Patent ID: 7058887

Claim:
A computer-implemented method of reading a web page according to a predefined set of user-configurable settings, comprising: upon retrieving the web page, selecting a setting from the set of user-configurable settings on the basis of an attribute of the web page, wherein the attribute is at least one of content of the web page and a URL of the web page; determining an initial reading position on the web page as specified by the selected setting; and reading, by a reading program, the web page from the initial reading position according to the set of user-configurable settings, wherein the user-configurable settings are at least one of: a URL setting configured to identify the web page on the basis of the URL; a link page setting configured to identify the web page as a link page dependent on a quantification of a number of hyperlinks present in the web page; an input page setting configured to identify the web page as an input page dependent on a quantification of a number of user input fields present in the web page; a reading page setting configured to identify the web page as a reading page dependent on a quantification of a number of paragraphs of readable text present in the web page; and an overview page setting configured to identify the web page as an overview page dependent on a quantification of a number of sentences of readable text in the web page.