web pages which were displayed when the indication was received; retrieving the snapshot, wherein the snapshot comprises the stored network addresses of web pages and the stored display configuration settings for the plurality of stored network addresses of the web pages; requesting the web pages indicated by the stored network addresses; receiving data for the web pages indicated by the stored network addresses; and simultaneously displaying the web pages indicated by the stored network addresses according to the stored display configuration settings, wherein the displaying navigates to the portions of the web pages which were displayed at the time the snapshot indication was received, the portions corresponding to the scroll positions indicated by the stored configuration settings.