Webpage navigation method, mobile terminal using the same, and volatile storage medium recording the same

• US 10,296,184 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2015
• Issued: 05/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/14/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Jung, Sungoo
• Primary Examiner(s): Dasgupta, Shourjo
• Application Number:
  US14/622,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20150234577A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,558 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text

Abstract

A method for webpage navigation of a mobile terminal includes displaying a first webpage on a screen among a plurality of webpages loaded successively in order of user inputs, receiving a first user input made on the screen, displaying an object pertaining to one of a second webpage that was loaded on the screen right before the first webpage and a third webpage that was loaded on the screen right after the first webpage in response to the first user input, receiving a second user input for selecting the object pertaining to one of the second and third webpages, and re-displaying one of the second and third webpages according to the second user input. A mobile terminal includes a touchscreen and a controller configured to re-display one of the second and third webpages according to the second user input.

Claims

1. A webpage navigation method for a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a first webpage on a screen among a plurality of webpages loaded in order of user inputs;

displaying a web browser menu of a web browser installed in the mobile terminal;

receiving a first user input made on the screen, the first user input including one of a first gesture or a second gesture, the first user input made by one of flick gesture or a drag gesture made on a URL editor of the web browser menu;

displaying an object pertaining to one of a second webpage loaded on the screen right before the first webpage in response to receiving the first gesture, or a third webpage loaded on the screen right after the first webpage, in response to receiving the second gesture, wherein only one of the objects pertaining to the second webpage or the third webpage is displayed at a given time;

receiving a second user input for selecting the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages; and

re-displaying one of the second or third webpages according to the second user input,

wherein there is no indication of the second or third webpage on the screen while displaying the first webpage.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the first webpage comprises executing the web browser installed in the mobile terminal to display the first webpage of the plurality of webpages, and wherein the re-displaying one of the second and third webpages comprises loading one of the second and third webpages in a state that the web browser is running.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the object comprises overlaying the object on at least part of the first webpage.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is one of a thumbnail image, a title, or a favicon of a corresponding webpage.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the web browser menu comprises a backward button to navigate to a webpage displayed right before the first webpage and a forward button to navigate to a webpage displayed right after the first webpage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the second user input is a touch release gesture made after the flick gesture or the drag gesture.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a third user input made onto the web browser menu in a state of displaying the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages, the third user input including the first gesture or the second gesture; and

displaying an object pertaining to one of a fourth webpage that was displayed right before the second webpage, in response to receiving the first gesture, or a fifth webpage that was displayed right after the third webpage among the plurality of webpages in response to the second gesture.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the object pertaining to one of the fourth or fifth webpages is displayed along with the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether the third user input is received in a predetermined time duration after receiving the first user input; and

skipping, when the third user input is received in the predetermined time duration, a display of the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages, and displaying the object pertaining to one of the fourth or fifth webpages.

10. A mobile terminal for navigating webpages, the mobile terminal comprising:

a touchscreen; and

a controller configured to;

display a first webpage on the touchscreen, the first webpage corresponding to one of a plurality of webpages loaded in order of user inputs;

control the touchscreen to display a web browser menu of a web browser installed in the mobile terminal;

receive a first user input via the touchscreen, the first user input including one of a first gesture or a second gesture, the first user input made by one of flick gesture or a drag gesture made on a URL editor of the web browser menu;

display an object pertaining to one of a second webpage that was loaded on the touchscreen right before the first webpage, in response to receiving the first gesture, or a third webpage that was loaded on the touchscreen right after the first webpage in response to receiving the second gesture, wherein only one of the objects pertaining to the second webpage or the third webpage is displayed at a given time;

receive a second user input via the touchscreen for selecting the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages; and

re-display one of the second or third webpages according to the second user input,

wherein there is no indication of the second or third webpage on the touchscreen while displaying the first webpage.

11. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to execute the web browser installed in the mobile terminal to display the first webpage of the plurality of webpages, and load and re-display, when the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages is selected, one of the second or third webpages in a state that the web browser is running.

12. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to control display of the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages on at least part of the first webpage in an overlay manner.

13. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the object is one of a thumbnail image, a title, or a favicon of a corresponding webpage.

14. The mobile terminal of claim 10, the web browser menu including a backward button to navigate to a webpage displayed right before the first webpage and a forward button to navigate to a webpage displayed right after the first webpage.

15. The mobile terminal of claim 10, wherein the controller is configured to:

receive a third user input made onto the web browser menu in a state of displaying the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages, the third user input including the first gesture or the second gesture, and

display an object pertaining to one of a fourth webpage that was displayed right before the second webpage, in response to receiving the first gesture, or a fifth webpage that was displayed right after the third webpage among the plurality of webpages in response to the second gesture.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the object pertaining to one of the fourth or fifth webpages is displayed along with the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, the controller is configured to:

determine whether the third user input is received in a predetermined time duration after receiving the first user input; and

skip, when the third user input is received in the predetermined time duration, a display of the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages, and display the object pertaining to one of the fourth or fifth webpages.

18. A non-transitory storage medium storing a webpage navigation program that, when executed by a processor, causes the processor to perform processes comprising:

displaying a first webpage on a screen among a plurality of webpages loaded in order of user inputs;

displaying a web browser menu of a web browser installed in a mobile terminal;

receiving a first user input made on the screen, the first user input including one of a first gesture or a second gesture, the first user input made by one of flick gesture or a drag gesture made on a URL editor of the web browser menu;

displaying an object pertaining to one of a second webpage that was loaded on the screen right before the first webpage, in response to receiving the first gesture, or a third webpage that was loaded on the screen right after the first webpage in response to receiving the second gesture, wherein only one of the objects pertaining to the second webpage or the third webpage is displayed at a given time;

receiving a second user input for selecting the object pertaining to one of the second or third webpages; and

re-displaying one of the second or third webpages according to the second user input,

wherein there is no indication of the second or third webpage on the screen while displaying the first webpage.