Browser image display bookmark system

• US 6,526,424 B2
• Filed: 03/23/1998
• Issued: 02/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Original Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
• Inventors: Kanno, Hironori, Hirashima, Yoshiyuki
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Bashore, William L.
• Application Number:
  US09/045,705
• Publication Number:
  US 20010011285A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,800 Days
• Field of Search: 707/512, 707/501.1, 707/201, 707/513, 700/237, 709/2.24, 709/206
• US Class Current: 715/229
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor

Abstract

An image display bookmark system is disclosed. The image display bookmark system comprises a bookmark processing unit and a data storing unit. The bookmark processing unit is disposed in a processing unit. The bookmark processing unit in the processing unit registers a reduced image of a page corresponding to a bookmark for each user of a WWW browser. When a user selects a reduced image that has been registered, the page is displayed on a GUI screen of the WWW browser. The system administrator can designate authority to register, change, and delete bookmarks to each user. An automatic traveling unit automatically travels pages corresponding to images that have been registered, updates the reduced images, titles, or URLs of the pages, and maintains the bookmarks as the latest information.

Claims

1. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

a user designating unit enabling a specified operator to designate at least one user who can use corresponding user bookmark information;

a creating unit creating the corresponding user bookmark information for the at least one user that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

a storing unit;

a bookmark registering unit registering the corresponding user bookmark information created by said creating unit in said storing unit for each user designated by the user designating unit;

a reading unit reading, in response to an operation by the at least one user, the corresponding user bookmark information stored in said storing unit;

a bookmark display controlling unit displaying the reduced image for identifying the page on a screen corresponding to the image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information that has been read by said reading unit;

a user authority defining unit defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the corresponding user bookmark information by each user designated by the user designating unit; and

a display prohibiting unit prohibiting each user designated by the user designating unit from displaying a full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image displayed corresponding to the image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information in accordance with the user-specific authority for each user defined by said user authority defining unit.

2. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said user authority defining unit defines the user-specific authority to register and add the corresponding user bookmark information for each user.

3. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said user authority defining unit defines the user-specific authority to change the corresponding user bookmark information for each user.

4. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 1, wherein said user authority defining unit defines the user-specific authority to define the corresponding user bookmark information for each user.

5. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 1,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining unit.

7. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 1,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining unit.

6. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

a user designating unit enabling a specified operator to designate at least one user who can use corresponding user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

a storing unit storing the corresponding user bookmark information for the at least one user;

a reading unit reading, when the image information displayed on a screen is selected by the at least one user, the corresponding user bookmark information including the image information corresponding to the at least one user from said storing unit;

an obtaining unit obtaining a full image of the page corresponding to the address information included in the corresponding user bookmark information that has been read by said reading unit;

a WWW page display controlling unit displaying the full image of the page obtained by said obtaining unit on a screen;

a user authority defining unit defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the user bookmark information by each user designated by the user designating unit; and

a display prohibiting unit prohibiting each user designated by the user designating unit from displaying a full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image displayed corresponding to the image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information in accordance with the user-specific authority for each user defined by said user authority defining unit.

8. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

a user designating unit enabling a specified operator to designate at least one user who can respectively use user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

a storing unit storing the user bookmark information for each user designated by the user designating unit;

a bookmark editing unit editing the user bookmark information;

a user authority defining unit defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the user bookmark information by each user designated by the user designating unit; and

a display prohibiting unit prohibiting each user designated by the user designating unit from displaying a full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image displayed corresponding to image information included in the user bookmark information corresponding to the user-specific authority for each user defined by said user authority defining unit.

9. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said bookmark editing unit changes the address information included in the user bookmark information.

10. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said bookmark editing unit newly adds the user bookmark information.

11. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 8, wherein said bookmark editing unit deletes the user bookmark information.

12. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 8,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining unit.

13. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

a user designating unit enabling a specified operator to designate at least one user who can use corresponding user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

a storing unit;

a bookmark registering unit registering the corresponding user bookmark information for each user designated by the user designating unit in said storing unit;

a bookmark display controlling unit reading, in response to an operation by the at least one user, the corresponding user bookmark information stored in said storing unit and displaying the reduced image for identifying the page corresponding to the image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information;

a user authority defining unit defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the corresponding user bookmark information by each user designated by the user designating unit; and

a display prohibiting unit prohibiting each user designated by the user designating unit from displaying a full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image displayed corresponding to image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information in accordance with the user-specific authority for each user defined by said user authority defining unit.

14. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 13, further comprising a title information display controlling unit for displaying the title information of the page in the user bookmark information registered in said storing unit in such a manner that the title information correlates with the image for identifying the page that has been displayed.

15. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 13,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining unit.

16. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

a user designating unit enabling a specified operator to designate at least one user who can use corresponding user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and update information representing whether or not title information of the page, address information of the page or content of the page has been changed after preceding accessing operation has been performed;

a storing unit;

a bookmark registering unit registering the corresponding user bookmark information for each user designated by the user designating unit in said storing unit;

a bookmark display controlling unit reading, in response to an operation made by the at least one user, the corresponding user bookmark information stored in said storing unit and displaying the reduced image for identifying the page corresponding to the image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information and information corresponding to the update information together on a screen;

a user authority defining unit defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the corresponding user bookmark information by each user designated by the user designating unit; and

a display prohibiting unit prohibiting each user designated by the user designating unit from displaying a full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image displayed corresponding to image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information in accordance with the user-specific authority for each user defined by said user authority defining unit.

17. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 16, wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining unit.

18. An image display bookmark system for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

a user designating unit enabling a specified operator to designate at least one user who can respectively use user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

a storing unit storing the user bookmark information for each user designated by the user designating unit;

an accessing unit automatically accessing, according to predetermined time information, a page of an address designated by the address information included in the user bookmark information for each user stored in said storing unit, and obtaining update information of the image of the page when available;

a registering unit updating the image information included in the user bookmark information according to the update information when obtained by said accessing unit and registering the updated user bookmark information in said storing unit;

a user authority defining unit defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the user bookmark information by each user designated by the user designating unit; and

a display prohibiting unit prohibiting each user designated by the user designating unit from displaying a full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image displayed corresponding to image information included in the user bookmark information corresponding to the user-specific authority for each user defined by said user authority defining unit.

19. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 18,

wherein the change information is information that represents that a display content of the page has been changed.

20. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 18,

wherein the change information is information that represents that an address of the page has been changed.

21. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 18,

wherein the change information is information that represents that a title of the page has been changed.

22. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 18,

wherein the change information is information that represents that at least two of a display content of the page, an address thereof, and a title thereof have been changed.

23. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 18, wherein said accessing unit accesses an address of address change information that represents a new address of the page and obtains change information of the page when the page of the address represented by the address information of the page included in the user bookmark information stored in the storing unit is accessed.

24. The image display bookmark system as set forth in claim 18,

wherein only a predetermined administrator can use said user authority defining unit.

25. A method for displaying and selecting bookmark information used by a WWW browser, comprising:

designating at least one user who can use corresponding user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed by the WWW browser and address information of the page;

registering the corresponding user bookmark information for each designated user in a storing unit;

displaying, according to an operation by the designated user, the reduced image for identifying the page corresponding to the image information included in the corresponding user bookmark information registered in the storing unit on a screen of a displaying unit;

reading, when the reduced image for identifying the page is selected by the designated user, the corresponding user bookmark information including image information corresponding to the selected image from the storing unit, obtaining a full image of the page at an address designated by the address information included in the user bookmark information that has been read, and displaying on the screen the full image of the page obtained at the address;

defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the corresponding user bookmark information by each designated user; and

prohibiting each designated user, according to the user-specific authority for each designated user, from displaying the full image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image for identifying the page.

26. A computer-readable storage medium used to direct a computer to perform a method for managing bookmark information used by a WWW browser, the method comprising:

designating at least one user who can use corresponding user bookmark information that includes at least image information for a reduced image of a page displayed on a screen of a displaying unit by the WWW browser program and address information of the page;

registering the corresponding user bookmark information for each designated user in a storing unit;

reading, according to an operation by the designated user, the image information of the page included in the corresponding user bookmark information from the storing unit and displaying the reduced image for identifying the page corresponding to the image information on the screen of the displaying unit;

reading, when the reduced image for identifying the page is selected by the designated user, the corresponding user bookmark information including image information corresponding to the selected image from the storing unit, obtaining a full image of a page at an address designated by address information included in the corresponding user bookmark information that has been read, and displaying the full image of the page on the screen of the displaying unit;

defining user-specific authority for an editing operation of the corresponding user bookmark information by each designated user; and

prohibiting each designated user, according to the user-specific authority for each designated user, from displaying an image of the page in other than an operation for selecting the reduced image for identifying the page.