Method and apparatus for displaying web page

• US 20070094352A1
• Filed: 10/20/2006
• Published: 04/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: Choi, Sang-hoon, Yoon, Hyun-sik
• Application Number:
  US11/583,864
• Publication Number:
  US 20070094352A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

A method and an apparatus for easily displaying a web page on a consumer electric device are provided. When a request for exporting user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page is received, the user context information is exported to a device capable of displaying the web page according to the request.

Claims

1. A method of providing user context information, the method comprising:

receiving a request to export user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page; and

exporting the user context information to a device capable of displaying the web page according to the received request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user context information represents context generated by a user'"'"'s action on the web page, and,

the exporting comprises exporting a uniform resource locator (URL) and the user context information of the web page to the device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving comprises receiving the request for exporting the user context information by clicking a link installed in a plug-in form in the web page.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising, in response to the receiving the request for exporting the user context information, displaying a list of at least one device capable of displaying the web page such that any one device can be selected from the list of at least one device.

5. An apparatus for providing user context information, the apparatus comprising:

a web browser which receives a request to export user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page; and

an export unit which exports the user context information to a device capable of displaying the web page according to the received request.

6. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for performing a method of providing user context information, the method comprising:

receiving a request to export user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page; and

exporting the user context information to a device capable of displaying the web page according to the received request.

7. A method of displaying a web page, the method comprising:

importing user context information of the web page from a device; and

displaying the web page based on the imported user context information.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user context information represents context generated by a user'"'"'s action on the web page, and,

the importing comprises importing a uniform resource locator (URL) and the user context information of the web page from the device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein, in the displaying, if the web page is selected from a list of at least one web page including the web page, a web server having a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web page is requested to provide a web service of the user context information and the web page is displayed using the web service as a response of the request.

10. An apparatus for displaying a web page, the apparatus comprising:

an import unit which imports user context information of the web page from a device; and

a web browser which displays the web page based on the user context information imported by the import unit.

11. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for performing a method of displaying a web page, the method comprising:

importing user context information of the web page from a device; and

displaying the web page based on the imported user context information.

12. A method of providing user context information based on Universal Plug and Play (UPnP), the method comprising:

receiving a request to export user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page; and

exporting the user context information to a media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page, according to the received request.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the user context information represents context generated by a user'"'"'s action on the web page, and,

the exporting comprises exporting a uniform resource locator (URL) and the user context information of the web page to the media server.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein, in the receiving, the request for exporting the user context information is received by clicking a link installed in a plug-in form in the web page.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising, in response to the receiving the request for exporting the user context information, displaying a list including at least one media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page is displayed such that any one media server can be selected from the list of at least one media server.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein, in the displaying, the user context information is converted into a digital item declaration lite character string and a CreateObject action of the content directory service is called.

17. An apparatus for providing user context information, the apparatus comprising:

a web browser which receives a request to export user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page; and

a Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) control point (CP) stack which exports the user context information to a media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page, according to the received request.

18. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for performing a method of providing user context information based on Universal Plug and Play (UpnP), the method comprising:

receiving a request to export user context information of a web page through a user interface of the web page; and

exporting the user context information to a media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page, according to the received request.

19. A method of displaying a web page based on Universal Plug and Play (UpnP), the method comprising:

importing user context information of the web page from a media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page; and

displaying the web page based on the imported user context information.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the user context information represents context generated by a user'"'"'s action on the web page, and,

the importing comprises importing a uniform resource locator (URL) and the user context information of the web page from the media server.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein, in the importing, when the web page is selected from a list of at least one web page including the web page, the web server having a uniform resource locator (URL) of the web page is requested to provide a web service of the user context information, and the web page is displayed using the web service as a response of the request.

22. The method of claim 19, wherein, in the importing, a browse action and a search action of the content directory service are called, and a uniform resource locator (URL) and the user context information are imported from the media server as return of the call.

23. An apparatus for displaying a web page based on Universal Plug and Play (UpnP), the apparatus comprising:

a UPnP control point (CP) stack which imports user context information of the web page from a media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page; and

a web browser which displays the web page based on the user context information imported by the UPnP CP stack.

24. A computer-readable medium having embodied thereon a computer program for performing a method of displaying a web page based on universal plug and play (UpnP), the method comprising:

importing user context information of the web page from a media server which provides a content directory service based on UPnP to a device capable of displaying the web page; and

displaying the web page based on the imported user context information.