Information retrieval system

• US 20030177265A1
• Filed: 03/12/2002
• Published: 09/18/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Page, David R., Schmidt-Wesche, Birgit
• Granted Patent: US 8,806,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/245
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A web browsing system for retrieving a web page whereby the web page comprises associated frames, content data and context data (e.g. navigational buttons, hyperlinks to other web pages etc.). The system is usable with a distributed data processing system comprising a server computer and a client computer, whereby the web page is stored on the server computer and is transmitted over a network to the client computer. The web browsing system comprises a function for providing a bookmark to the web page and also comprises a function to retrieve the bookmark. Once a bookmark has been retrieved, the web page and the structure of the web page, namely, the plurality of frames, the content data and the context data are displayed.

Claims

1. A web browsing system for retrieving a web page, said web page comprising an associated plurality of frames, content data and context data, for use in a distributed data processing system, said distributed data processing system comprising:

a server computer and a client computer, said web page being stored on said server computer and transmitted over a network to said client computer, said system comprising;

means for providing a bookmark to said web page;

means for retrieving said bookmark;

means, in response to retrieving a bookmark, for causing said web page and said associated plurality of frames, said content data and said context data to be displayed.

2. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which said means for providing is activated by clicking on an associated icon.

3. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which said bookmark is stored as an item in an array.

4. A system as claimed in claim 3, in which said item comprises:

an index number;

a title associated with said web page, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with said web page.

5. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which said bookmark is displayed in a bookmark list.

6. A system as claimed in claim 1, in which said retrieved web page is displayed in a data display area.

7. A system as claimed in claim 1 further comprising means for deleting a bookmark.

8. A system as claimed in claim 3, in which said array is stored for one instantiation of said web browsing application.

9. A system as claimed in claim 3, in which said array is stored for more than one instantiation of said web browsing application.

10. A method of retrieving a web page, said web page comprising an associated plurality of frames, content data and context data, for use in a distributed data processing system, said distributed data processing system comprising:

a server computer and a client computer, said web page being stored on said server computer and transmitted over a network to said client computer, said method comprising the steps of;

providing a bookmark to said web page;

retrieving said bookmark;

in response to retrieving a bookmark, causing said web page and said associated plurality of frames, said content data and said context data to be displayed.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10, in which said providing step is activated by clicking on an associated icon.

12. A method as claimed in claim 10, in which said bookmark is stored as an item in an array.

13. A method as claimed in claim 12, in which said item comprises:

an index number;

a title associated with said web page, and a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) associated with said web page.

14. A method as claimed in claim 10, in which said bookmark is displayed in a bookmark list.

15. A method as claimed in claim 10, in which said retrieved web page is displayed in a data display area.

16. A method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of deleting a bookmark.

17. A method as claimed in claim 12, in which said array is stored for one instantiation of said web browsing application.

18. A method as claimed in claim 12, in which said array is stored for more than one instantiation of said web browsing application.

19. A computer program product in a computer readable medium, for retrieving a web page, said web page comprising an associated plurality of frames, content data and context data for use in distributed data processing system comprising:

a server computer and a client computer, said web page being stored on said server computer and transmitted over a network to said client computer, the computer program product comprising;

means for providing a bookmark to said web page;

means for retrieving said bookmark;

means, in response to retrieving a bookmark, for causing said web page and said associated plurality of frames, said content data and said context data to be displayed.