BOOKMARKING INTERNET RESOURCES IN AN INTERNET BROWSER

• US 20100050067A1
• Filed: 03/19/2007
• Published: 02/25/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Curwen, Gillian, Harris, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,286,407 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A method of bookmarking internet resources in an internet browser includes providing to a user an internet resource discovered by a search conducted via the browser in accordance with user supplied criteria; creating, responsive to a bookmarking request from the user, bookmark data having identifying data for the internet resource and an associated resource representation of the internet resource; and creating a hierarchy, for presentation to the user, of representations of internet resources for which bookmarking has been requested and of associated search criteria, each bookmarked resource representation being placed subordinate to corresponding associated search criteria representation in the hierarchy. A user can navigate to a bookmarked representation of a resource of interest via the corresponding associated search criteria representation for selection and subsequent retrieval of the resource of interest.

Claims

1. A method of bookmarking internet resources in an internet browser, comprising:

providing to a user an internet resource discovered by a search conducted via said browser in accordance with user supplied criteria;

creating, responsive to a bookmarking request from said user, bookmark data comprising identifying data for said internet resource and an associated resource representation of said internet resource; and

creating a hierarchy, for presentation to said user, of representations of internet resources for which bookmarking has been requested and of associated search criteria, each said bookmarked resource representation being placed subordinate to a corresponding associated search criteria representation in said hierarchy;

wherein a user can navigate to a bookmarked representation of a resource of interest via said corresponding search criteria representation for selection and subsequent retrieval of said resource of interest.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said associated search criteria comprise a search argument for a search engine.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said associated search criteria further comprise a search engine identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein creating said hierarchy comprises creating a representation of said search engine and a representation of said search argument, said representation of said search argument being subordinate to said representation of said search engine in said hierarchy.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said hierarchical representation employs a folder paradigm, wherein said bookmarked resource representations are only revealed upon selection by the user of an associated search criteria representation.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising recording in said bookmark data a current access history for said internet resource, said current access history comprising resource identifying data of other resources traversed by said browser during a search made by said user to arrive at said internet resource.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

matching resource identifying data in said current access history with known search engine identifying data in order to identify a search engine used in said search; and

using a name of said identified search engine as a top level search criteria representation in said hierarchy.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

parsing said resource identifying data which identifies said search engine to extract said search arguments; and

using said search arguments as a second level representation in said hierarchy.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

selecting a bookmarked resource representation in said hierarchy;

receiving retrace requests from said user; and

examining said access history for said bookmarked resource representation; and

retrieving said other resources traversed by said browser in reverse order.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said resource identifying data comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).

11. The method of claim 10, wherein said resource identifying data comprises a resource name.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein said bookmark data further comprises said associated search criteria.

13. A computer program product for bookmarking an internet resource in an internet browser, the computer program product comprising:

a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising;

computer usable program code configured to, in response to a bookmarking request from a user corresponding to an internet resource discovered by means of a search conducted in accordance with user supplied search criteria, create bookmark data comprising identifying data for said internet resource and create an associated resource representation thereof; and

computer usable program code configured to create a hierarchy, for presentation to said user, of representations of internet resources for which bookmarking has been requested and of associated search criteria, each said bookmarked resource representation being placed subordinate to a corresponding associated search criteria representation in said hierarchy;

wherein a user can navigate to a bookmarked representation of a resource of interest via said corresponding search criteria representation for selection and subsequent retrieval of the respective internet resource.

14. An internet browser system comprising:

a computing device in communication with the Internet, wherein said computing device is configured to;

provide to a user an internet resource discovered by an internet search in accordance with user supplied criteria;

create, responsive to a bookmarking request from said user, bookmark data comprising identifying data for said internet resource and an associated resource representation of said internet resource; and

create a hierarchy, for presentation to said user, of representations of internet resources for which bookmarking has been requested and of associated search criteria, each said bookmarked resource representation being placed subordinate to a corresponding associated search criteria representation in said hierarchy;

wherein a user can navigate to a bookmarked representation of a resource of interest via said corresponding search criteria representation for selection and subsequent retrieval of said resource of interest.

15. The internet browser system of claim 14, wherein said associated search criteria of said bookmark data comprise a search argument for a search engine.

16. The internet browser system of claim 15, wherein said associated search criteria include a search engine identifier.

17. The internet browser system of claim 16, wherein said computing device is further configured to create a representation of said search engine and a representation of said search argument which is subordinate to said representation of said search engine in said hierarchy.

18. The internet browser system of claim 14, wherein said hierarchical representation employs a folder paradigm, whereby said bookmarked resource representations are only revealed upon selection by the user of an associated search criteria representation.

19. The internet browser system of claim 14, wherein said computing device is further configured to record in said bookmark data a current access history for the resource of interest, said current access history comprising resource identifying data of resources traversed by said browser system during said search to arrive at said resource of interest.

20. The internet browser system of claim 19, wherein said search engine is itself an internet resource and said computing device is further configured to:

match resource identifying data in said current access history with known search engine identifying data in order to identify the search engine used in said search; and

use a name of said identified search engine as a top level search criteria representation in said hierarchy.

21. The internet browser system of claim 20, wherein said computing device is further configured to:

parse said resource identifying data which identifies the search engine to extract said search arguments; and

use said search arguments as a second level representation in said hierarchy.

22. The internet browser system of claim 19, wherein said computing device is further configured to:

receive a selection of a bookmarked resource representation in said hierarchy;

receive retrace requests from said user;

examine said access history for said bookmarked resource of interest; and

retrieve said other resources traversed by said browser in reverse order.

23. The internet browser system of claim 14;

wherein said resource identifying data comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).

24. The internet browser system of claim 14, wherein said resource identifying data comprises a resource name.

25. The internet browser system of claims 14, wherein said bookmark data further comprises said associated search criteria.