LINK TREE CREATION DEVICE

• US 20090235153A1
• Filed: 03/04/2009
• Published: 09/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Original Assignee: Brother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha (Brother Industries Limited)
• Inventors: OTSUKA, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 8,788,924 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines

Abstract

A computer-readable medium having a link tree creation program stored thereon and readable by a computer, the link tree creation program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to create a link tree in relation to links pertaining to Web pages receivable via a network. The link tree creation program causes a computer to function as a link search unit that searches a link from a file of a specified Web page, a link list preparation unit that adds the searched link to a list of a link tree, which root indicating a link to the specified Web page, a tree addition determination unit that compares the searched link with the root of the link tree and determines whether creating an additional link tree rooted from the searched link, and a tree creation unit that creates an additional link tree from a determination of the tree addition determination unit.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having a link tree creation program stored thereon and readable by a computer, the link tree creation program, when executed by the computer, causes the computer to create a link tree in relation to links pertaining to Web pages that are receivable via a network, the link tree creation program causing a computer to function as:

a link search unit that searches a link from a file of a specified Web page;

a link list preparation unit that adds the searched link to a list of a link tree, a root of the link tree indicating a link to the specified Web page;

a tree addition determination unit that compares the searched link with the root of the link tree, and determines whether or not to create an additional link tree rooted from the searched link; and

a tree creation unit that creates at least one additional link tree in accordance with a determination of the tree addition determination unit.

2. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the specified Web page is located in a first site, and a Web page indicated by the searched link is located in a second site, and

wherein the tree addition determination unit determines to create the additional link tree if the second site is different from the first site.

3. The computer-readable medium according to claim 2,

wherein, even if the second site is different from the first site, the tree addition determination unit determines not to create the additional link tree if an URL indicated by the searched link and an URL indicated by the root of the link tree have an identical domain name.

4. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the specified Web page is located in a first site, and

wherein, if the searched link includes a higher-hierarchy link, which hierarchy is higher than a hierarchy of the link of the root of the link tree, the tree addition determination unit determines to create the additional link tree rooted from the higher-hierarchy link even if a Web page indicated by the searched link is located in the first site.

5. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the computer-readable medium further causes the computer to function as a hierarchy determination unit that, upon receipt of a signal designating the number of hierarchies of respective link trees, searches links to the hierarchies.

6. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the link list preparation unit comprises a listing unit that does not add the searched link to the list of the link tree, if the listing unit confirms that the searched link corresponds to at least one of a link to an URL configured under a scheme name other than http, a link to a file other than an HTML file, and a link that has been listed on the list.

7. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the computer comprises a display unit, and

wherein the computer-readable medium further causes the computer to function as a routing unit that creates a link tree routed from a link to a Web page displayed on a display unit or from a link to a designated URL.

8. The computer-readable medium according to claim 1,

wherein the link tree is configured such that each link of the link tree displays an URL.

9. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8,

wherein the link-tree creation program further causes the computer to function as a display level selection unit that selects a display level of the URL.

10. The computer-readable medium according to claim 8,

wherein the link-tree creation program further causes the computer to function as an image display selection unit that selects a display of an image including an icon or a thumbnail in addition to the URL.

11. A link tree creation device that creates a link tree in relation to links pertaining to Web pages that are receivable via a network, the link tree creation device comprising:

a link search unit that searches a link from a file of a specified Web page;

a link list preparation unit that adds the searched link to a list of a link tree, a root of the link tree indicating a link to the specified Web page;

a tree addition determination unit that compares the searched link with the root of the link tree, and determines whether or not to create an additional link tree rooted from the searched link; and

a tree creation unit that creates at least one additional link tree in accordance with a determination of the tree addition determination unit.

12. A method for creating a link tree in relation to links pertaining to Web pages that are receivable via a network, the method comprising:

searching a link from a file of a specified Web page;

adding the searched link to a list of a link tree, a root of the link tree indicating a link to the specified Web page;

comparing the searched link with the root of the link tree, and determining whether or not to create an additional link tree rooted from the searched link; and

creating at least one additional link tree in accordance with a result of the determining.