METHOD FOR BROWSING WEBPAGE PICTURE AND CLIENT DEVICE THEREFOR

• US 20140324954A1
• Filed: 04/24/2014
• Published: 10/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Shenzhen Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: XU, Fei, FAN, Yuewei
• Granted Patent: US 10,015,284 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

The present disclosure, pertaining to the field of computer technologies, relates to a method for browsing a webpage picture and a client device therefor. The method includes: receiving, by a client device, a picture mode triggered by a user when browsing a webpage; acquiring a picture on the webpage to be browsed by the user; and displaying the picture to the user. The client device includes: a receiving module, a first acquiring module, and a displaying module. According to the present disclosure, when a user is only interested in pictures on a webpage, a client device acquires the pictures on the webpage separately and collectively displays the pictures to the user, such that the user browses the pictures on the webpage, thereby meeting user'"'"'s demand on browsing only pictures.

Claims

1. A method for browsing a webpage picture, comprising:

receiving, by a client device, a picture mode triggered by a user when browsing a webpage;

acquiring a picture on the webpage to be browsed by the user; and

displaying the picture to the user.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring a picture on the webpage to be browsed by the user comprises:

acquiring, by the client device, webpage content to be browsed by the user from a server, and acquiring the picture from the webpage content according to a picture label in the webpage content;

or

sending, by the client device, a request for browsing only pictures to the server such that the server, upon receiving the request, acquires, according to the picture label, the picture from the webpage content to be browsed by the user, and sends the picture to the client device; and

receiving the picture returned by the server.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein prior to the acquiring a picture on the webpage to be browsed by the user, the method comprises:

acquiring, by the client device, an access point type of a user terminal, and sending the access point type to the server; and

providing, by the server according to the access point type, a picture of a corresponding type for the webpage to be browsed by the user.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the providing, by the server according to the access point type, a picture of a corresponding type for the webpage to be browsed by the user comprises:

judging, by the server, whether the access point type is a preset access point type, if the access point type is the preset access point type, providing an original picture for the webpage to be browsed by the user, and if the access point type is not the preset access point type, providing a compressed picture for the webpage to be browsed by the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein after the displaying the picture to the user, the method comprises:

pre-reading, by the client device, at least one picture from content on a next page of the webpage.

6. A client device, comprising:

a receiving module, configured to receive a picture mode triggered by a user when browsing a webpage;

a first acquiring module, configured to acquire a picture on the webpage to be browsed by the user after the receiving module receives the picture mode triggered by the user; and

a displaying module, configured to display the picture acquired by the first acquiring module to the user.

7. The client device according to claim 6, wherein the first acquiring module specifically comprise a first acquiring unit and a second acquiring unit, or specifically comprises a sending unit and a receiving unit;

wherein

the first acquiring unit is configured to acquire webpage content to be browsed by the user from a server;

the second acquiring unit is configured to acquire the picture from the webpage content according to a picture label in the webpage content acquired by the first acquiring unit;

the sending unit is configured to send a request for browsing only pictures to the server, such that the server, upon receiving the request, according to the picture label, acquires the picture from the webpage content to be browsed by the user; and

the receiving unit is configured to receive the picture returned by the server.

8. The client device according to claim 7, further comprising:

a second acquiring module, configured to acquire an access point type of a user terminal, and sending the access point type to the server before the first acquiring module acquires a picture on the webpage to be browsed by the user; and

a sending module, configured to send the access point type acquired by the second acquiring module to the server, such that the server provides, according to the access point type, a picture of a corresponding type for the webpage to be browsed by the user.

9. The client device according to claim 6, further comprising:

a pre-reading module, configured to pre-read at least one picture from content on a next page of the webpage after the displaying module displays the picture to the user.

10. A method for browsing a webpage picture, comprising:

receiving an access point type reported by a client device; and

judging whether the access point type is a preset access point type, if the access point type is the preset access point type, providing an original picture for the webpage to be browsed by the client device, and if the access point type is not the preset access point type, providing a compressed picture for the webpage to be browsed by the client device.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein after the providing, according to the access point type, a picture of a corresponding type for the webpage to be browsed by the client device, the method comprises

upon receiving the request for browsing only pictures from the client device, acquiring, according to a picture label, the picture from webpage content to be browsed by the user;

and

sending the acquired picture to the client device.

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