BROWSER IMAGE DISPLAY BOOKMARK SYSTEM

• US 20010011285A1
• Filed: 03/23/1998
• Published: 08/02/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: KANNO, HIRONORI, HIRASHIMA, YOSHIYUKI
• Granted Patent: US 6,526,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/512
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

An image display bookmark system is disclosed. The image display bookmark system comprises a bookmark processing unit and a data storing unit. The bookmark processing unit is disposed in a processing unit. The bookmark processing unit in the processing unit registers a reduced image of a page corresponding to a bookmark for each user of a WWW browser. When a user selects a reduced image that has been registered, the page is displayed on a GUI screen of the WWW browser. The system administrator can designate authority to register, change, and delete bookmarks to each user. An automatic traveling unit automatically travels pages corresponding to images that have been registered, updates the reduced images, titles, or URLs of the pages, and maintains the bookmarks as the latest information.

Claims

1. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

creating means for creating bookmark information that includes at least image information for an image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

bookmark registering means for registering the bookmark information created by said creating means to storing means;

reading means for reading the bookmark information stored in said storing means; and

bookmark display controlling means for displaying an image for identifying the page on a screen corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information that has been read by said reading means.

16. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 1

,

wherein the image information for the image that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser includes information of a reduced image of the page displayed by the WWW browser.

21. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 1

,

wherein said storing means stores the bookmark information for each user, and

wherein the operation for the bookmark information is performed for each user.

27. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 21

, further comprising:

user authority defining means for defining the authority for an editing operation for bookmark information for each user; and

controlling means for prohibiting each user from displaying an image of a page in other than an operation for selecting an image displayed corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information corresponding to the authority for each user defined by said user authority defining means.

33. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 27

,

wherein said user authority defining means defines authority to register and add the bookmark information for each user.

34. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 27

,

wherein said user authority defining means defines authority to change the bookmark information for each user.

35. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 27

,

wherein said user authority defining means defines authority to define the bookmark information for each user.

36. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 27

,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining means.

2. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

reading means for reading bookmark information that includes information for an image from storing means when the image is selected corresponding to the information of the image for a page displayed by the WWW browser on a screen;

obtaining means for obtaining the image of the page corresponding to address information registered in the bookmark information that has been read by said reading means; and

WWW page display controlling means for displaying the image of the page obtained by said obtaining means on a screen.

17. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 2

,

wherein the image information for the image that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser includes information of a reduced image of the page displayed by the WWW browser.

22. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 2

,

wherein said storing means stores the bookmark information for each user, and

wherein the operation for the bookmark information is performed for each user.

28. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 22

, further comprising:

user authority defining means for defining the authority for an editing operation for bookmark information for each user; and

controlling means for prohibiting each user from displaying an image of a page in other than an operation for selecting an image displayed corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information corresponding to the authority for each user defined by said user authority defining means.

37. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 28

,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining means.

3. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

bookmark information that is stored in storing means and that includes at least image information of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page; and

bookmark editing means for editing the content of the bookmark information.

4. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 3

,

wherein said bookmark editing means changes the address information included in the bookmark information.

5. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 3

,

wherein said bookmark editing means newly adds the bookmark information.

6. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 3

,

wherein said bookmark editing means deletes the bookmark information.

18. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 3

,

wherein the image information for the image that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser includes information of a reduced image of the page displayed by the WWW browser.

23. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 3

,

wherein said storing means stores the bookmark information for each user, and

wherein the operation for the bookmark information is performed for each user.

29. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 23

, further comprising:

user authority defining means for defining the authority for an editing operation for bookmark information for each user; and

controlling means for prohibiting each user from displaying an image of a page in other than an operation for selecting an image displayed corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information corresponding to the authority for each user defined by said user authority defining means.

38. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 29

,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining means.

7. A bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

bookmark registering means for registering the bookmark information that includes at least image information for an image of a page displayed by the WWW browser, address information of the page, and title information of the page to storing means; and

bookmark display controlling means for reading the bookmark information stored in said storing means and displaying an image for identifying the page corresponding to image information for the image of the page that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser.

8. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 7

, further comprising:

title information display controlling means for displaying the title information of the page in the bookmark information registered in said storing means in such a manner that the title information correlates with the image for identifying the page that has been displayed.

19. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 7

,

wherein the image information for the image that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser includes information of a reduced image of the page displayed by the WWW browser.

24. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 7

,

wherein said storing means stores the bookmark information for each user, and

wherein the operation for the bookmark information is performed for each user.

30. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 24

, further comprising:

user authority defining means for defining the authority for an editing operation for bookmark information for each user; and

controlling means for prohibiting each user from displaying an image of a page in other than an operation for selecting an image displayed corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information corresponding to the authority for each user defined by said user authority defining means.

39. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 30

,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining means.

9. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

bookmark registering means for registering bookmark information to storing means, the bookmark information including at least image information for a page displayed by the WWW browser, title information of the page, and update information that represents whether or not the address information of the page or the content of the page has been changed after the preceding accessing operation has been performed; and

bookmark display controlling means for reading the bookmark information stored in said storing means and displaying an image for identifying a page created corresponding to image information for an image of the page that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser and information corresponding to the update information together on a screen.

20. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 9

,

wherein the image information for the image that is included in the bookmark information and that is displayed by the WWW browser includes information of a reduced image of the page displayed by the WWW browser.

25. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 9

,

wherein said storing means stores the bookmark information for each user, and

wherein the operation for the bookmark information is performed for each user.

31. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 25

, further comprising:

user authority defining means for defining the authority for an editing operation for bookmark information for each user; and

controlling means for prohibiting each user from displaying an image of a page in other than an operation for selecting an image displayed corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information corresponding to the authority for each user defined by said user authority defining means.

40. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 31

,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining means.

10. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

accessing means for automatically accessing a page of an address designated by address information of a page included in each record of bookmark information stored in storing means corresponding to predetermined time information and obtaining change information of the page; and

registering means for updating information included in the record of the bookmark information having the address information of the page corresponding to change information of the page obtained by said accessing means and for registering the updated information to said storing means.

11. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 10

,

wherein the change information is information that represents that a display content of the page has been changed.

12. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 10

,

wherein the change information is information that represents that an address of the page has been changed.

13. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 10

,

wherein the change information is information that represents that a title of the page has been changed.

14. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 10

,

wherein the change information is information that represents that at least two of a display content of the page, an address thereof, and a title thereof have been changed.

15. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 10

,

wherein said accessing means accesses an address of address change information that represents a new address of the page and obtains change information of the page when the page of the address represented by the address information of the page included in the bookmark information stored in the storing means is accessed.

26. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 10

,

wherein said storing means stores the bookmark information for each user, and

wherein the operation for the bookmark information is performed for each user.

32. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 26

, further comprising:

user authority defining means for defining the authority for an editing operation for bookmark information for each user; and

controlling means for prohibiting each user from displaying an image of a page in other than an operation for selecting an image displayed corresponding to image information included in the bookmark information corresponding to the authority for each user defined by said user authority defining means.

41. The image display bookmark system as set forth in

claim 32

,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining means.

42. A method for displaying and selecting bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising the steps of:

registering bookmark information including at least image information for an image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page to storing means;

displaying an image for identifying a page corresponding to the image information for the image of the page included in the bookmark information registered in the storing means on a screen of displaying means; and

reading the bookmark information including image information for the image of the selected page from the storing means, obtaining an image of a page at an address designated by address information of the page registered in the bookmark information that has been read, and displaying the image of the obtained page on a screen when the image for identifying the page is selected by a selecting means.

43. A record medium from which a computer reads a program that causes the computer to accomplish a bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, the bookmark system having functions of:

registering bookmark information including at least image information for an image of a page displayed on a screen of displaying means by the WWW browser and address information of the page to storing means;

reading the image information for the image of the page included in the bookmark information from the storing means and displaying an image for identifying the page corresponding to the image information on the screen of the displaying means; and

reading the bookmark information corresponding to the page from the storing means, obtaining an image of a page at an address designated by address information of a page registered in the bookmark information, and displaying the image of the obtained page on the screen of the displaying means when an image for identifying the page is selected on the screen.