Graphical user interface for automatically accessing files

• US 20050060351A1
• Filed: 11/04/2004
• Published: 03/17/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 08/03/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Rahman, Tanvir
• Application Number:
  US10/982,313
• Publication Number:
  US 20050060351A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9538 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99934 Query formulation, input preparation, or translation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface

Abstract

Systems and/or methods for automatically accessing files are disclosed. In one instance, a graphical user interface is disclosed that enables a user to access files through a control portion that displays a plurality of user-selectable buttons to control automatic accessing of files, a log portion that displays a record of which files have been accessed, and a content display portion that displays the content of each file after it is accessed.

Claims

1. A graphical user interface for automatically accessing files, the interface comprising:

a control portion that displays a plurality of user-selectable buttons to control the automatic accessing of files;

a log portion that displays a record of which files have been accessed during the automatic accessing; and

a content display portion that displays the content of each file after it is accessed.

2. A graphical user interface as recited in claim 1, wherein the user-selectable buttons include a start button and a stop button.

3. A graphical user interface as recited in claim 1, wherein the files comprise web pages.

4. A graphical user interface as recited in claim 1, wherein the log portion further displays the time that each of the accessed files was accessed.

5. A graphical user interface as recited in claim 1, wherein the log portion also displays the number of files that have been accessed.