US 12,235,922 B2
Deleting web browser data
Amit Dror, Kfar Saba (IL); Dor Rotman, Rishon Letsiyon (IL); Roi Leibovich, Tel Aviv (IL); and Dan Amiga, Ramat Hasharon (IL)
Assigned to ISLAND TECHNOLOGY INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed by ISLAND TECHNOLOGY INC., Dallas, TX (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/080,775.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/289,169, filed on Dec. 14, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0185866 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/20 (2019.01); G06F 16/23 (2019.01); G06F 16/90 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9566 (2019.01) [G06F 16/2379 (2019.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for deleting web browser data, the method comprising:
maintaining, by a computer-hosted web browser, a set of hostnames of Uniform Resource Locators,
wherein a hostname of a Uniform Resource Locator is added by the computer-hosted web browser to the set of hostnames responsive to the Uniform Resource Locator being accessed by the computer-hosted web browser, and
wherein the hostname of the Uniform Resource Locator is added by the computer-hosted web browser to the set of hostnames responsive to the computer-hosted web browser determining that each condition in a set of one or more predefined grouping conditions that define a logical group is met by the Uniform Resource Locator;
determining, by the computer-hosted web browser, whether the computer-hosted web browser is currently accessing any Uniform Resource Locator associated with the hostnames in the set of hostnames; and
deleting, by the computer-hosted web browser, one or more types of data maintained by the computer-hosted web browser in association with Uniform Resource Locators associated with the hostnames in the set of hostnames,
wherein the deleting is performed in accordance with a predefined deletion policy that specifies the one or more types of data that are to be deleted and one or more predefined deletion conditions, and
wherein the deleting is performed responsive to the computer-hosted web browser determining that each condition in the set of one or more predefined deletion conditions is met and determining that the computer-hosted web browser is not currently accessing any Uniform Resource Locator associated with the hostnames in the set of hostnames.