Method, system, and computer program product for creating navigation views based on historical user behavior

• US 7,493,321 B2
• Filed: 02/23/2005
• Issued: 02/17/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bartek, Velda A., Masselle, Eric L., McGowan, Patrick G.
• Primary Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US11/064,158
• Publication Number:
  US 20060190448A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,455 Days
• Field of Search: 707/5, 707/6, 707/8, 707/9, 707/10, 707/512, 707/230, 707/3, 707/101, 707/102, 705/8, 715/234
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, system, and computer program product for creating navigation views based on historical user behavior. The method comprises: tracking pages navigated by a user through a site to provide tracking data; generating a complete site view displaying all pages in the site; generating a reduced site view based on the tracking data and at least one filtering parameter, wherein the reduced site view displays a set of the pages navigated by the user, filtered by the at least one filtering parameter; and creating a custom navigation view based on the reduced site view.

Claims

1. A method for creating navigation views, comprising:

tracking pages navigated by a user through a site to provide tracking data;

generating a complete site view displaying a map of all pages in the site;

generating a reduced site view based on the tracking data and at least one filtering parameter, wherein the reduced site view displays a set of the pages navigated by the user, filtered by the at least one filtering parameter;

creating a custom navigation view based on the reduced site view, and

outputting the custom navigation view concurrently with the complete site view.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the site comprises a portal or website, and wherein the custom navigation view comprises a custom portal or a custom website, respectively.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the site comprises structured content.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the complete site view and the reduced site view side-by-side.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

editing the reduced site view.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein editing the reduced site view further comprises:

selectively adjusting the at least one filtering parameter.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one filtering parameter is selected from the group consisting of a time span, frequency, and elapsed time.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein editing the reduced site view further comprises:

selectively adjusting a number of pages in the reduced site view.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

deleting at least one page from the reduced site view.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

adding a page from the complete site view into the reduced site view.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one filtering parameter is adjustable.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein pages in the reduced site view are highlighted in the complete site view.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

saving and reusing the custom navigation view.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

displaying a saved custom navigation view in the complete site view instead of all pages of the site.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

highlighting pages in the complete site view that have been recently modified.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying a time and date of a most recent visit to a page in the reduced site view.

17. A method for creating navigation views, comprising:

tracking pages navigated by a user through a site to provide tracking data;

generating a complete site view displaying a map of all pages in the site;

generating a reduced site view adjacent the complete site view based on the tracking data and at least one filtering parameter, wherein the reduced site view displays a set of the pages navigated by the user, filtered by the at least one filtering parameter view, and

outputting the complete site view concurrently with the reduced site view.