File recording support apparatus and file recording support system for supporting recording of file on home page on internet and intranet

• US 5,845,290 A
• Filed: 11/25/1996
• Issued: 12/01/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Xaxon R&D Limited
• Original Assignee: Xaxon R&D Limited
• Inventors: Yoshii, Kiyotoshi
• Primary Examiner(s): Black, Thomas G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): HO, RUAY L
• Application Number:
  US08/755,606
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 707/1, 707/100, 707/200, 707/5, 707/10, 707/104, 707/206, 1/1, 380/4, 380/49, 395/200.36, 395/200.48, 395/680, 345/326, 345/333
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet according to the present invention comprises means for entering a recording start command, means for entering a recording stop command, and recording means for recording a file acquired from a server, together with link information included in the file, in storage means in a period elapsed from the time when the recording start command is entered until the recording stop command is entered.

Claims

1. A file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

means for entering a recording start command;

means for entering a recording stop command;

recording means for recording a file acquired from a server, together with link information included in the file, in storage means in a period elapsed from the time when the recording start command is entered until the recording stop command is entered; and

means for producing a figure representing the linked state of the files recorded by the recording means and displaying the produced figure.

2. The file recording support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

means for reading the file recorded by the recording means.

3. The file recording support apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

means for retrieving a desired file out of the files recorded by the recording means on the basis of an entered keyword for retrieval.

4. A file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

setting means for setting the recording start time and an URL (Uniform Resource Locator) of a file whose recording is reserved;

means for acquiring a file corresponding to the URL set in the setting means from a server when the recording start time set in the setting means has come;

recording means for recording the acquired file, together with link information included in the file, in storage means; and

means for producing a figure representing the linked state of the files recorded by the recording means and displaying the produced figure.

5. The file recording support apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising

means for reading the file recorded by the recording means.

6. The file recording support apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising

means for retrieving a desired file out of the files recorded by the recording means on the basis of an entered keyword for retrieval.

7. A file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

setting means for setting the recording start time and an URL of a file whose recording is reserved;

means for acquiring a file corresponding to the URL set in the setting means when the recording start time set in the setting means has come;

means for acquiring from a server a file at a link destination within a predetermined range out of link destinations;

recording means for recording the acquired file, together with link information included in the file, in storage means; and

means for producing a figure representing the linked state of the files recorded by the recording means and displaying the produced figure.

8. The file recording support apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising

means for reading the files recorded by recording means.

9. The file recording support apparatus according to claim 7, further comprising

means for retrieving a desired file out of the files recorded by the recording means on the basis of an entered keyword for retrieval.

10. In a system in which a link file describing a link relationship among all files provided by a server or a link relationship among parts of all the files provided by the server is placed on the server, a file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

means for acquiring the link file from said server; and

means for producing a figure representing the link relationship among all the files provided by said server or the link relationship among parts of all the files provided by the server and displaying the produced figure on the basis of the acquired link file.

11. In a system in which a link file describing a link relationship among files in a predetermined group selected out of files provided by all servers on a network is placed on the predetermined server, a file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

means for acquiring the link file from the server on which it is placed; and

means for producing a figure representing the link relationship among the files in the predetermined group and displaying the produced figure on the basis of the acquired link file.

12. In a system in which a site map file describing URLs of files in a predetermined group selected out of files provided by all servers on a network and all or parts of link information included in the files is placed on the predetermined server, a file recording support apparatus for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

means for acquiring the site map file from the server on which it is placed;

means for producing a figure representing a link relationship among the files in the predetermined group and displaying the produced figure on the basis of the URLs and the link information included in the site map file; and

recording means for acquiring files corresponding to the URLs included in the site map file from the servers on which the files are placed on the network and recording the acquired files, together with link information included in the files, in storage means.

13. A file recording support system for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

a server device; and

a client device connected to the server device through a network,

a link file describing a link relationship among all files provided by said server device and a link relationship among parts of all the files provided by the server device being held in the server device,

the client device comprising means for acquiring the link file from said server device, and means for producing a figure representing the link relationship among all the files provided by the server device or the link relationship among parts of all the files provided by the server device and displaying the produced figure.

14. A file recording support system for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

server devices; and

a client device connected to the server devices through a network,

a link file describing a link relationship among files in a predetermined group selected out of files provided by all the server devices on the network being held in the predetermined server device,

the client device comprising means for acquiring the link file from the server device on which it is placed, and means for producing a figure representing the link relationship among the files in the predetermined group and displaying the produced figure on the basis of the acquired link file.

15. A file recording support system for supporting recording of a file on a home page on an internet and an intranet, comprising:

server devices; and

a client device connected to the server devices through a network,

a site map file describing URLs of files in a predetermined group selected out of files provided by all the server devices on the network and all or parts of link information included in the files being held in the predetermined server device,

the client device comprising means for acquiring the site map file from the server device on which it is placed, means for producing a figure representing a link relationship among the files in the predetermined group and displaying the produced figure on the basis of the URLs and the link information included in the site map file, and recording means for acquiring files corresponding to the URLs included in the site map file from the server devices on which the files are placed and recording the acquired files, together with link information included in the files, in storage means.