Linear web browser history viewer
First Claim
1. A method for reviewing and displaying a visual history of a web browsing session on a user'"'"'s computer, said web browsing session comprising one or more visits to Internet or intranet sites or pages, said computer having a processor capable of executing web browser software, one or more user input devices, a display, a linear history log, and one or more visual objects stored in computer readable media, said linear history log containing entries which relate visits to locations of stored visual objects, said method comprising the steps of:
- providing a user-operable slider-type graphical user control on said computer display, selectable and operable using said user input device;
retrieving one or more visual objects from their locations in computer readable media according to entries in said history log in a predetermined order responsive to operation of said graphical user control; and
displaying said visual objects one at a time in a single image viewer frame such that a user may view a predetermined sequence of individually displayed visual objects representing a recorded linear history of a web browsing session.
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Abstract
An enhanced web browser includes a visual history browser which allows recording of browsing sessions and visual replay or review of browsing sessions. As web sites are visited during a normal browsing session, images of the pages viewed are rendered and stored in the system'"'"'s memory, and are keyed to entries in the web browser'"'"'s history log. When the web browser user selects the visual history review control such as a graduated slider control, he or she may move the control forward or backward “in time” as the rendered images are displayed in a viewing window, along with optional information such as the originating web site for each address. The user may stop the control at a position in history, and select to re-point the browser to the web address selected from the history file. Thus, the user may visually browse back and forth through the history of web browser until he or she finds the page desired, and then jump to that page on the web.
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63 Claims
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1. A method for reviewing and displaying a visual history of a web browsing session on a user'"'"'s computer, said web browsing session comprising one or more visits to Internet or intranet sites or pages, said computer having a processor capable of executing web browser software, one or more user input devices, a display, a linear history log, and one or more visual objects stored in computer readable media, said linear history log containing entries which relate visits to locations of stored visual objects, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing a user-operable slider-type graphical user control on said computer display, selectable and operable using said user input device;
retrieving one or more visual objects from their locations in computer readable media according to entries in said history log in a predetermined order responsive to operation of said graphical user control; and
displaying said visual objects one at a time in a single image viewer frame such that a user may view a predetermined sequence of individually displayed visual objects representing a recorded linear history of a web browsing session. - 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. A computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-readable program code for reviewing and displaying a visual linear history of a web browsing session on a user'"'"'s computer, said web browsing session comprising one or more visits to Internet or intranet sites or pages, said computer having a processor capable of executing web browser software, one or more user input devices, a display, a linear history log, and one or more visual objects stored in computer readable media, said linear history log containing entries which relate visits to locations of said stored visual objects, wherein the program code when executed by the processor causes the processor to perform the steps of:
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providing a user-operable slider-type graphical user control on said computer display, selectable and operable using said user input device;
retrieving one or more visual objects from their locations in computer readable media according to entries in said linear history log in a predetermined order responsive to operation of said graphical user control; and
displaying said visual objects one at a time in a linear history viewer window such that a user may view a predetermined sequence of individually displayed visual objects representing a recorded linear history of a web browsing session. - 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. A system for reviewing and displaying a visual linear history of a web browsing session on a user'"'"'s computer, said web browsing session comprising one or more visits to Internet or intranet sites or pages, said computer having a processor capable of executing software, one or more user input devices, a display, a linear history log, and one or more visual objects stored in computer readable media, said linear history log containing entries which relate visits to locations of said stored visual objects, said system comprising:
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a slider-type graphical user control on said computer display, selectable and operable using said user input device;
a visual object retrieving function for accessing and retrieving one or more stored visual objects from their locations in computer readable media according to entries in said linear history log in a predetermined order responsive to operation of said graphical user control; and
a visual object display for displaying said retrieved visual objects one at a time on said computer display in a linear history viewer window, thereby allowing a user to view a predetermined linear sequence of individually displayed visual objects representing a recorded linear history of a web browsing session. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63)
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