Patent ID: 7206839

Claim:
A method for enhancing a hyperlink, comprising: displaying a hyperlink in a first window of an application, wherein said hyperlink is associated with a uniform resource locator (URL) and a page; detecting a cursor in proximity to said hyperlink; displaying a graphical toolbar in proximity to said cursor while said cursor is in proximity to said hyperlink, wherein said graphical toolbar is adapted to provide a user-selectable link enhancement to display a link snapshot based on said hyperlink; receiving a first user selection of said link enhancement; and as a result of said first user selection, capturing a displayable element and said URL associated with said hyperlink; and displaying a link snapshot, wherein said link snapshot comprises said captured displayable element, and is associated with said captured URL, and wherein said link snapshot is adapted to cause said page to be displayed as a result of a second user selection of said link snapshot, said page to be displayed based on said captured URL.