WEB PAGE MANAGEMENT METHOD AND APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM THEREOF

• US 20110296323A1
• Filed: 05/25/2011
• Published: 12/01/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: OH, Chang-seok
• Granted Patent: US 9,524,076 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus

Abstract

A web page management method and apparatus are provided in which a selection signal is received for a plurality of web pages, and identification information is received. The plurality of web pages are grouped and managed based on the identification information.

Claims

1. A method of managing a web page, the method comprising the steps of:

receiving a selection signal for a plurality of web pages;

receiving identification information; and

grouping and managing the plurality web pages based on the identification information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of web pages comprise open web pages.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the selection signal for the plurality of web pages is received whenever a web page is opened after a web page grouping start signal is received and until a web page grouping end signal is received.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising performing a browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages based on the identification information in a same manner as a browser function with respect to a single web page, when the identification information is received after the plurality of web pages are grouped.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously activating the grouped plurality of web pages based on the identification information when the identification information is received after the plurality of web pages are grouped; and

simultaneously closing the grouped plurality of web pages when a page close signal is received.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising performing a browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages in a same manner as a browser function with respect to a single web page until the page close signal is received.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages comprises adding at least one web page to a web page group when a web page addition request signal is received, and deleting at least one web page included in the web page group when a web page deletion request signal is received.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages comprises registering the grouped plurality of web pages as one bookmark based on the identification information when a bookmark registration request signal is received, and deleting a registered bookmark based on the identification information when a bookmark deletion request signal is received.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages comprises simultaneously moving display positions of the grouped plurality of web pages on a screen when a display position movement request signal is received based on the identification information.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein performing the browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages comprises simultaneously updating the grouped plurality of web pages when an update request signal is received based on the identification information.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of web pages are correlated web pages.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of web pages are web pages having a correlation that is determined by a user.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the identification information is based on a correlation between the plurality of web pages.

14. An apparatus comprising:

a user interface unit for inputting a signal and outputting a web page;

a processor for receiving a selection signal for a plurality of web pages and identification information through the user interface unit, and for grouping and managing the plurality of web pages based on the identification information; and

a storage unit for storing the identification information and information on the plurality of web pages.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the selected plurality of web pages comprise web pages that are open on the user interface unit.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the selection signal is received whenever a web page is opened after a web page grouping start signal is received through the user interface unit and until a web page grouping end signal is received.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein, when the identification information is received after the plurality of web pages are grouped, the processor performs a browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages based on the identification information in a same manner as a browser function with respect to a single web page.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the processor simultaneously activates the grouped plurality of web pages based on the identification information when the identification information is received after the plurality of web pages are grouped, and simultaneously closes the grouped plurality of web pages when a page close signal is received.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein the processor performs a browser function with respect to the grouped plurality of web pages in a same manner as a browser function with respect to a single web page according to an input signal received through the user interface unit until the page close signal is received.

20. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor adds at least one web page to a web page group when a web page addition request signal based on the identification information is received through the user interface unit, and deletes at least one web page included in the web page group when a web page deletion request signal based on the identification information is received through the user interface unit,

wherein the information on a web page stored in the storage unit is updated when the web page is added or deleted.

21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor registers the grouped plurality of web pages as one bookmark based on the identification information when a bookmark registration request signal is received through the user interface unit, and deletes a registered bookmark based on the identification information when a bookmark deletion request signal is received through the user interface unit.

22. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor simultaneously moves display positions of the grouped plurality of web pages on a screen when a display position movement request signal is received based on the identification information through the user interface unit.

23. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the processor simultaneously updates the grouped plurality of web pages when an update request signal is received based on the identification information through the user interface unit.

24. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the plurality of web pages are correlated web pages.

25. The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the identification information is based on a correlation between the plurality of web pages.

26. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program, which when executed implements the steps of:

receiving a selection signal for a plurality of web pages;

receiving identification information; and

grouping and managing the plurality web pages based on the identification information.