Patent ID: 7788603

Claim:
A method of controlling an Internet browser interface displayed by an Internet browser on a display of a computer, the Internet browser enabling a user of the computer and Internet browser to access and navigate the Internet and to receive and display on the computer display one or more web pages from one or more Internet sites in a content display area, including the display of a web page from a predetermined Internet site, the Internet browser having at least one Internet browser toolbar in a user interface portion of the browser, the browser toolbar having at least one toolbar button providing a predetermined functionality to the user of the computer and Internet browser, said method comprising the steps of: (a) providing, at the predetermined Internet site, access to a program for controlling the Internet browser interface, the program not being part of the browser; and (b) downloading by the predetermined Internet site, a file for displaying a user toolbar making additional functionality available to the user as part of the Internet browser user interface that was not present in the browser prior to download from the Internet site, such that once the user toolbar is displayed within the bounds of, and not overlying, the browser user interface, the user toolbar remains displayed, and said additional functionality remains available to the user, regardless of the Internet site to which the Internet browser is caused to navigate, wherein the file further adds automatic login functionality to the browser that determines if the web site that has been caused to navigate to requires the user to log in, and if log in is required, uses user data to automatically log the user in to the web site.