System and method for a hierarchical browser

• US 20040093562A1
• Filed: 08/25/2003
• Published: 05/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Donato S. Diorio, Igor S. Petrenko, Kevin E. Schuetz
• Original Assignee: Donato S. Diorio, Igor S. Petrenko, Kevin E. Schuetz
• Inventors: Schuetz, Kevin E., Petrenko, Igor S., Diorio, Donato S.
• Application Number:
  US10/647,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20040093562A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

The current invention is a HHierarchicalTab (HHTab browser interface. The iinterfaceis enhanced with features that allow the tracking, nnavigation and management of hierarchical relationships of currently open web pages. Having pages currently open is a key to the innovation of the current invention. The current invention tracks the current state and iinterrelationshipbetween open web pages. The current invention allows for a child and parent relationship. Thie current invention allows for individual HTab nodes to exist in a orizontalcollapsed state. while maintaining parent child relationships The current invention creates a bookmark system capable of preserving hierarchies

Claims

1. An internet browser consisting of:

a browser that uses a hierarchical structure.

2. The browser according to claim 1:

in which said browser uses a graphical user interface to display, organize and mange hierarchically linked WebPages.

3. The browser according to claim 1:

in which said browser has child pages that have an optional icon

4. The browser according to claim 1:

in which said browser has a collapse state;

5. The browser according to claim 4:

in which said collapse state is done through a collective means.

6. The browser according to claim 4:

in which said collapse state is done through by pressing an icon on said browser screen.

7. The browser according to claim 4:

in which said collapse state will collapse all of the children of a parent.

8. The browser according to claim 1:

in which said browser displays WebPages in a child-parent relationship.

9. The browser according to claim 1:

in which has the ability to change to a horizontally collapsed state

10. The browser according to claim 4:

In which said browser will collapse on a double click of a mouse.

11. A process of browsing the Internet comprising the steps of:

using a hierarchical browser.

12. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said browser using a graphical user interface to display, organize and mange

hierarchically linked WebPages.

13. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said browser has child pages that have an optional icon

14. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said browser has a collapse state;

15. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said collapse state is done through a collective means.

16. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said collapse state is done through by pressing an icon on said browser screen.

17. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said collapse state will collapse all of the children of a parent.

18. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said browser displays WebPages in a child-parent relationship.

19. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having has the ability to change to a horizontally collapsed state

20. The process according to claim 11 which includes:

having said browser will collapse on a double click of a mouse.