Graphical user interface and system for viewing landing page content

Abstract

A web site publisher may improve user interaction with landing pages from third-party publishers by displaying landing page content in a navigation window offering users the ability to interact with one or more landing pages in formats including: carousel, multiple panes, stacks, tabs, and tiles. Pages may be displayed in focus, below or behind the active display area, in full size windows, in reduced windows, and so forth. Landing page content may be loaded in advance of a user focusing on a specific page. The navigation window offers users the ability to store preferences, to refresh landing pages, to save searches, to search in one landing page, and/or to have results propagate to other landing pages.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A distributed computer system comprising a client component configured to
 accept a first content request;   transmit the first content request to a publishing platform;   receive landing page content responsive to the first content request; and   display within a portion of at least one graphical user interface a presentation interface comprising a representation of the received landing page content.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the landing page content is arranged in one or more of the formats comprising the group of: landing page thumbnail, loaded landing page, or icon representing the landing page. 
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the landing page content is arranged in one or more of the formats comprising the group of: landing page thumbnail, loaded landing page, landing page icon, or image representing the landing page. 
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1  wherein the at least one graphical user interface comprises a first content display area having an initial control that accepts the first content request, and wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with the initial control area of the first content display area, the first content request; 
 transmit the first content request to a publisher associated with the first content display area; 
 receive the content from the publisher associated with the first content display area; and 
 display, within the first content display area, the content. 
 
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the at least one graphical user interface further comprises a second content display area, and wherein the client component is further configured to display the landing page content in a second content display area. 
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the first content display area is a web page. 
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the first content display area is a web page. 
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with the initial control area of the first content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive landing page content responsive to the second content request; and   display within a portion of at least one graphical user interface a presentation interface comprising a representation of the received landing page content.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with the initial control area of the first content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive content from the publisher associated with the first content display area; and   display, within the first content display area, the content.   
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with the initial control area of the first content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive landing page content responsive to the second content request; and   display, within the second display area, the landing page content.   
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with the initial control area of the first content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive content from the publisher associated with the first content display area;   display, within the first content display area, the content;   receive landing page content responsive to the second content request; and   display, within the second display area, the landing page content.   
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with an initial control area of a landing page in the second content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive landing page content responsive to the second content request; and   display, within the landing page in second display area, the landing page content.   
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with an initial control area of a landing page in the second content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive content from the publisher associated with the first content display area; and   display, within the first content display area, the content.   
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with an initial control area of a landing page in the second content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive landing page content responsive to the second content request; and   display, within the second display area, the landing page content.   
     
     
         15 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the client component is further configured to:
 accept, from a user interacting with an initial control area of a landing page in the second content display area, a second content request;   transmit the second content request to a publishing platform;   receive content from the publisher associated with the first content display area   display, within the first content display area, the content;   receive landing page content responsive to the second content request; and   display, within the second display area, the landing page content.   
     
     
         16 . The system of  claim 1 , wherein the client component is further configured to observe user interactions in a distributed computer system.