But a person familiar with the matter said the patents relate to fundamental Internet technologies, including email, instant messaging, Web browsing, Web search, online advertising, mobile technology and e-commerce.
Perhaps for the first time, browsing the web on a phone was, well, like browsing the web.
The result is a faster web browsing experience, and it's available exclusively on Kindle Fire, Amazon's new Kindle for movies, music, books, magazines, apps, games, and web browsing.
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Last month, the FTC notched a win for its guideline approach when the online-advertising industry voluntarily agreed to one of the main privacy recommendations: the development of a "Do Not Track" mechanism that would let users limit Web tracking using a single setting in Web browsing software.
Between its newish Facebook Exchange that allows marketers to target people based on Web browsing habits and new ad formats that look like other ads on the Web, Facebook is clearly aiming to provide marketers with a broad platform on which to reach prospective customers.
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Exploit Prevention analyzes the Web browsing of about 50, 000 users of its software, probing links on Web pages to find viruses or malware.
This must-have app is your web surfing soulmate. 160 million monthly users of Opera Mini already know that this must-have app makes web browsing on your phone faster and can help save costs.
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That matters because even if downloads are fast, latency will translate into sluggish web browsing.
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The Acer Browser Magnifier expands reading areas and retains user preferences for easier web browsing.
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Do your web browsing through a restricted user account and not an administrator account.
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What I want is a web browsing device that rocks me like a hurricane.
The XT780 allows multi-tasking for web browsing and social networking while watching television content.
To compete, every phone manufacturer had to rethink its approach to mobile web browsing.
Ms. Slavin uses it for phone calls, text messages, her personal Gmail account and Web browsing.
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Opera Software ASA has redefined web browsing for PCs, mobile phones and other networked devices.
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It envisages internet cafes springing up to cope with demand for e-mail and web browsing.
One reason is the popularity of online auctions, where advertisers buy data about users' Web browsing.
After that it will restrict subscribers' web browsing activities by redirecting them to a landing page.
The two phones got top marks for ease of use, messaging, web browsing, and display quality.
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The Galaxy S4 is certainly a more convenient web browsing and video-watching device than the iPhone 5.
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It would also pep-up Web browsing in areas of the United States where high-speed networks are available.
The group includes the most-commonly used apps such as email, messaging, web browsing and viewing video and photos.
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Switching SIM cards won't guarantee text messaging or Web browsing will be functional.
Faster, easier Web browsing experience with Internet Explorer 9 and one-touch Bing search.
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Firefox first appeared in early 2004 and since then has steadily eroded Microsoft's hold on the web browsing world.
This allows the smartphone to effortlessly switch between applications and enables a rich web browsing experience with true multitasking.
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Balky Web browsing and even iTunes connections have highlighted the limitations of Edge.
In addition, it has other excellent Smart TV capabilities such as web browsing.
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Firesheep, the tool that makes hacking non-encrypted Web browsing sessions easy, has now been out for over a week.
With "Ice Cream Sandwich, " users will have a faster and smoother web browsing experience, and a more intuitive interface.
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