METHOD AND SYSTEM TO IDENTIFY A PREVIOUSLY VISITED UNIVERSAL RESOURCE LOCATOR (URL) IN RESULTS FROM A SEARCH

• US 20060085476A1
• Filed: 10/15/2004
• Published: 04/20/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Daniels, Fonda J., Kumhyr, David B., Figgins, Timothy E.
• Application Number:
  US10/711,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20060085476A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search may include loading a URL personal databook collection object. The method may also include identifying any matches between results from the search and any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object.

Claims

1. A method to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search, comprising:

loading a URL personal databook collection object; and

identifying any matches between results from the search and any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising comparing the results from the search to any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object to identify any matches.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying visually any matches in the results from the search.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising visually identifying any matches by at least one of a predetermined icon, a predetermined text font and highlighting.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising presenting any saved or captured comments associated with any matches in response to positioning a computer pointing device on a selected visually identified match in the results from the search.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising selecting any results from the search containing content of interest for future reference in response to no matches.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing any selected search results in the URL personal databook collection object.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein storing any selected search results comprises storing a URL reference.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising storing the URL reference as a serialized object.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising storing any comments in association with the stored search results.

11. A method to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search, comprising:

comparing the results from the search to any URL object references in a URL personal databook collection object; and

identifying visually any matches between the results from the search and any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising loading the URL personal databook collection object in response to presenting the results from the search.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising presenting any saved or captured comments associated with any matches in response to positioning a computer pointing device on a selected visually identified match in the results from the search.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

selecting any results from the search containing content of interest for future reference in response to no matches; and

storing any selected search results in the URL personal databook collection object.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

presenting a dialogue box to enter comments related to any stored search results; and

storing any comments in association with the stored search results.

16. A system to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search, comprising:

a data structure operable on a processor to compare results from the search to any URL references stored in a URL personal databook collection object; and

a data structure to identify any matches between the results from the search and any URL references stored in the URL personal databook collection object.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising a data structure to identify visually any matches in the results from the search.

18. The system of claim 16, further comprising a data structure to present any saved or captured comments associated with any matches in response to positioning a computer pointing device on a selected visually identified match in the results from the search.

19. The system of claim 16, further comprising a data structure to select any results from the search containing content of interest for future reference in response to no matches.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a data structure to store any selected search results in the URL personal databook collection object.

21. The system of claim 20, further comprising a data structure to store and comments in association with the selected search results.

22. A method for making a system to identify a previously visited URL in results from a search, comprising:

providing a data structure operable on a processor to compare results from the search to any URL references stored in a URL personal databook collection object; and

providing a data structure to identify any matches between the results from the search and any URL references stored in the URL personal databook collection object.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing a data structure to identify visually any matches in the results from the search.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing a data structure to present any saved or captured comments associated with any matches in response to positioning a computer pointing device on a selected visually identified match in the results from the search.

25. The method of claim 22, further comprising providing a data structure to select any results from the search containing content of interest for future reference in response to no matches.

26. The method of claim 25, further comprising a data structure to store any selected search results in the URL personal databook collection object.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising providing a data structure to store any comments in association with the selected search results.

28. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

comparing the results from the search to any URL object references in a URL personal databook collection object; and

identifying visually any matches between the results from the search and any URL object references in the URL personal databook collection object.

29. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 28, further comprising loading the URL personal databook collection object in response to presenting the results from the search.

30. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 28, further comprising presenting any saved or captured comments associated with any matches in response to positioning a computer pointing device on a selected visually identified match in the results from the search.

31. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 28,

selecting any results from the search containing content of interest for future reference in response to no matches;

and

storing any selected search results in the URL personal databook collection object.

32. The computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions for performing the method of claim 31,

presenting a dialogue box to enter comments related to any stored search results;

and

storing any comments in association with the stored search results.