SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR WEB BROWSING USING PLACEMARKS AND CONTEXTUAL RELATIONSHIPS IN A DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM

• US 20100031166A1
• Filed: 07/29/2008
• Published: 02/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daedalus Blue LLC
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Patel, Niraj D., CHOUDHARY, SAMAR, Pandiarajan, Vijay, Subramanian, Balan, Gutierrez-Rivas, Humberto
• Granted Patent: US 9,251,281 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A system and method for web browsing using placemarks and contextual relationships in a data processing system. A navigation placemark is provided within a web browser. The web browser comprises a first web page and a second web page. A piece of information is located at a specific location within each of the first and second web pages. A first individual placemark is added to the navigation placemark, and a second individual placemark is added to the navigation placemark. Web page content is extracted from the first web page and can be used to control information shown within the second web page. An interaction between the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark is specified. A trigger criteria for the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark is also specified. A first profile and a second profile are created. The first profile is run as a background process that can be driven by the second profile, and a user may switch between the first and second profiles. The web browser may further comprise a first browser window comprising the first web page and a second browser window comprising the second web page, and/or the web browser may further comprise a browser window comprising a first tab and a second tab, where the first tab comprises the first web page and the second tab comprises the second web page.

Claims

1. In a web browser comprising a first web page and a second web page, a web browsing method comprising:

providing a navigation placemark;

locating a piece of information at a specific location within each of the first web page and the second web page;

in response to said locating the piece of information, adding a first individual placemark to the navigation placemark within the first web page, and adding a second individual placemark to the navigation placemark within the second web page;

in response to adding the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark, extracting web page content from the first web page that can be used to control information shown within the second web page;

specifying an interaction between the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page;

specifying a trigger criteria for each of the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page;

creating a first profile comprising one or more from the group consisting of;

a set of tabs;

a set of browser windows;

extractions rules; and

an interaction model;

creating a second profile comprising one or more from the group consisting of;

a set of tabs;

a set of browser windows;

extractions rules; and

an interaction model;

in response to creating the first and second profiles, running the first profile as a background process that can be driven by the second profile; and

switching between the first and second profiles.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the web browser further comprises a first browser window comprising the first web page and a second browser window comprising the second web page.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the web browser further comprises a browser window comprising a first tab and a second tab, and wherein the first tab comprises the first web page and the second tab comprises the second web page.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

in response to adding the first and second individual placemarks to the navigation placemark, recalling the location of the piece of information within the first web page and the second web page by the navigation placemark.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

monitoring user actions to build a pattern of actions across one or more from the group consisting of;

the set of tabs; and

the set of browser windows; and

in response to monitoring user actions, automatically generating a profile.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein each of the first and second individual placemarks comprise a plurality of data points used to define the specific location within the each of the first web page and the second web page.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a sequence of the first and second individual placemarks within the navigation placemark is defined according to one or more from the group consisting of:

explicitly user-defined; and

implicitly defined by the order of creation of each of the first and second individual placemarks.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the trigger criteria comprise one or more selected from the group consisting of:

clicking a button;

submitting a form;

hovering over a link; and

hovering over a particular location within a browser window.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the interaction between the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page comprises a broadcast from one of the first and second web pages to the other of the first and second web pages.

10. A system for web browsing using placemarks and contextual relationships, said system comprising:

at least one processing unit; and

a computer usable medium embodying computer program code, said computer usable medium being coupled to said at least one processing unit, said computer program code comprising instructions executable by said at least one processing unit and configured for;

providing a navigation placemark;

locating a piece of information at a specific location within a first web page and a second web page of a web browser;

in response to said locating the piece of information, adding a first individual placemark to the navigation placemark within the first web page, and adding a second individual placemark to the navigation placemark within the second web page;

in response to adding the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark, extracting web page content from the first web page that can be used to control information shown within the second web page;

specifying an interaction between the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page;

specifying a trigger criteria for each of the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page;

creating a first profile comprising one or more from the group consisting of;

a set of tabs;

a set of browser windows;

extractions rules; and

an interaction model;

creating a second profile comprising one or more from the group consisting of;

a set of tabs;

a set of browser windows;

extractions rules; and

an interaction model;

in response to creating the first and second profiles, running the first profile as a background process that can be driven by the second profile; and

switching between the first and second profiles.

11. The system according to claim 10, wherein the web browser further comprises a first browser window comprising the first web page and a second browser window comprising the second web page.

12. The system according to claim 10, wherein the web browser further comprises a browser window comprising a first tab and a second tab, and wherein the first tab comprises the first web page and the second tab comprises the second web page.

13. The system according to claim 10, wherein said instructions are further configured for:

in response to adding the first and second individual placemarks to the navigation placemark, recalling the location of the piece of information within the first web page and the second web page by the navigation placemark.

14. The system according to claim 10, wherein said instructions are further configured for:

monitoring user actions to build a pattern of actions across one or more from the group consisting of;

the set of tabs; and

the set of browser windows; and

in response to monitoring user actions, automatically generating a profile.

15. The system according to claim 10, wherein the trigger criteria comprise one or more selected from the group consisting of:

clicking a button;

submitting a form;

hovering over a link; and

hovering over a particular location within a browser window.

16. A computer readable medium storing a computer program for web browsing using placemarks and contextual relationships, wherein the computer program contains computer executable instructions that when executed by a computer processor, perform the functions of:

providing a navigation placemark;

locating a piece of information at a specific location within a first web page and a second web page of a web browser;

in response to said locating the piece of information, adding a first individual placemark to the navigation placemark within the first web page, and adding a second individual placemark to the navigation placemark within the second web page;

in response to adding the first individual placemark and the second individual placemark, extracting web page content from the first web page that can be used to control information shown within the second web page;

specifying an interaction between the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page;

specifying a trigger criteria for each of the first individual placemark within the first web page and the second individual placemark within the second web page;

creating a first profile comprising one or more from the group consisting of;

a set of tabs;

a set of browser windows;

extractions rules; and

an interaction model;

creating a second profile comprising one or more from the group consisting of;

a set of tabs;

a set of browser windows;

extractions rules; and

an interaction model;

in response to creating the first and second profiles, running the first profile as a background process that can be driven by the second profile; and

switching between the first and second profiles.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the web browser further comprises a first browser window comprising the first web page and a second browser window comprising the second web page.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein the web browser further comprises a browser window comprising a first tab and a second tab, and wherein the first tab comprises the first web page and the second tab comprises the second web page.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein said instructions further perform the functions of:

in response to adding the first and second individual placemarks to the navigation placemark, recalling the location of the piece of information within the first web page and the second web page by the navigation placemark.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, wherein said instructions further perform the functions of:

monitoring user actions to build a pattern of actions across one or more from the group consisting of;

the set of tabs; and

the set of browser windows; and

in response to monitoring user actions, automatically generating a profile.