Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking Web pages for later revisiting the Web pages are provided. With the method and apparatus, data structures are provided in the Web site server for tracking information regarding the Web pages associated with the Web sites, users that have visited the Web site, what pages were visited by the users, and portions of the web pages that were marked by the users. This information is maintained by the Web site server so that, upon subsequent visits to the Web site server, the marked portions of the Web pages visited by the user may be identified for special processing by the Web browser of the client device being used to access the Web site. Such special processing may include conspicuously identifying the marked portions in a display of the Web browser, providing the ability to jump to marked portions of the Web pages, displaying only the marked portions of the Web pages, and the like.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an enhanced layer of security to protect the file system from malicious programs are provided. An additional layer of security for protecting data and to minimize successful attacks by malicious programs is provided. This additional layer uses the feature of code signing to verify that the code is from a source which the code claims to be from, and also that the code has not been tampered with by a malicious party. The file system provides a feature by which certificates are mapped to portions of a file system, e.g., files/directories, such that only programs that are certified by those certificates are able to read/modify those portions of the file system.

Abstract: A system and method for associating blocks of Web page content with caching properties are provided. The caching properties may include global caching properties for all blocks of a Web page and/or individual caching properties for each individual block of the Web page. The caching properties may be identified within the code of the Web page content itself, such as within meta-tags. Caching properties may also be linked to client device characteristics. Both client device caching and proxy device caching of Web page content may be enabled, such that if a block of Web page content in the client device's cache is invalid, the proxy device's cache is checked for the block of Web page content. Thus, a single Web page may be rendered on a client device using blocks obtained from a local cache, a proxy device's cache, and blocks obtained from a source of the Web page content.

Abstract: A system and method for providing an enhanced layer of security to protect the file system from malicious programs are provided. An additional layer of security for protecting data and to minimize successful attacks by malicious programs is provided. This additional layer uses the feature of code signing to verify that the code is from a source which the code claims to be from, and also that the code has not been tampered with by a malicious party. The file system provides a feature by which certificates are mapped to portions of a file system, e.g., files/directories, such that only programs that are certified by those certificates are able to read/modify those portions of the file system.

Abstract: A method, system, and program for automatic simultaneous entry of values in multiple web page fields are provided. Responsive to detecting a single action selection by a user to fill multiple fields of a web page, wherein each of the fields is associated with one from among multiple field descriptors within a source code for the web page, a field copy controller scans multiple lines of text copied into a local memory to identify text tags that match the field descriptors. Then, the field copy controller automatically fills in the fields within the web browser with the values from the lines of text, wherein each of the values is associated with one from among multiple text tags matching the field descriptors associated with the fields, such that multiple fields of a web page are automatically filled in responsive to only a single action by a user.

Abstract: Information transfer between instant messaging applications and configured personal information management application programs such as electronic address books, date books, phone books, to do list, and the like, is automated to alleviate burdensome and tedious user actions of manually cutting and pasting several strings of text from the instant messaging user interface and the user interface for the personal information management application program. Upon invocation, such as by highlighting text in the messaging window and right-clicking it, an action menu is displayed. The user selects an action, such as “add to calendar”, and an intermediate menu is displayed for the user to select a field to which the highlighted text applies, such as “date”. After a series of quick selections and designations, the system completes the action using the application programming interface for the appropriate PIM application program.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for marking a Web page in a data processing system. A user input is received to mark a portion of the Web page displayed in the data processing system to form a marked portion. An identifier of the marked portion is stored in a local data structure in the data processing system. A subsequent retrieval of the Web page results in a presentation of the Web page with the marked portion. This presentation is made using the identifier stored in the local data structure.

Abstract: A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for customizing information in a Web page. The Web page is received and includes a set of selected tags used to enable customization of selected information in the Web page. Responsive to a selection of the selected information in the Web page, a graphical user interface is presented to customize the selected information. New information is received through the graphical user interface. Responsive to receiving the new information, all instances of selected information in the Web page are modified to reflect the new information.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for marking Web pages for later revisiting the Web pages are provided. With the method and apparatus, data structures are provided in the Web site server for tracking information regarding the Web pages associated with the Web sites, users that have visited the Web site, what pages were visited by the users, and portions of the web pages that were marked by the users. This information is maintained by the Web site server so that, upon subsequent visits to the Web site server, the marked portions of the Web pages visited by the user may be identified for special processing by the Web browser of the client device being used to access the Web site. Such special processing may include conspicuously identifying the marked portions in a display of the Web browser, providing the ability to jump to marked portions of the Web pages, displaying only the marked portions of the Web pages, and the like.