US 11,914,664 B2
Accessing content on a web page
Paul Taylor, Eastleigh (GB); Gary Stuart Bettesworth, Basingstoke (GB); Matthew John Comer, Southampton (GB); and Daniel Del Piccolo, Southsea (GB)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,282.
Prior Publication US 2023/0252099 A1, Aug. 10, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 16/90 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/955 (2019.01)
CPC G06F 16/9538 (2019.01) [G06F 16/9558 (2019.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for accessing content on a web page, said method comprising:
accessing a displayed web page in a web browser of a user computing device;
receiving a search term for content within the web page;
accessing private contextual information of the user held locally on the user computing device, via a post-processing plug-in to the web browser, wherein the private contextual information of the user comprises known areas of interest derived from a recent search history of the user to generate a list of interests of the user;
scanning the web page to identify one or more portions of content of the web page matching the search term and the private contextual information of the user;
providing a display on the user computing device with links to the one or more portions of content of the web page matching the search term and the private contextual information of the user;
creating a user profile based on user search history, user location, and other private contextual information of the user; and
re-rendering the web page to present the user with a refined view of the web page tailored to the user profile.