CPC G06F 3/0482 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method for proactively providing a user with information associated with an information resource in advance of user selection and viewing of the information resource, the method comprising:
monitoring user interaction with a user interface of a computing device displaying content;
detecting user input comprising positioning of a selection input proximate to a visual representation of an information resource for a predetermined amount of time, wherein the visual representation of the information resource is a selectable object associated with a Uniform Resource Locator (URL);
analyzing the URL and content associated with the URL; and
outputting to the user, via the user interface, information about the information resource based on the analysis in advance of user selection of the visual representation of the information resource.
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