Customizing a browser application with blockchain data

Abstract

This disclosure relates to customizing a browser application with blockchain data such as customizing a browser setting and/or a user interface of the browser application. According to an aspect, a method includes obtaining, by a browser application, an identifier associated with a token stored on a blockchain network, retrieving, by the browser application, digital data of the token using the identifier, and customizing a user interface of the browser application using the digital data of the token.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 obtaining, by a browser application, an identifier associated with a token stored on a blockchain network;   retrieving, by the browser application, digital data of the token using the identifier; and   customizing a user interface of the browser application using the digital data of the token.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein customizing the user interface of the browser application includes updating a browser setting of the browser application such that a display aspect of the user interface of the browser application is changed. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein customizing the user interface of the browser application includes rendering the digital data of the token as a background image in the user interface of the browser application. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein customizing the user interface of the browser application includes rendering the digital data as a profile image of a user in the user interface of the browser application. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the token is a first token and the digital data is first digital data, the method comprising:
 receiving a request to render a first browser tab of the browser application;   rendering the first browser tab with a background image that includes the first digital data associated with the first token;   receiving a request to render a second browser tab of the browser application; and   rendering the second browser tab with a background image that includes second digital data associated with a second token.   
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 obtaining metadata about the token;   generating a recommendation based on the metadata; and   rendering, in the user interface of the browser application, information that identifies the recommendation.   
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 identifying a plurality of tokens stored on the blockchain network based on the identifier; and   rendering, in the user interface of the browser application, a user interface module that displays digital data associated with a token of the plurality of tokens for a predetermined period of time.   
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the identifier includes a shared address of a digital asset holder. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 receiving the identifier from a digital asset holder that stores a private key for authenticating a transaction on the blockchain network.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the identifier is received via an application programming interface of the browser application. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 rendering a user interface object for receiving the identifier.   
     
     
         12 . An apparatus comprising:
 at least one processor; and   a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 connect a browser application to a digital asset holder storing a private key for enabling a transaction on a blockchain network, the digital asset holder identifying a token stored on the blockchain network; 
 retrieve, by the browser application, digital data of the token; and 
 customize a user interface of the browser application using the digital data of the token. 
   
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the executable instructions include instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 update a browser setting of the browser application such that a display aspect of the user interface of the browser application is changed.   
     
     
         14 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the executable instructions include instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 render the digital data of the token as a background image in the user interface of the browser application.   
     
     
         15 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the executable instructions include instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 render the digital data as a profile image of a user in the user interface of the browser application.   
     
     
         16 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the token is a first token and the digital data is first digital data, the digital asset holder identifying a second token stored on the blockchain network, wherein the executable instructions include instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 receive a request to render a first browser tab of the browser application;   render the first browser tab with a background image that includes the first digital data associated with the first token;   receive a request to render a second browser tab of the browser application; and   render the second browser tab with a background image that includes second digital data associated with the second token.   
     
     
         17 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the executable instructions include instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 obtain metadata about the token;   generate a recommendation based on the metadata, the recommendation including web content; and   render, in the user interface of the browser application, information that identifies the web content.   
     
     
         18 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the token is a first token, the digital asset holder identifies a second token, wherein the executable instructions include instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the at least one processor to:
 render, in the user interface of the browser application, a user interface module that displays digital data associated with the first token for a first predetermined period of time and displays digital data associated with the second token for a second predetermined period of time.   
     
     
         19 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , wherein the digital asset holder is a digital asset holder not owned or managed by the browser application. 
     
     
         20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to execute operations, the operations comprising:
 obtaining, by a browser application, an identifier associated with a token stored on a blockchain network;   retrieving, by the browser application, digital data of the token using the identifier; and   customizing a user interface of the browser application using the digital data of the token.