Linking to a page

• US 20030237044A1
• Filed: 11/27/2002
• Published: 12/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Bach, Thomas, Brendle, Rainer, Hayer, Roman, Drittler, Bernhard, Kusterer, Stefan
• Application Number:
  US10/306,814
• Publication Number:
  US 20030237044A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method includes receiving information about a bookmarked link that a user has invoked within a browser, retrieving a page address from a repository based on a role of the user, and directing the browser to the page address. The method also includes rendering a page corresponding to the page address. The method can include extracting an object ID from the link. The method can also include determining the address based on the role of the user.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving information about a bookmarked link that a user has invoked within a browser;

retrieving a page address from a repository based on a role of the user;

directing the browser to the page address; and

rendering a page corresponding to the page address.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

extracting an object ID from the link.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining the address based on the role of the user.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining the address based on the object ID.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

recording the role of the user.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein determining the address based on the role of the user comprises:

reading the address from a repository.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving information about a bookmarked link comprises:

receiving information about a link from a portal page.

8. An apparatus comprising:

a memory that stores executable instructions for executing a bookmark; and

a processor that executes the instructions to;

receive information about a bookmarked link that a user has invoked within a browser;

retrieve a page address from a repository based on a role of the user;

direct the browser to the page address; and

render a page corresponding to the page address.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising instructions to:

extract an object ID from the link.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising instructions to:

determine the address based on the role of the user.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising instructions to:

determine the address based on the object ID.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising instructions to:

record the role of the user.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the instructions to determine the address based on the role of the user comprises instructions to:

read the address from a repository.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the instructions to receive information about a bookmarked link comprises instructions to:

receive information about the link from a portal page.

15. An article comprising:

a machine-readable medium that stores executable instructions for linking to a page, the instructions causing a machine to;

receive information about a bookmarked link that a user has invoked within a browser;

retrieve a page address from a repository based on a role of the user;

direct the browser to the page address; and

render a page corresponding to the page address.

16. The article of claim 15, further comprising the instructions causing a machine to:

extract an object ID from the link.

17. The article of claim 15, further comprising the instructions causing a machine to:

determine the address based on the role of the user.

18. The article of claim 16, further comprising the instructions causing a machine to:

determine the address based on the object ID.

19. The article of claim 15, further comprising the instructions causing a machine to:

record the role of the user.

20. The article of claim 17, wherein the instructions causing a machine to determine the address comprises instructions causing a machine to:

read the address from a repository.

21. The article of claim 15, wherein the instructions causing a machine to receive information about a bookmarked link comprises the instructions causing a machine to:

receive information about a link from a portal page.