Patent ID: 8547353

Claim:
A portable electronic device, comprising: a touch screen display; one or more processors; memory; and one or more programs, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for: displaying a web page on the touch screen display, wherein the web page includes a plurality of links to additional web pages; detecting a contact by a finger with the touch screen display, wherein the contact includes an area of contact; determining links that at least partially overlap the area of contact; choosing a first link in the determined links that at least partially overlap the area of contact; displaying text information associated with the first link over the displayed web page, wherein the text information associated with the first link includes text information other than anchor text of the first link, and the text information is configured to cease to be displayed in response to detecting predetermined criteria; detecting a link activation input; and, in response to detecting the link activation input: activating the first link when the link activation input is detected while the text information associated with the first link is displayed; and not activating the first link when the link activation input is detected after the text information associated with the first link has ceased to be displayed.