Smart Browsing Providers

Abstract

A web browser program is for execution by a client computer connectable to a plurality of server computers via a computer network. The web browser program automatically reconfigures chrome of a user interface to the web browser program to provide a user access to any one of a plurality of groups of related information. A content display program module is configured to receive content data from a current server computer that is one of the plurality of server computers. The content display program module causes a display, on a content portion of the a display of the client computer, that corresponds to the content data. A chrome display program module is configured to cause a display of chrome on a chrome portion of the client computer display that corresponds to chrome specifiers in a chrome configuration database.

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         12 . A method comprising:
 sending a request for content to a server;   receiving the content from the server;   enabling display of the content in a user interface, the user interface including a first chrome portion and a second chrome portion;   automatically reconfiguring the first chrome portion of the user interface to include information related to the content displayed in the user interface; and   using a default chrome configuration for the second chrome portion.   
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 sending a request for content to a server;   receiving the content from the server;   enabling display of the content in a user interface, the user interface including a chrome portion;   automatically reconfiguring the chrome portion of the user interface to include a control element related to the content; and   leaving one or more control elements in the chrome portion irrespective of the content displayed in the user interface.