METHOD FOR PROVIDING WIDGET AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING AND DISPLAYING THE SAME

• US 20110066931A1
• Filed: 04/19/2010
• Published: 03/17/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: LEE, Hye-jeong, KIM, Yong-deok, CHOI, Sung-wook, KIM, Yeun-bae
• Application Number:
  US12/762,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20110066931A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A widget providing method and an apparatus for displaying the widget are provided. According to the present method of generating a hyperlink widget, a widget is generated upon selection of links included in a web page. The generated widget is displayed on the specific portion of a screen. Through the generated widget, a user may check brief information regarding the hyperlinked web page, select widgets including contents that the user wants, and load and display the hyperlinked web pages corresponding to the selected widgets, without the user having to return to the apparatus page and select another hyperlink.

Claims

1. A method for providing and displaying a widget, comprising;

providing a plurality of links;

selecting at least one link from the plurality of links;

generating a widget corresponding to the selected link; and

displaying the generated widget on a screen.

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

selecting the generated widget by a user, and

displaying, upon selection of the generated widget by a user, a linked web page corresponding to the selected widget.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the selecting includes selection of a plurality of links simultaneously according to a user manipulation, and wherein the generating includes generating a plurality of widgets corresponding to the selected plurality of links.

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

storing the generated widget.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the storing includes storing a widget selected by a user from among the generated widgets.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated widget displays at least one part of the contents, image, and brief information of a web page corresponding to the link.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein, upon updating the generated widget, the contents and shape of updated widget are also changed.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated widget is displayed separately from a web page display area.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the screen includes a webpage display area and a widget display area, and

wherein the generated widget is displayed on the widget display area.

10. A display apparatus, comprising:

a communication unit which provides a plurality of links;

a control unit which selects at least one link, said control unit generating a widget corresponding to the selected link, and controlling a display unit to display the generated widget on a screen.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit, upon the selection of a generated widget by a user, controls the display unit to display a linked web page corresponding to the widget.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit simultaneously selects a plurality of links according to a user manipulation, wherein said control unit generates a plurality of widgets corresponding to the selected plurality of links, and said control unit controls the display unit to display the generated plurality of widgets on a screen.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 10, further comprising:

a storage unit which stores the generated widget.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the control unit controls the storage unit so that a widget selected by a user from among the generated widgets is stored in the storage unit.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display at least part of the contents, image, and brief information of a web page corresponding to the link on the generated widget.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit, upon updating of the generated widget, controls the display unit so that the content and shape of the updated widget are also changed.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the control unit controls the display unit to display the generated widget on a portion of the screen separate from a web page display area.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the screen includes a web page display area and a widget display area, and the control unit controls the display unit to display the generated widget on the widget display area.