Patent ID: 8874730

Claim:
A system for managing persistent information in a Web browser, comprising: one or more processors; a memory coupled to the one or more processors; a Web browser that receives website content via a network connection and displays the website content as one or more websites in one or more viewing areas, without loading all persistent information associated with the websites, wherein the web sites are loaded with a subset of persistent information; a non-modal graphical user interface control, activated using the Web browser, that displays a set of one or more persistent information items available via the network connection that, when associated with at least one of the one or more websites, aid in the displaying of the at least one website; an input module that receives from a user, via the non-modal graphical user interface control, a selection of one or more pieces of the persistent information to retrieve via the network connection, wherein the input module is implemented on the one or more processors; a retrieving module that receives the selected one or more pieces of persistent information via the network connection to the Web browser; and a redisplaying module that associates the selected one or more pieces of persistent information in the Web browser with the at least one website and uses the selected associated one or more pieces of persistent information to display the at least one website again.