System, Method, and Computer Program Product for Internet Tool

• US 20070180019A1
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Published: 08/02/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Michael Woods
• Original Assignee: Michael Woods
• Inventors: Woods, Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/309,902
• Publication Number:
  US 20070180019A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program product for an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a set of service templates; and a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining the user input with a user-specified service template selected from the set of service templates responsive to the user selection signal to produce the resource access specification.

Claims

1. An apparatus for generating a resource access specification for a network resource, the apparatus comprising:

an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a service template, said interface including a drag/drop target for receiving a resource ID at a control and thereafter activating said resource ID by actuating said control; and

a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining said user input with said service template responsive to said user selection signal to produce the resource access specification that includes a reference to a multimedia resource.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said interface includes a control element active with a web browser process.

3. An apparatus for generating a resource access specification for a network resource, the apparatus comprising:

an interface for receiving a user input and a user selection signal and for concurrently supporting a service template; and

a specification compiling system communicable to a network supporting the network resource for combining said user input with said service template responsive to said user selection signal to produce the resource access specification having a two-part resource ID, a first part defining a reference ID and a second part defining an extension part.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said first part includes a URL of a web resource and said second part includes a javascript method callable from said URL.

5. The apparatus of claim 3 wherein said interface includes a control element active with a web browser process.

6. A resource access method, the method comprising:

a) activating a service template, said interface including a drag/drop target for receiving a resource ID at a control and thereafter activating said resource ID by actuating said control;

b) responding to a signal from a user at said control to compile a resource access specification using said service templates and any user identified placeholder substitutions, said resource access specification including a component derived from a resource identifier for a current content of a resource browser; and

c) accessing the resource using said resource access specification.

7. A computer program product comprising a computer readable medium carrying program instructions for accessing a resource when executed using a computing system, the executed program instructions executing a method, the method comprising:

a) activating a service template, said interface including a drag/drop target for receiving a resource ID at a control and thereafter activating said resource ID by actuating said control;

b) responding to a signal from a user to compile a resource access specification using said service templates and any user identified placeholder substitutions, said resource access specification including a component derived from a resource identifier for a current content of a resource browser; and

c) accessing the resource using said resource access specification.