PROVIDING BROWSING HISTORY ON CLIENT FOR DYNAMIC WEBPAGE

• US 20130275493A1
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Yuk L., Cheng, Gisela C., Ng, Kin, Washington, Derrick L.
• Granted Patent: US 9,183,314 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

A technique is provided for capturing browsing history of a webpage. A processor receives a webpage from a server, determines that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, and captures a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.

Claims

1. A method for capturing browsing history of a webpage, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, the webpage from a server;

determining, by the processor, that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled; and

capturing, by the processor, a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to cause the page of the webpage to be captured;

and

wherein metadata related to the page is captured along with the page.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user in advance;

wherein the metadata captured along with the page comprises at least one of a time stamp, a universal resource locator, a uniform resource identifier, and information filled in by the user;

wherein a listing of browsing history, as displayed to the user, comprises the page captured and the metadata corresponding to that captured page; and

wherein the listing of browsing history is displayed to the user as a thumbnail of the webpage together with the metadata for the page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled when a predefined amount of time elapses as set by the user in advance.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user based on a predefined amount of change between display of a first page and display of a second page of the webpage;

wherein responsive to the processor determining that the predefined amount of change has occurred for the webpage, the processor is configured to capture the second page.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the predefined amount of change corresponds to the first page differing from the second page by a predefined percentage.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is set to be fulfilled by user action in which the user action comprises interacting with a currently displayed page of the webpage.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user action is configured to be set to at least one of:

filling in a form on the currently displayed page;

submitting a completed form;

making a selection on the currently displayed page;

selecting a button to traverse to a subsequently displayed page;

selecting a button to traverse to a previously displayed page;

selecting a link on the currently displayed page;

selecting a button to end a session on the currently displayed page;

interacting with dynamic content that periodically changes;

filling in a particular field on the currently displayed page; and

closing the currently displayed page.

9. A system for capturing browsing history of a webpage, comprising:

memory configured to store a program; and

a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to;

receive the webpage from a server;

determine that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled; and

capture a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the trigger is configured to cause the page of the webpage to be captured;

and

wherein metadata related to the page is captured along with the page.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user in advance;

wherein the metadata captured along with the page comprises at least one of a time stamp, a universal resource locator, a uniform resource identifier, and information filled in by the user;

wherein a listing of browsing history, as displayed to the user, comprises the page captured and the metadata corresponding to that captured page; and

wherein the listing of browsing history is displayed to the user as a thumbnail of the webpage together with the metadata for the page.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled when a predefined amount of time elapses as set by the user in advance.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user based on a predefined amount of change between display of a first page and display of a second page of the webpage;

and

wherein responsive to the processor determining that the predefined amount of change has occurred for the webpage, the processor is configured to capture the second page.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the predefined amount of change corresponds to the first page differing from the second page by a predefined percentage.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the trigger is set to be fulfilled by user action in which the user action comprises interacting with a currently displayed page of the webpage.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the user action is configured to be set to at least one of:

filling in a form on the currently displayed page;

submitting a completed form;

making a selection on the currently displayed page;

selecting a button to traverse to a subsequently displayed page;

selecting a button to traverse to a previously displayed page;

selecting a link on the currently displayed page;

selecting a button to end a session on the currently displayed page;

interacting with dynamic content that periodically changes;

filling in a particular field on the currently displayed page; and

closing the currently displayed page.

17. A computer program product for capturing browsing history of a webpage, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

receiving, by a processor, the webpage from a server;

determining, by the processor, that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled; and

capturing, by the processor, a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the trigger is configured to cause the page of the webpage to be captured;

and

wherein metadata related to the page is captured along with the page.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user in advance;

wherein the metadata captured along with the page comprises at least one of a time stamp, a universal resource locator, a uniform resource identifier, and information filled in by the user;

wherein a listing of browsing history, as displayed to the user, comprises the page captured and the metadata corresponding to that captured page; and

wherein the listing of browsing history is displayed to the user as a thumbnail of the webpage together with the metadata for the page.

20. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled when a predefined amount of time elapses as set by the user in advance.

21. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user based on a predefined amount of change between display of a first page and display of a second page of the webpage;

and

wherein responsive to the processor determining that the predefined amount of change has occurred for the webpage, the processor is configured to capture the second page.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, wherein the predefined amount of change corresponds to the first page differing from the second page by a predefined percentage.