BUNDLING WEB BROWSER SESSION CONTEXTS

• US 20120216124A1
• Filed: 02/18/2011
• Published: 08/23/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/18/2011
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Martino, Jacquelyn A., Matchen, Paul M.
• Application Number:
  US13/030,730
• Publication Number:
  US 20120216124A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/739
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment

Abstract

Bundling web browser session contexts may include aggregating a list of currently open browser web pages and presenting the list to a user. A user may select one or more browser web pages from the list. Based on the selected one or more browser web pages, a context bundle is generated and saved.

Claims

1. A method for bundling web browser session contexts, comprising:

aggregating a list of currently open browser web pages;

presenting the list to a user;

allowing a user to select one or more browser web pages on the list;

receiving selected one or more browser web pages;

generating a context bundle based on the selected one or more browser web pages; and

storing the context bundle.

2. The method of claim 1, further grouping the selected one or more web pages into hierarchical subgroups.

3. The method of claim 1, further including:

providing an option in a browser interface to bundle a plurality of web pages, wherein the steps of claim 1 are performed in response to a user selecting the option.

4. The method of claim 1, further including:

aggregating one or more items from a browser history file containing previously accessed web pages, wherein the list presented to the user further includes the one or more items to the browser history file.

5. The method of claim 1, further including:

aggregating one or more bookmarked items, wherein to the list presented to the user further includes the one or more bookmarked items.

6. The method of claim 1, further including:

storing one or more cookies associated with the selected one or more browser web pages as a context bundle.

7. The method of claim 1, further including:

transmitting the context bundle over a network to another user.

8. The method of claim 1, further including:

restoring the context bundle by opening and displaying the selected one or more browser web pages.

9. The method of claim 1, further including:

searching a plurality of context bundles to select a context bundle to restore.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the context bundle includes identifiers of the selected web pages, and one or more of summary of the selected web pages, web clippings associated with the selected web pages, annotations associated with the context bundle, meta-data aggregated from the selected web pages, tags associated with the context bundle, a list of one or more other context bundles determined to be related to the context bundle, or visit history of the selected web pages, or combinations thereof.

22. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20, further including:

providing an option in a browser interface to bundle a plurality of web pages, wherein the steps of claim 1 are performed in response to a user selecting the option.

11. A system for bundling web browser session contexts, comprising:

a processor;

a user interface module operable to interact with a user;

a context bundle module operable to aggregate a list of currently open browser web pages and present the list to a user via the user interface module, the context bundle further operable to receive selected one or more browser web pages and generate a context bundle based on the selected one or more browser web pages.

12. The system of claim 11, further including:

a storage device storing the context bundle.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the context bundle module is further operable to group the selected one or more web pages into hierarchical subgroups.

14. The system of claim 11, the user interface module provides an option to bundle a plurality of web pages, wherein the context bundle module performs its operations in response to a user selecting the option.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the context bundle module aggregates one or more items from a browser history file containing previously accessed web pages, wherein the list presented to the user further includes the one or more items to the browser history file.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the context bundle module aggregates one or more bookmarked items to the list, wherein the list presented to the user further includes the one or more bookmarked items.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the context bundle further stores one or more cookies associated with the selected one or more browser web pages.

18. The system of claim 11, wherein the context bundle further transmits the context bundle over a network to another user.

19. The system of claim 11, wherein the context bundle includes identifiers of the selected web pages, and one or more of summary of the selected web pages, web clippings associated with the selected web pages, annotations associated with the context bundle, meta-data aggregated from the selected web pages, tags associated with the context bundle, a list of one or more other context bundles determined to be related to the context bundle, or visit history of the selected web pages, or combinations thereof.

20. A computer readable storage medium storing a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a method for bundling web browser session contexts, comprising:

aggregating a list of currently open browser web pages;

presenting the list to a user;

allowing a user to select one or more browser web pages on the list;

receiving selected one or more browser web pages;

generating a context bundle based on the selected one or more browser web pages; and

storing the context bundle.

21. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20, further grouping the selected one or more web pages into hierarchical subgroups.

23. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20, further including:

aggregating one or more items from a browser history file containing previously accessed web pages, wherein the list presented to the user further includes the one or more items to the browser history file.

24. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20, further including:

aggregating one or more bookmarked items, wherein to the list presented to the user further includes the one or more bookmarked items.

25. The computer readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the context bundle includes identifiers of the selected web pages, and one or more of summary of the selected web pages, web clippings associated with the selected web pages, annotations associated with the context bundle, meta-data aggregated from the selected web pages, tags associated with the context bundle, a list of one or more other context bundles determined to be related to the context bundle, or visit history of the selected web pages, or combinations thereof.