Patent ID: 8078615

Claim:
A method to present content retrievable using a distributed network having a plurality of users, the method comprising: presenting a toolbar at a client computer to a user of the plurality of users, the toolbar including a toolbar button selectable to retrieve, from one of a local cache or a network, a recommendation for content from a uniform resource locator (URL) of a plurality of previously stored URLs, each URL corresponding to a previous recommendation for content at that URL; transmitting, in response to a first single-action input through selection of the toolbar button, a first request to retrieve a first recommendation for content, the first recommendation triggered by the first single-action input; receiving a content from a first URL from the plurality of previously stored URLs, the first URL corresponding to the first recommendation for content; presenting the content from the first URL at the client computer; transmitting, after presenting the content from the first URL and in response to a second single-action input through selection of the toolbar button, a second request to retrieve a second recommendation for content, the second recommendation triggered by the second single-action input; receiving a content from a second URL corresponding to the second recommendation of content, the second URL retrieved from the plurality of previously stored URLs, wherein the second recommendation for the content from the second URL is based on preferences of the user rather than the content from the first URL; and presenting the content from the second URL at the client computer.