Systems, Methods, and Computer Program Products Providing an Article Selection Structure

1 . A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic, the computer program product comprising:

code to provide a web access program different from a general-purpose web browser, the web access program including:

code to render upon a display screen a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that has a first side for viewing content;

code to render a second side in the GUI, the second side including a list of articles, the second side further including a plurality of selectable features allowing user input to access one or more of the articles; and

code to place accessed articles in the first side.

2 . The computer program product of claim 1 in which the selectable features include buttons with names of the articles in the list.

3 . The computer program product of claim 1 in which the web access program comprises a web browser specially adapted for viewing articles.

4 . The computer program product of claim 1 in which the web access program comprises a stand-alone application for at least one of a tablet computer and a handheld device.

5 . The computer-program product of claim 1 in which the GUI is touchscreen operated.

6 . A computer-executed method for accessing web-based content upon a display screen, the method comprising:

launching a web content access program that does not comprise a general-purpose web browser;

rendering within the web content access program a Graphical User Interface (GUI) that has a first portion with a list of articles and functions for selecting the articles in the list and a second portion including selected ones of the articles; and

receiving user input in the first portion for selecting ones of the articles.

7 . The method of claim 6 performed by a tablet computer.

8 . The method of claim 6 performed by at least one of a laptop computer, a desktop computer, and a handheld device.

9 . The method of claim 6 further comprising:

causing the selected ones of the articles to appear in the second portion responsive to the user input.

10 . The method of claim 6 further comprising:

saving the selected ones of the articles for offline use.

11 . A system providing a Graphical User Interface (GUI) within a general-purpose web browser rendered upon a display screen, the system including:

a first functional unit providing a selectable list of articles and receiving user input selecting ones of the articles; and

a second functional unit displaying the selected ones of the articles upon the display screen responsive to the user input, the displayed selected ones of the articles and the selectable list of articles being rendered entirely within a content-viewing portion of the general-purpose web browser.

12 . The system of claim 11 comprising a processor executing code to provide the first and second functional units.

13 . The system of claim 12 in which the processor is included in a computing device with a touchscreen to receive the user input.

14 . The system of claim 11 in which the selectable list of articles and the selected ones of the articles are displayed side-by-side.

15 . A computer program product having a computer readable medium tangibly recording computer program logic, the computer program product comprising:

code to render a Graphical User Interface (GUI) entirely within a content-viewing portion of a general-purpose web browser, the GUI having a first side for article content;

code to render a second side in the GUI, the second side including a list of articles, the second side further including a plurality of selectable features allowing user input to access one or more of the articles; and

code to place accessed articles in the first side.

16 . The computer program product of claim 15 in which the GUI comprises a plug-in for the general-purpose web browser.

17 . The computer-program product of claim 15 in which the GUI is touchscreen operated.