Patent ID: 7032169

Claim:
A method of coordinating the presentation of multiple modes of interaction for network-based electronic content comprising: receiving a markup language document of a first modality in a browser coordinator communicatively linked to a browser and a complementary browser, said browser configured to process said markup language document of said first modality and said complementary browser configured to process markup language documents of a second modality, which is different from the first modality; using said browser coordinator to identify within said received markup language document of the first modality a reference to a markup language document of the second modality; retrieving with said browser coordinator said markup language document of the second modality from a location identified by said browser coordinator based on said reference; modifying with said browser coordinator said markup language document of the first modality by removing at least part of said reference; conveying from said browser coordinator said modified markup language document of the first modality to said browser; and conveying from said browser coordinator said markup language document of the second modality to said complementary browser.