Patent ID: 7379976

Claim:
A method of displaying an intermediate message in a web browser executed in a web browser executed on a client computer, comprising the steps of: detecting whether a user has scrolled a pre-loaded web page displayed in the web browser in either an up/down or left/light manner using scroll functions provided by the web browser; identifying a new active display window within the scrolled area of the web browser if it is determined that the user has scrolled the pre-loaded web page; defining size and dimensions of a previous message display window encompassing an intermediate message displayed in an unused display space within an active display window prior to the scrolling of the pre-loaded web page; identifying an unused display space within the new active display window corresponding to the defined size and dimensions of the previous message display window; displaying the intermediate message in a new message display window if unused display space corresponding to the defined size and dimensions of the previous message display window is available.