Adaptive bookmarking of often-visited web sites
First Claim
1. A process for adaptive bookmarking of often-visited web sites, comprising the steps of:
- (a) determining a particular user of a browser;
(b) determining whether the browser has been previously bookmarked for a web page of a web site presently accessed by the particular user of the browser;
(c) determining whether a record count exists for visits to the web page by the particular user if the browser has not been bookmarked;
(d) if it is determined in step (c) that the record count exists, updating the record count to reflect the present access by the particular user, and creating an initial record count if it is determined in step (c) that no record count exists for the present webpage being accessed by the particular user;
(e) determining whether the record count has reached a predetermined as threshold of visitation;
(f) prompting the user as to whether it is desired to bookmark the webpage if it is determined in step (e) that the threshold has been reached; and
(g) bookmarking the webpage if the user responds affirmatively to step (f).
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Abstract
A process for adaptive bookmarking of often-visited web sites, comprising the steps of (a) optionally determining the identity of a particular user, (b) determining whether a webpage has been detected, (c) if the webpage in step (b) has been detected, determining whether the webpage has been previously visited by a particular user, (d) performing one of (i) creating an initial record of the webpage visit by the particular user if it has been determined in step (c) that the webpage has not been previously visited by the particular user, and (ii) determining whether the webpage has been previously bookmarked if it has been determined in step (c) that the webpage has been previously visited by the particular user, (e) updating a visitation count if it has been determined in step (c) that the webpage has been previously visited by the particular user, (f) determining whether the visitation count has reached a predetermined threshold; and (g) recommending the bookmarking of the address of the webpage if it determined in step (f) that the predetermined threshold of the visitation count has been reached. The visitation count may be number of plural visits and time spent visiting. The system may either automatically purge bookmarks or do so by recommendation after non-use for predetermined periods of time. A system includes hardware plus a program module to perform the bookmarking functions.
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27 Claims
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1. A process for adaptive bookmarking of often-visited web sites, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining a particular user of a browser;
(b) determining whether the browser has been previously bookmarked for a web page of a web site presently accessed by the particular user of the browser;
(c) determining whether a record count exists for visits to the web page by the particular user if the browser has not been bookmarked;
(d) if it is determined in step (c) that the record count exists, updating the record count to reflect the present access by the particular user, and creating an initial record count if it is determined in step (c) that no record count exists for the present webpage being accessed by the particular user;
(e) determining whether the record count has reached a predetermined as threshold of visitation;
(f) prompting the user as to whether it is desired to bookmark the webpage if it is determined in step (e) that the threshold has been reached; and
(g) bookmarking the webpage if the user responds affirmatively to step (f). - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A process for adaptive bookmarking of often-visited web pages of a web site, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining whether a webpage has been detected;
(b) if the webpage in step (a) has been detected, determining whether the webpage has been previously visited by a particular user;
(c) performing one of (i) creating an initial record of the webpage visit by the particular user if it has been determined in step (b) that the webpage has not been previously visited by the particular user, and (ii) determining whether the webpage has been previously bookmarked if it has been determined in step (b) that the webpage has been previously visited by the particular user;
(d) updating a visitation count if it has been determined in step (b) that the webpage has been previously visited by the particular user;
(e) determining whether the visitation count has reached a predetermined threshold; and
(f) recommending to the user that the webpage be bookmarked if it determined in step (e) that the predetermined threshold of the visitation count has been reached.
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24. A process for adaptive bookmarking of often-visited web pages of a web site, comprising the steps of:
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(a) determining whether a web page of a web site presently accessed has been previously bookmarked;
(b) determining whether a record count exists if the web page presently accessed has not been bookmarked;
(c) performing one of;
(i) updating the record count to reflect the present access of the web page if it is determined in step (b) that the record count exists; and
(ii) creating an initial record count if it is determined in step (b) that no record count exists for the present webpage being accessed by the particular user;
(d) determining whether the record count has reached a predetermined threshold of visitation that is greater than one visit;
(e) bookmarking the webpage if it is determined in step (d) that the threshold of record counts has been reached.
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25. A system for bookmarking often-visited web sites, said system comprising:
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a computer having storage;
a browser program in communication with the computer;
a communication means for the computer to communicate with a network;
said browser including a program module that;
(i) determines whether a web site accessed by a particular user has been previously bookmarked, and whether a record exists if the web site has not been previously bookmarked;
(ii) creates a record count identifying the web site accessed being by the particular user; and
(iii) bookmarks the browser to provide a short cut to the web site if a predetermined threshold number of visitation greater than one visit has been reached by the particular user.
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26. A system for bookmarking often-visited web sites, said system comprising:
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a computer having storage;
a browser program in communication with the computer;
a communication means for the computer to communicate with a network;
said browser including a program module that;
(i) determines whether a web site accessed by a particular user has been previously bookmarked, and whether a record exists if the web site has not been previously bookmarked;
(ii) creates a record count identifying the web site accessed being by the particular user; and
(iii) recommends bookmarking to provide a short cut to the web site if a predetermined threshold number of visitation has been reached by the particular user. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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