Methods, Systems, and Products for Recording Browser Navigations

• US 20100125802A1
• Filed: 11/18/2008
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mullis, Karen, Huslak, Nicholas S.
• Granted Patent: US 8,589,810 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for recording a navigational sequence. A selection is received to record the navigational sequence to a destination web page. A browser application requests a sequence of uniform resource locators and downloads the destination web page. The browser application records the sequence of uniform resource locators. Another selection is received that stops recording the navigational sequence.

Claims

1. A method of recording a navigational sequence, comprising:

storing a browser in memory;

receiving a user'"'"'s selection to record a sequence of inputs to the browser to arrive at a destination web page;

receiving the sequence of inputs to the browser;

recording the sequence of inputs in the memory; and

receiving another selection in the browser to stop the recording of the sequence of inputs.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising retrieving an executable file that stores the sequence of inputs to the browser.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising outputting the recorded sequence of inputs as an output.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising sending the output to a destination.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising generating an executable file that, when executed by another browser, navigates the another browser to the destination web page.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising recording authentication information that the user enters when navigating to the destination web page.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising posting the recorded sequence of inputs to a web site.

8. A system for recording a navigational sequence, comprising:

a browser application stored in memory and a processor processing the browser application;

the processor receiving a selection to record the navigational sequence to a destination web page;

the browser application causing the processor to request a sequence of uniform resource locators and to download the destination web page;

the processor recording the sequence of uniform resource locators to the memory; and

the processor receiving another selection to stop recording the navigational sequence.

9. The system according to claim 8, wherein the processor retrieves an executable file that stores the sequence of uniform resource locators.

10. The system according to claim 8, wherein the browser application outputs the recorded sequence of uniform resource locators.

12. The system according to claim 8, wherein the browser application generates an executable file that, when executed by another browser application, requests the sequence of uniform resource locators and downloads the destination web page.

13. The system according to claim 8, wherein the processor records authentication information that a user enters while navigating to the destination web page.

14. The system according to claim 8, wherein the browser application causes the processor to post the recorded sequence of uniform resource locators to a web site.

11. The system according to claim 11, wherein the browser application sends the output to a destination.

15. A computer readable medium storing processor-executable instructions for performing a method of recording a navigational sequence, the method comprising:

processing a browser application by a processor to present a graphical user interface;

receiving a user'"'"'s selection of a graphical control in the graphical user interface that records the navigational sequence to a destination web page;

requesting a sequence of uniform resource locators and downloading the destination web page;

recording the sequence of uniform resource locators to memory; and

receiving another selection of another graphical control in the graphical user interface that stops recording the navigational sequence.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for retrieving an executable file that stores the sequence of uniform resource locators.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 16, further comprising instructions for sending the executable file to a destination.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for generating an executable file that, when executed by another browser application, requests the sequence of uniform resource locators and downloads the destination web page.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for recording authentication information that the user enters while navigating to the destination web page.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising instructions for posting the recorded sequence of uniform resource locators to a web site.