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Samsung patents method to strip ads and pop-ups from web pages

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Samsung describes a method for electronic devices to automatically remove specific sections of a web page before they are displayed. The system analyzes the page to find frames that stay fixed on the screen while scrolling or come from a different website address, then deletes that content.

Why it mattersThis could lead to built-in browser features that automatically clean up cluttered web pages without needing third-party ad blockers.

In the filing’s own words

A method for removing content in a web page in an electronic device is provided. The method includes removing, from a web server, a web page being displayed or to be displayed on a screen of the electronic device, analyzing the web page, identifying, based on the analysis, at least one frame satisfying at least one condition among one or more frames in the web page, and removing the at least one frame or content in the at least one frame from the web page, wherein the at least one condition comprises at least one of whether a position of each of the at least one frame on the screen is fixed with respect to a scroll input to the web page or whether a domain address of a universal resource locator (URL) of the identified frame is different from a domain address of a URL of the web page.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A method for removing content in a web page in an electronic device, the method comprising: removing, from a web server, a web page being displayed or to be displayed on a screen of the electronic device; analyzing the web page; identifying, based on the analysis, at least one frame satisfying at least one condition among one or more frames in the web page; and removing the at least one frame or content in the at least one frame from the web page, wherein the at least one condition comprises at least one of whether a position of each of the at least one frame on the screen is fixed with respect to a scroll input to the web page or whether a domain address of a universal resource locator (URL) of the identified frame is different from a domain address of a URL of the web page.

Facts

Company: Samsung (Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.)
Official title: ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR REMOVING CONTENT IN WEB PAGE
Publication number: US20260320146A1
Application number: 19647274
Filed: Apr 14, 2026
Published: Oct 15, 2026
Inventors: 1
Claims: 20

Classified under

G06F 16/958 Physics & computingG06F 16/955 Physics & computing

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