Patent ID: 7568149

Claim:
A system for allowing a user to control the operation of one or more hyperlinks, the system comprising: a browser operable to read HTML; a graphical user interface associated with the browser, the graphical user interface operable to display an HTML file having a plurality of modules; a plurality of selectable buttons, each associated with one of the modules of the HTML file, each selectable button operable to accept one or more user settings regarding the operation of hyperlinks within the respective module and to provide a visual indication of the user settings, wherein the plurality of selectable buttons and the user settings regarding the operation of hyperlinks within the respective modules are simultaneously displayed on a web page; a display associated with the browser, the display operable to display the graphical user interface and the selectable buttons; and an interface engine associated with the selectable buttons and graphical user interface, the interface engine operable, for each selectable button, to generate the selectable button, examine the selectable button to determine if the user has provided any user settings, and control the operation of the hyperlinks within the module associated with the selectable button based upon the user settings.