Automatic categorization of bookmarks in a web browser
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1. A method of browsing a network, comprising:
- (a) identifying a page to be displayed by a browser executed by a computer;
(b) comparing a property of the identified page to properties of at least one other page stored as a bookmark by the browser, wherein the properties are determined by the browser; and
(c) saving the property of the identified page as a bookmark when the comparing step indicates a similarity between the property of the identified page and a property of one or more of the other pages stored as a bookmark.
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Abstract
A web browser that automatically categorizes bookmarks. When a page to be bookmarked is identified, the web browser compares a property of the identified page with properties of pages already saved as bookmarks. If the web browser finds another page which is a bookmark that is “similar” to the identified page, it adds the URL of the identified page as a bookmark. On the other hand, if the URLs for the two pages are exactly the same, the URL of the identified page is not added as a bookmark. Similarity may be defined as commonality in some portion of the URLs for the pages or commonality in textual information associated with the pages.
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66 Claims
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1. A method of browsing a network, comprising:
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(a) identifying a page to be displayed by a browser executed by a computer;
(b) comparing a property of the identified page to properties of at least one other page stored as a bookmark by the browser, wherein the properties are determined by the browser; and
(c) saving the property of the identified page as a bookmark when the comparing step indicates a similarity between the property of the identified page and a property of one or more of the other pages stored as a bookmark. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An apparatus for browsing a network, comprising:
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(a) a client computer connected to the network; and
(b) a browser, executed by the client computer, for identifying a page to be displayed by a browser executed by a computer;
for comparing a property of the identified page to properties of at least one other page stored as a bookmark by the browser, wherein the properties are determined by the browser; and
for saving the property of the identified page as a bookmark when the comparing step indicates a similarity between the property of the identified page and a property of one or more of the other pages stored as bookmarks.- View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. An article of manufacture embodying logic for performing a method for browsing on a network, the method comprising:
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(a) identifying a page to be displayed by a browser executed by a computer;
(b) comparing a property of the identified page to properties of at least one other page stored as a bookmark by the browser, wherein the properties are determined by the browser; and
(c) saving the property of the identified page as a bookmark when the comparing step indicates a similarity between the property of the identified page and a property of one or more of the other pages stored as bookmarks. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66)
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