Network document management

• US 20070162524A1
• Filed: 01/11/2006
• Published: 07/12/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Oath Inc. (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Coe, Brian, Luqman, Ayman
• Application Number:
  US11/329,704
• Publication Number:
  US 20070162524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

Methods and systems for managing documents on a network, such as, for example the Internet. Links to websites and/or copies of the sites are saved in a personal account with a network content provider. In one embodiment, the saved information is retrieved from a user'"'"'s computer. The saved websites can be sorted, searched and accessed by a network user through a network content provider website.

Claims

1. A method of electronic document storage comprising:

receiving a request to save at least one element of at least one electronic document; and

saving said at least one element of at least one electronic document on a network content provider computer, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is retrieved from a local computer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element of at least one document is retrieved from a document object model.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said request comprises said at least one element of at least one electronic document.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an HTML document.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an electronic image.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a portable document file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a universal resource identifier for said electronic document.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising, logging a user in with a network content provider.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is stored in a searchable form.

10. The method of claim 1 further comprising, saving said at least one element of at least one electronic document from a search result.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one element is not available from a local computer, the method further comprising accessing a document outline and retrieving the at least one element via the document outline.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the document outline is a document object model.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said save request is initiated from an extension to a browser.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said save request is initiated from a toolbar.

15. The method of claim 14 further comprising, providing a downloadable toolbar operable with a browser application for viewing electronic documents.

16. The method of claim 1 further comprising, labeling said at least one element of at least one electronic document as a public document.

17. The method of claim 16 further comprising, publishing said public document on a webpage dedicated to a network service user.

18. The method of claim 1 further comprising, transmitting said public document to a network user.

19. The method of claim 1 further comprising, updating said at least one element of at least one electronic document with a current element available over a network.

20. The method of claim 1 further comprising, saving at least one element of every electronic document accessed by a network user during a session.

21. An graphical user interface comprising:

a user selectable component, wherein selection of said component initiates a storage operation comprising;

initiating a request to save at least one element of at least one electronic document; and

transmitting said at least one element of at least one electronic document to a network content provider computer, wherein said at least one element is retrieved from a local computer.

22. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said at least one element is not available from a local computer, the operation further comprising accessing a document outline and retrieving the at least one element via the document outline.

23. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said user selectable component is a button.

24. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said user selectable component is a hyperlink.

25. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said request comprises said at least one element of at least one electronic document.

26. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an HTML document.

27. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an electronic image.

28. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a portable document file.

29. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a universal resource identifier for said electronic document.

30. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said user selectable component can be accessed from a search result.

31. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said user selectable component is displayed in a context menu.

32. The graphical user interface of claim 21, wherein said user selectable component is displayed on a toolbar.

33. The graphical user interface of claim 32, wherein said toolbar is a downloadable toolbar, operable with a browser application for viewing electronic documents.

34. The graphical user interface of claim 32 further comprising, user selectable components for transmitting said at least one element of at least one electronic document to a network user.

35. A graphical user interface comprising:

a search field;

a first display region for listing one or more folders; and

a second display region for listing the contents of a selected folder, wherein said folders comprises a link to at least one element of at least one electronic document saved on a network content provider computer, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document was saved from a network user computer.

36. The graphical user interface of claim 35, wherein said first display region comprises a shared folder, wherein contents of said shared folder are available to other network users.

37. The graphical user interface of claim 35 further comprising, user selectable components for transmitting said at least one element of at least one electronic document to a network user.

38. The graphical user interface of claim 35 further comprising, user selectable components for publishing said at least one element of at least one electronic document on a webpage dedicated to a network service user.

39. The graphical user interface of claim 35 further comprising, a folder comprising at least one element of every electronic document accessed by a network user during a session.

40. A computer readable storage medium, wherein said medium stores instructions for a computer, said instructions defining at least one routine for:

receiving a request to save at least one element of at least one electronic document; and

saving said at least one element of at least one electronic document on a network content provider computer, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is retrieved from a local computer.

41. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said request comprises said at least one element of at least one electronic document.

42. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an HTML document.

43. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an electronic image.

44. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a portable document file.

45. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a universal resource identifier for said electronic document.

46. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said routine further comprises logging a user in with a network content provider.

47. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said at least one element of at least one document is retrieved from a document object model.

48. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is stored in a searchable form.

49. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said routine further comprises saving said at least one element of at least one electronic document from a search result.

50. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said medium further stores instructions for executing a toolbar.

51. The computer readable storage medium of claim 50, wherein said toolbar is a downloadable toolbar operable with a browser application for viewing electronic documents.

52. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said routine further comprises labeling said at least one element of at least one electronic document as a public document.

53. The computer readable storage medium of claim 52, wherein said routine further comprises publishing said public document on a webpage dedicated to a network service user.

54. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said routine further comprises transmitting said public document to a network user.

55. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said routine further comprises updating said at least one element of at least one electronic document with a current element available over a network.

56. The computer readable storage medium of claim 40, wherein said routine further comprises saving at least one element of every electronic document accessed by a network user during a session.

57. A server on a computer network, comprising a computer readable storage medium, wherein said medium stores instructions for a computer, said instructions defining at least one routine for:

receiving a request to save at least one element of at least one electronic document; and

saving said at least one element of at least one electronic document on a network content provider computer, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is retrieved from a local computer.

58. The server of claim 57, wherein said at least one element of at least one document is retrieved from a document object model.

59. The server of claim 57, wherein said request comprises said at least one element of at least one electronic document.

60. The server of claim 57, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an HTML document.

61. The server of claim 57, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is an electronic image.

62. The server of claim 57, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a portable document file.

63. The server of claim 57, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is a universal resource identifier for said electronic document.

64. The server of claim 57, wherein said routine further comprises logging a user in with a network content provider.

65. The server of claim 57, wherein said at least one element of at least one electronic document is stored in a searchable form.

66. The server of claim 57, wherein said routine further comprises saving said at least one element of at least one electronic document from a search result.

67. The server of claim 57, wherein said server provides a downloadable toolbar operable with a browser application for viewing electronic documents.

68. The server of claim 57, wherein said routine further comprises labeling said at least one element of at least one electronic document as a public document.

69. The server of claim 68, wherein said routine further comprises publishing said public document on a webpage dedicated to a network service user.

70. The server of claim 57, wherein said routine further comprises transmitting said public document to a network user.

71. The server of claim 57, wherein said routine further comprises updating said at least one element of at least one electronic document with a current element available over a network.

72. The server of claim 57, wherein said routine further comprises saving at least one element of every electronic document accessed by a network user during a session.