APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING BOOKMARK SERVICE IN COMMUNICATION TERMINAL

• US 20110145688A1
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Sung-Cheol, SEO, Ae-Jung, HAN, Zhong-Hai
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,156 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal are provided. The method includes accessing a website, determining whether a favicon exists in the accessed website, and when the favicon exists in the website, setting the favicon as a bookmark of the website.

Claims

1. A method for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal, the method comprising:

accessing a website;

determining whether a favicon exists in the accessed website; and

when the favicon exists in the website, setting the favicon as a bookmark of the website.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the favicon does not exist in the website, selecting one icon from previously stored icons, and setting the selected icon as the bookmark of the website.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the favicon is obtained based on at least one of a root of a server of the website and meta data of the website, and

the meta data comprises at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website, a favicon, and other Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) field information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the favicon exists, applying an image effect to the relevant favicon,

wherein the image effect comprises at least one of vectorization, smooth-process, rotation, color control, brightness control, size control, a shadow effect, and a frame addition.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when accessing the website, obtaining information related to the website access;

mapping the access-related information to the bookmark of the website and storing the access-related information; and

when a specific bookmark is tapped or dragged with bookmarks for each website displayed, displaying access-related information mapped to the specific bookmark.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the access-related information comprises at least one of a website URL, a last access time, a loading time, a loading speed, a loading data, and a website image.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

when the bookmark is tapped or dragged, displaying a window for setting a kind of data to be loaded from a relevant website; and

allowing a user to set the kind of the data to be loaded.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

when a screen display ratio control event occurs with bookmarks for each website displayed, performing at least one of magnification and reduction of a screen comprising the bookmark according to a screen display ratio; and

when the screen display ratio exceeds a threshold, displaying an image of a relevant website instead of the bookmark on the screen.

9. An apparatus for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a controller for, when a website is accessed, determining whether a favicon exists in the accessed website, and when the favicon exists in the website, setting the relevant favicon as a bookmark of the website.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein when the favicon does not exist in the website, the controller selects one icon from previously stored icons and sets the selected icon as the bookmark of the website.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the controller obtains the favicon based on at least one of a root of a server of the website and meta data of the website, and

the meta data comprises at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website, a favicon, and other Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) field information.

12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein when the favicon exists, the controller applies an image effect to the relevant favicon, and the image effect comprises at least one of vectorization, smooth-process, rotation, color control, brightness control, size control, a shadow effect, and a frame addition.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein when accessing the website, the controller obtains information related to the accessing of the website, and the apparatus further comprises:

a storage unit for mapping the obtained access-related information to the bookmark of the website and storing the access-related information; and

a display unit for, when a specific bookmark is tapped or dragged with bookmarks for each website displayed, displaying access-related information mapped to the specific bookmark.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the access-related information comprises at least one of a website URL, a last access time, a loading time, a loading speed, a loading data, and a website image.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein when the bookmark is tapped or dragged, the controller displays a window for setting a kind of data to be loaded from a relevant website on the display unit to allow a user to set the kind of the data to be loaded.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein when a screen display ratio control event occurs with bookmarks for each website displayed, the controller performs at least one of magnification and reduction of a screen comprising the bookmark according to a screen display ratio, and when the screen display ratio exceeds a threshold, the controller controls to display an image of a relevant website instead of the bookmark on the screen.

17. A communication terminal, comprising:

a communication unit for communicating with a web server;

a controller including a bookmark manager for determining whether a favicon is present in a website accessed via the communication unit and for setting the favicon as a bookmark for the website; and

a display unit for displaying a user interface including the bookmark.

18. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein, when a specific icon corresponding to a bookmark displayed on the display unit is tapped or dragged, the controller controls the display unit to display access-related information corresponding to the website associated with the bookmark.

19. The communication terminal of claim 17, further comprising:

a storage unit for storing the favicon corresponding to the bookmark and the access-related information corresponding to the website associated with the bookmark.

20. The communication terminal of claim 17, wherein, when the favicon is present in the website, the controller performs an image effect on the favicon and sets the changed favicon as the bookmark for the website.