Presenting and interacting with a hyperlink dialog for generating hyperlinks

• US 10,346,498 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2012
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Hawkins, Quinn Patrick
• Primary Examiner(s): Padmanabhan, Kavita
• Assistant Examiner(s): Burke, Tionna M
• Application Number:
  US13/366,383
• Publication Number:
  US 20130205187A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,710 Days
• Field of Search: 715206, 715208, 715724, 715770
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40

Abstract

Concepts and technologies are described herein for presenting and interacting with a hyperlink dialog. In accordance with the concepts and technologies disclosed herein, a hyperlink module can present a hyperlink dialog and can obtain hyperlink data that corresponds to user interactions with the hyperlink dialog. The hyperlink module can be configured to populate the hyperlink dialog with clipboard data, application data, web data, and/or other data. The hyperlink dialog can include a number of pages or tabs for identifying, selecting, and/or otherwise specifying a resource to be referenced by a hyperlink. Hyperlink data corresponding to the specified hyperlink can be output by the hyperlink module and stored or used for various purposes.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting a hyperlink dialog, the computer-implemented method comprising performing computer-implemented operations for:

prior to presenting the hyperlink dialog, requesting data, at an application program for creating an electronic document, executing at the user device, from a web browser application executing at the user device;

determining, prior to presenting the hyperlink dialog, from the requested data, one or more existing open tabs being executed in the web browser application;

in response to determining one or more existing open tabs, receiving the data indicating one or more existing open tabs at the application program for creating an electronic document;

populating the hyperlink dialog with the data associated with the one or more existing open tabs;

presenting, at a user device, the hyperlink dialog within the application program for creating an electronic document, the hyperlink dialog comprising a first tab corresponding to an open tabs page comprising the data associated with the one or more existing open tabs in the web browser application and a second tab corresponding to a search tab, selection of the second tab causing presentation of a search field for receiving input for executing an internet query within the hyperlink dialog;

receiving a selection of the first tab corresponding to the open tabs page from a user of the user device;

in response to receiving the selection of the first tab selector, presenting the open tabs page in the hyperlink dialog presented within the application program for creating the electronic document without switching the user to the web browser application;

receiving a selection of the data in the open tabs page indicating an existing open tab in the web browser from the user; and

generating, at the user device, a hyperlink for inclusion in the electronic document based upon the data selected in the open tabs page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperlink dialog further comprises a third tab corresponding to a favorites tab comprising resources indicated as favorites by an entity associated with the user device and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the third tab;

in response to receiving the selection, presenting the favorites tab; and

generating, at the user device, a hyperlink based upon data selected in the favorites tab.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the hyperlink dialog further comprises a fourth tab corresponding to a quick type tab comprising a data field for entering text for identifying a resource that is to be hyperlinked and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the fourth tab;

in response to receiving the selection, presenting the quick type tab;

determining if clipboard data is stored at the user device when the hyperlink dialog is presented;

in response to determining that the clipboard data is not stored at the user device, obtaining the data via the hyperlink dialog; and

in response to determining that the clipboard data is stored at the user device, determining if the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the quick type tab,

in response to determining that the clipboard data is stored in the format associated with the quick type tab,

populating the quick type tab with at least a portion of the clipboard data, and generating the hyperlink based upon the at least a portion of the clipboard data.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a selection of the second tab;

in response to receiving the selection of the second tab, presenting the search field;

determining if clipboard data is stored at the user device when the hyperlink dialog is presented;

in response to determining the clipboard data is stored at the user device;

determining if the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the search tab; and

in response to determining the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the search tab, populating the search field with at least a portion of clipboard data.

12. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:

receiving a selection of the second tab;

in response to receiving the selection of the second tab, presenting data associated with the search tab; and

generating, at the user device, a hyperlink based upon data selected in the search tab.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the hyperlink to a client device in communication with the user device.

20. The method of claim 1, further comprising navigating to a site from the search tab in the hyperlink dialog.

5. A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

prior to presenting a hyperlink dialog, request data, at an application program for creating an electronic document, executing at the user device, from a web browser application executing at the user device;

determine, prior to presenting the hyperlink dialog, from the requested data, one or more existing open tabs being executed in the web browser application;

in response to determining one or more existing open tabs, receive the data indicating one or more existing open tabs at the application program for creating an electronic document;

populate the hyperlink dialog with the data associated with the one or more existing open tabs;

present the hyperlink dialog within the application program for creating an electronic document the hyperlink dialog comprising a plurality of tabs, a first tab being selectable to display an open tabs page comprising the data associated with the one or more existing open tabs within the web browser application executing at a user device and a second tab being selectable to display a data field for receiving input;

receive a selection of the first tab or the second tab from a user of the computer;

in response to receiving the selection of the first tab, present the open tabs page in the hyperlink dialog presented within the application program for creating the electronic document without switching the user to the web browser application, or, in response to receiving the selection of the second tab, present the data field for receiving input;

if the selection corresponds to the open tabs page, receive a selection of the data in the open tabs page indicating an existing open tab in the web browser from the user, or, if the selection corresponds to the second tab, receive an input in the data field from the user and perform a search query based, at least in part, on the input; and

generate, at the computer, a hyperlink for inclusion in the electronic document based upon the data selected in the open tabs page or data generated by the search query.

6. The computer storage medium of claim 5 further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the second tab;

in response to receiving the selection, present the data field;

determine if clipboard data is stored at the computer when the hyperlink dialog is presented;

in response to determining that the clipboard data is stored at the computer,

determine that the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the data field; and

populate the data field with at least a portion of the clipboard data.

7. The computer storage medium of claim 5, the plurality of tabs further comprising a quick type tab selectable to display a data field for entering text for identifying a resource that is to be hyperlinked and further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the quick type tab;

in response to receiving the selection, present the data field;

determine if clipboard data is stored at the computer when the hyperlink dialog is presented;

in response to determining that the clipboard data is stored at the computer, determine if the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the quick type tab; and

in response to determining the clipboard data is stored in the format associated with the quick type tab,

populate the data field with at least a portion of the clipboard data, and generate the hyperlink based upon the at least the portion of the clipboard data.

13. The computer storage medium of claim 5, further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

in response to receiving the selection of the second tab, present data associated with the search tab; and

upon performing the search query, generate, at the computer, a hyperlink based upon data selected in the search tab.

14. The computer storage medium of claim 5, wherein the hyperlink dialog includes a history tab comprising a tab for accessing visited resources and further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the history tab;

in response to receiving the selection of the history tab, present the history tab; and

generate, at the computer, a hyperlink based upon data selected in the history tab.

15. The computer storage medium of claim 5, wherein the dialog hyperlink includes a favorites tab comprising resources indicated as favorites by an entity associated with the user device, and further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the favorites tab;

in response to receiving the selection of the favorites tab, present a visual representation of the favorites; and

generate, at the computer, a hyperlink based upon data selected in the favorites tab.

17. The computer storage medium of claim 5, further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provide the hyperlink to a client device in communication with the computer.

8. A computer storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:

prior to presenting a hyperlink dialog, request data, at an application program for creating an electronic document, executing at the user device, from a web browser application executing at the user device;

determine, prior to presenting the hyperlink dialog, from the requested data, at least one of favorites information or one or more existing open tabs being executed in the web browser application;

in response to determining at least one of favorites information or one or more existing open tabs, receive the data indicating favorites information or data indicating one or more existing open tabs at the application program for creating an electronic document;

populate the hyperlink dialog with the data associated with the one or more existing open tabs or favorites information;

present the hyperlink dialog within the application program for creating an electronic document the hyperlink dialog comprising a plurality of tabs, a first tab of the plurality of tabs comprising a search tab that, upon selection, presents a field for receiving a text input, the text input being used to execute a query;

upon selection of a second tab of the plurality of tabs by a user of the computer, present the data associated with the at least one of favorites information or information associated with an existing open tab within the web browser without switching the user to the web browser;

determine if clipboard data is stored at the computer when the hyperlink dialog is presented;

populate the hyperlink dialog, upon selection of a third tab by the user, with a fillable tab filled with at least a portion of the clipboard data, in response to determining that the clipboard data is stored at the computer;

present the first tab, the second tab, or the third tab as a default tab when the hyperlink dialog is loaded;

receive a selection of one of the plurality of tabs; and

generate, at the computer, a hyperlink for inclusion in the electronic document based upon data received via the one of the plurality of tabs.

9. The computer storage medium of claim 8, wherein presenting the hyperlink dialog comprises presenting the plurality of tabs and respective identifiers associated with the plurality of tabs, the identifiers comprising a quick type tab identifier, an open tabs page identifier, a favorites tab identifier, a history tab identifier, and a search tab identifier.

10. The computer storage medium of claim 9, further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

receive a selection of the search tab via the search tab identifier; and

populate the search tab with at least a portion of data selected in an application program.

11. The computer storage medium of claim 8, further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to provid the hyperlink to a client device in communication with the computer.

18. The computer storage medium of claim 9, further comprising computer readable instructions that, when executed by the computer, cause the computer to:

present the selected tab in response to receiving the selection of the selected tab; and

generate, at the computer, a hyperlink based upon data received in the selected tab.

19. The computer storage medium of claim 9, wherein populating the third tab of the plurality of tabs with at least a portion of the clipboard data comprises:

determine if the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the selected tab when the hyperlink dialog is presented; and

in response to determining that the clipboard data is stored in a format associated with the selected tab, populate the selected tab with at least the portion of the clipboard data, and generate, at the computer, a hyperlink based upon at least the portion of the clipboard data.