Method, apparatus, and program for finding and navigating to items in a set of web pages
First Claim
1. A method for highlighting recently used items in an interface, comprising:
- at a time of loading an interface, identifying a recently used item in the interface; and
presenting the recently used item before presenting the interface.
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Abstract
A mechanism is provided for highlighting items of interest in a set of web pages. The link highlighting mechanism may retrieve and examine web pages referenced by the instant web page. In this manner, the link highlighting mechanism may crawl through a set of web pages and highlight links that direct the user to the item of interest. The link highlighting mechanism may also record a user'"'"'s click sequence to determine the most recently or most frequently visited links. The mechanism may then highlight the most recently or most frequently visited links to allow easy and quick navigation to items that are of particular interest to the user. The user may also enter properties of an item of interest, such as a file type or link type. The link highlighting mechanism examines a web page for items and links that match the property. If the user is using a mobile computing device or is otherwise operating with limited bandwidth, the highlighting mechanism may reside on a server. Thus, the server may transmit only the item of interest unless otherwise instructed by the user.
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53 Claims
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1. A method for highlighting recently used items in an interface, comprising:
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at a time of loading an interface, identifying a recently used item in the interface; and
presenting the recently used item before presenting the interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for highlighting frequently used items in an interface, comprising:
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at a time of loading an interface, identifying at least one frequently used item in the interface; and
presenting the frequently used item before presenting the interface. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for highlighting links of interest in a web document, comprising:
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receiving at least one property for an item of interest;
retrieving a web document;
identifying a link in the web document that satisfies the at least one property;
presenting the web document; and
highlighting the at least one link in the web document. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for highlighting recently used items in an interface, comprising:
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identification means for identifying a recently used item in an interface at a time of loading the interface; and
presentation means for presenting the recently used item before presenting the interface. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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36. An apparatus for highlighting frequently used items in an interface, comprising:
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identification means for identifying at least one frequently used item in an interface at a time of loading the interface; and
presentation means for presenting the frequently used item before presenting the interface. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An apparatus for highlighting links of interest in a web document, comprising:
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receipt means for receiving at least one property for an item of interest;
retrieval means for retrieving a web document;
identification means for identifying a link in the web document that satisfies the at least one property;
presentation means for presenting the web document; and
highlight means for highlighting the at least one link in the web document. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A computer program product, in a computer readable medium, for highlighting recently used items in an interface, comprising:
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instructions for identifying a recently used item in an interface at a time of loading the interface; and
instructions for presenting the recently used item before presenting the interface.
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52. A computer program product, in a computer readable medium, for highlighting frequently used items in an interface, comprising:
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instructions for identifying at least one frequently used item in an interface at a time of loading the interface; and
instructions for presenting the frequently used item before presenting the interface.
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53. A computer program product, in a computer readable medium, for highlighting links of interest in a web document, comprising:
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instructions for receiving at least one property for an item of interest;
instructions for retrieving a web document;
instructions for identifying a link in the web document that satisfies the at least one property;
instructions for presenting the web document; and
instructions for highlighting the at least one link in the web document.
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