Internet historical screen presentation

• US 20050203882A1
• Filed: 03/11/2004
• Published: 09/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/11/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Inventors: Godley, Hector Stuart
• Application Number:
  US10/798,177
• Publication Number:
  US 20050203882A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links

Abstract

A method and system of capturing Internet Web screens, while using a standard browser, is provided. Using a browser plugin, the history recorded by the browser itself is used to create a presentation. It permits a user to modify the order and content of the screens captured and to create a tailored presentation. All hyperlinks are preserved and the URL is added to each screen to enable the user to return to the Web page at any time. Presentations can be saved for archival purposes to document information gathered on the Internet, and can be shared over a network.

Claims

1. A method of capturing Internet Web screens, comprising:

a. providing a browser plugin program with a graphical user interface;

b. using a standard browsers history of universal resource locator addresses as source of the browser plugin program;

c. creating screen shots from the standard browsers history of the most recently viewed Internet Web screens;

d. enabling searching and viewing of the screen shots within a screen shot file, and

e. providing function for the editing of said screen shots into common formats that can produce presentations.

2. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein said browser plugin program can be written for any standard browsers.

3. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 2, wherein said browser plugin program creates a graphical user interface window from which all functions are executed.

4. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 3, wherein said plugin program creates a screen shot of each said universal resource locator addresses using said graphical user interface to present to a user.

5. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 4, wherein said plugin program provides function to search for saved said universal resource locator address and text contained within said screen shots.

6. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 5, wherein said plugin program provides function to relocate said screen shots into a difference sequence for developing a presentation.

7. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 6, wherein function is provided to edit text withing each said screen shot.

8. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 7, wherein function is provided to edit all graphics within each said screen shot.

9. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein hyperlinks are preserved in each said screen shot to allow them to work as originally created.

10. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein a new hyperlink is created and placed at the bottom of each said screen shot to enable a user to click on it and be able to return to a calling screen.

11. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein said screen shots can be edited and placed into separate files for development of a presentation.

12. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 11, wherein said files can be saved and provide an archive of an Internet Web session.

13. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 11, wherein said presentation can be shown as a set of slides by using a slide show function provided in said plugin program.

14. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein said screen shot file can be saved and shared on a network for common access to said screen shots.

15. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein hyperlinks contained in said screen shots are saved.

16. The method of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 1, wherein a new hyperlink to link back to said Internet Web screen that it was called from is created.

17. A system of capturing Internet Web screens, comprising of:

a. a means to provide a browser plugin program with a graphical user interface;

b. a means to use a standard browsers history of universal resource locator addresses as source of the browser plugin program;

c. a means to create a screen shots from the standard browsers history of the most recently viewed Internet Web screens;

d. a means to enable searching and viewing of the screen shots within a screen shot file;

e. a means to provide function for the editing of said screen shots into common formats that can produce presentations.

18. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein said browser plugin program can be written for any standard browsers.

19. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 18, wherein said browser plugin program creates a graphical user interface window from which all function are executed.

20. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 19, wherein said plugin program creates a screen shot of each said universal resource locator addresses using said graphical user interface to present to a user.

21. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 20, wherein said plugin program provides function to search for saved said universal resource locator address and text contained within said screen shots.

22. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 21, wherein said plugin program provides function to relocate said screen shots into a difference sequence for developing a presentation.

23. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 22, wherein function is provided to edit text withing each said screen shot.

24. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 23, wherein function is provided to edit all graphics within each said screen shot.

25. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein hyperlinks are preserved in each said screen shot to allow them to work as originally created.

26. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein a new hyperlink is created and placed at the bottom of each said screen shot to enable the user to click on it and be able to return to the calling screen.

27. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein said screen shots can be edited and placed into separate files for development of a presentation.

28. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 27, wherein said files can be saved and provide an archive of an Internet Web session.

29. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 27, wherein said presentation can be shown as a set of slides by using a slide show function provided in said plugin program.

30. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein said screen shot file can be saved and shared on a network for common access to said screen shots.

31. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein a means where hyperlinks contained in said screen shots are saved.

32. The system of capturing Internet Web screens of claim 17, wherein a means where a new hyperlink to link back to said Internet Web screen that it was called from is created.