Method and apparatus for executing an instruction in a web page

• US 20030177202A1
• Filed: 03/12/2003
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Saroa Kabushiki Kaisha
• Original Assignee: Saroa Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Jeyachandran, Suresh, Suda, Aruna Rohra, Joseph, Prem Anand
• Application Number:
  US10/387,002
• Publication Number:
  US 20030177202A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web

Abstract

In an information processing apparatus, a processing instruction is obtained from a displayed web page in response to an operation of a button or a mark provided on the page, the obtained processing instruction is transferred to a processing unit which is able to execute the processing instruction, and the transferred processing instruction is executed by the processing unit which is also in the processing apparatus or in a server connected to the apparatus via a network.

Claims

1. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

transferring the obtained processing instruction to a processing unit which is able to execute the processing instruction.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said obtaining step, the processing instruction is obtained in response to an operation of a button or a mark provided on the page in correspondence with the processing instruction.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the processing step of executing the processing instruction.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein said processing step including the steps of:

assigning to the web page a predetermined index containing an identifier of the page;

storing the assigned index to a database; and

processing the displayed web page.

5. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said processing step, the displayed web page is saved.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein in said processing step, a search is performed in the saved web page.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said processing step, the displayed web page is sent.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said processing step, an annotation to the displayed web page is performed.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said processing step, data is extracted from the displayed web page.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said processing step, the displayed web page is printed.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein in said processing step, the displayed web page is printed in a layout set by a user.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said processing step, a plurality of data is extracted from a plurality of the web page.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein in said processing step, the plurality of extracted data is stored in a removable media, sent, or printed.

14. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

determining whether or not a processing program for executing the processing instruction exists; and

requesting to obtain the processing program if the program is not exist.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein in said requesting step, a user is requested to obtain the program.

16. The method according to claim 14, wherein in said requesting step, a downloading unit is requested to download the program.

17. The method according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is in a server.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising the steps of:

informing a type of the processing instruction to the server; and

the type of the processing instruction is registered in correspondence with an address of the page in the server

19. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

determining whether or not a parameter is required for executing the processing instruction; and

requesting a user to input the parameter if the parameter is required.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein in said requesting step, a box for inputting the parameter is displayed on the page or outside of a window in which the page is displayed.

21. The method according to claim 5, wherein in said processing step, the displayed web page is saved with a name input by a user.

22. The method according to claim 5, wherein in said processing step, the displayed web page is stored without requiring a user to input a name.

23. The method according to claim 5, wherein in said processing step, a first process in which the displayed web page is stored without requiring a user to input a name is performed and if the first process cannot be performed, a second process in which the displayed web page is stored with a name input by a user is performed.

24. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said obtaining step, one of a first and second save instructions is obtained in response to an operation of one of a first and second save buttons, respectively, and in said transfer step, the first save instruction is transferred to a process for saving the page and the second save instruction is transferred to a process for saving a link to the page.

25. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said transfer step, the processing instruction is transferred to a process for sending an image of the page, if the processing instruction is a send instruction.

26. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said obtaining step, one of a first and second send instructions is obtained in response to an operation of one of a first and second send buttons, respectively, and in said transfer step, the first send instruction is transferred to a process for sending an image of the page and the second send instruction is transferred to a process for sending a link to the page.

27. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said transfer step, the processing instruction is transferred to a process for performing an annotation to the page, if the processing instruction is an annotation instruction.

28. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said transfer step, the processing instruction is transferred to a process for extracting data from the page, if the processing instruction is an extraction instruction.

29. The method according to claim 1, wherein in said transfer step, the processing instruction is transferred to a process for saving the page in a server, if the processing instruction is a save instruction, and the processing instruction is transferred to a process for searching the page, if the processing instruction is a search instruction.

30. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said processing step, the result of executing the processing instruction is informed to a user.

31. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said processing step, the execution of the processing instruction is inhibited if a condition is not satisfied.

32. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said processing step, the execution of the processing instruction is inhibited if the page is not within a predetermined site.

33. The method according to claim 3, wherein in said processing step, the execution of the processing instruction is inhibited if a number or quantity of saved data exceeds a limitation.

34. The method according to claim 1, wherein said transferring step is performed by a program embedded in the page.

35. The method according to claim 4, wherein in said storing step, the index is stored for each of a plurality of users.

36. An information processing method comprising the steps of:

obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

executing the obtained processing instruction.

37. The method according to claim 36, wherein said executing step is performed by a program embedded in the page.

38. The method according to claim 37, wherein in said executing step, the result of executing the embedded program is transferred to a process independent of the embedded program.

39. The method according to claim 36, further comprising the steps of:

determining whether or not a parameter is required for executing the processing instruction; and

requesting a user to input the parameter if the parameter is required.

40. The method according to claim 39, wherein in said requesting step, a box for inputting the parameter is displayed on the page or outside of a window in which the page is displayed.

41. The method according to claim 36, wherein in said processing step, an annotation to the displayed web page is performed.

42. The method according to claim 36, wherein in said processing step, data is extracted from the displayed web page.

43. An information processing apparatus comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

transfer means for transferring the obtained processing instruction to a processing unit which is able to execute the processing instruction.

44. The apparatus according to claim 43, wherein the processing unit is provided in said apparatus.

45. The apparatus according to claim 43, wherein the processing unit is provided outside of said apparatus.

46. An information processing apparatus comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

execution means for executing the obtained processing instruction.

47. An information processing system in which a plurality of client terminals are connected to a server via a network, wherein each of said client terminals comprising:

obtaining means for obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

transfer means for transferring the obtained processing instruction to a processing unit which is able to execute the processing instruction.

48. The system according to claim 47, wherein the processing unit is provided in each of said client terminals.

49. The system according to claim 47, wherein the processing unit is provided in said server.

50. A computer-executable program for controlling a computer to perform information processing, said program comprising codes for causing the computer to perform:

obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

transferring the obtained processing instruction to a processing unit which is able to execute the processing instruction.

51. A computer-executable program for controlling a computer to perform information processing, said program comprising codes for causing the computer to perform:

obtaining a processing instruction from a displayed web page; and

executing the obtained processing instruction.