Creating bookmark symlinks

• US 8,181,102 B2
• Filed: 07/10/2008
• Issued: 05/15/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Schroeder, Paul B.
• Primary Examiner(s): STORK, KYLE R
• Application Number:
  US12/170,872
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263434A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,405 Days
• Field of Search: 715/206, 715/234, 715/243, 715/254
• US Class Current: 715/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A bookmark editor in an Internet web browser application allows a user to create symbolic links between bookmarks and bookmark folders. The bookmark editor may also detect when a bookmark already exists for a document and prompt the user to create a link rather than a new bookmark for the same document. The user may then keep a folder, subfolder, or bookmark and link to it via a symbolic link. When a bookmark is added to a folder or subfolder, the user does not need to duplicate that bookmark for a linked folder or subfolder.

Claims

1. An apparatus for creating symbolic links to bookmarks, comprising:

a memory having computer usable program code for creating the symbolic links to the bookmarks encoded thereon;

a bus connecting the memory to a processor; and

a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code to implement at least one existing bookmark; and

to implement a bookmark editor that receives a request to create a new bookmark for a document, determines whether a reference bookmark already exists for the document within the at least one existing bookmark in response to receiving the request, creates a symbolic link if the reference bookmark for the document already exists, and links the symbolic link to the already existing reference bookmark, wherein a new bookmark is not created.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bookmark editor links the symbolic link to the already existing reference bookmark by storing a pointer to the already existing reference bookmark in the symbolic link.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each bookmark includes a uniform resource locator for the document.

4. The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the bookmark editor determines whether a reference bookmark already exists for the document by comparing the uniform resource locator of the bookmark to the uniform resource locator of each existing bookmark.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the bookmark editor prompts a user whether to create the symbolic link if the reference bookmark for the document already exists.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the bookmark editor creates the symbolic link in response to a user'"'"'s request to create the symbolic link.

7. An apparatus for creating a plurality of symbolic links to bookmarks from a single reference bookmark, comprising:

a memory having computer usable program code for creating the plurality of symbolic links to the bookmarks from the single reference bookmark encoded thereon;

a bus connecting the memory to a processor; and

a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code to implement at least one existing bookmark; and

to implement a bookmark editor that receives a request to create a symbolic link to an already existing reference bookmark, identifies the already existing reference bookmark within the at least one existing bookmark in response to receiving the request, creates the symbolic link to the already existing bookmark, and links the symbolic link to the already existing reference bookmark.

8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the bookmark editor identifies the already existing reference bookmark by presenting the at least one existing bookmark and receiving a selection of the reference bookmark from the at least one existing bookmark.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the bookmark editor presents the at least one existing bookmark in a tree structure.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the bookmark editor receives the selection of the reference bookmark in the tree structure.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the bookmark editor displays a symbolic representation of the symbolic link in the tree structure.

12. An apparatus for creating a plurality of symbolic links to bookmark folders from a single reference bookmark folder, comprising:

a memory having computer usable program code for creating the plurality of symbolic links to the bookmark folders from the single reference bookmark folder encoded thereon;

a bus connecting the memory to a processor; and

a processor, wherein the processor executes the computer usable program code to implement at least one existing bookmark folder; and

to implement a bookmark editor that receives a request to create a symbolic folder link to an already existing reference bookmark folder, identifies the already existing reference bookmark folder within the at least one existing bookmark folder in response to receiving the request, creates the symbolic folder link to the already existing bookmark folder, and links the symbolic folder link to the already existing reference bookmark folder.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the bookmark editor identifies the already existing reference bookmark folder by presenting the at least one existing bookmark folder and receiving a selection of the reference bookmark folder from the at least one existing bookmark folder.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the bookmark editor presents the at least one existing bookmark folder in a tree structure.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the bookmark editor receives the selection of the reference bookmark folder in the tree structure.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the bookmark editor displays a symbolic representation of the symbolic folder link in the tree structure.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein bookmarks added to the reference bookmark folder are displayed in relation to the symbolic representation of the symbolic folder link in the tree structure.

18. A non-transitory computer recordable-type medium having a computer readable program code encoded thereon for creating symbolic links to bookmarks, the computer program product comprising:

instructions for receiving a request to create a new bookmark for a document;

in response to receiving the request, instructions for determining whether a reference bookmark already exists for the document;

instructions for creating a symbolic link if the reference bookmark for the document already exists; and

instructions for linking the symbolic link to the already existing reference bookmark, wherein a new bookmark is not created.

19. A non-transitory computer recordable-type medium having a computer readable program code encoded thereon for creating symbolic links to bookmarks, the computer program product comprising:

instructions for receiving a request to create a symbolic link for a document to an already existing reference bookmark;

in response to receiving the request, instructions for identifying the already existing reference bookmark;

instructions for creating the symbolic link to the already existing bookmark; and

instructions for linking the symbolic link to the already existing reference bookmark.

20. A non-transitory computer recordable-type medium having a computer readable program code encoded thereon for creating a plurality of symbolic links to bookmark folders from a single reference bookmark folder, the computer program product comprising:

instructions for receiving a request to create a symbolic folder link to an already existing reference bookmark folder;

in response to receiving the request, instructions for identifying the already existing reference bookmark folder;

instructions for creating the symbolic folder link to the already existing bookmark folder; and

instructions for linking the symbolic folder link to the already existing reference bookmark folder.