Patent ID: 7823059

Claim:
An internet web browsing method, said method comprising the steps of: identifying and receiving data for a web page in response to instructions from a user; processing said received data by a browser to generate a web page connected thereto; displaying at least part of said web page corresponding to a first portion of data; preventing the browser from reformatting the web page while the browser receives further data; wherein when a predetermined event occurs in the reception of data that would conventionally cause an immediate reformat of the web page, the highest y-coordinate point or level in the displayed page that would be affected by the reformat is noted and commences a time interval; reformatting said selected web page by the browser after said web page is selected and while further data is being received by the browser, only after: either a predetermined amount of data has been received by the browser, or after a predetermined time has elapsed since a previous reformat of that web page if said predetermined amount of data is not received within said predetermined time, wherein a reformatting of the page display can occur during the time interval if all or a predefined proportion of data for the page is received during the time interval; said predetermined amount of data and predetermined time being specified prior to obtaining data for that web page such that the number of reformats required in displaying the web page as data is received is reduced; and displaying the reformatted web page.