Abstract: Disclosed herein are methods, systems, and computer readable storage media for rendering web pages with partial transparency. In response to a user request for a web page, the user-desired web page is retrieved. One or more content elements of the retrieved web page are analyzed to identify background elements and foreground elements. The web page is analyzed to determine whether transparency is appropriate for background elements. If transparency is appropriate, the background elements are rendered as at least partially transparent, such that a wallpaper is at least partially visible to a user through the background elements, and the foreground elements are rendered as opaque. If transparency is not appropriate, the foreground and background elements of the web page are rendered as opaque.

Abstract: A method and apparatus are given for providing a suggested path on the Internet to a topic of interest for a user. In one example, the method includes receiving the topic of interest, receiving a map of the Internet, receiving a map of information known to the user, calculating a map of information unknown to the user based on the map of the Internet and the map of information known to the user, and calculating a path to the topic of interest based on at least the map of information unknown to the user.