Enhanced browser navigation

• US 8,201,075 B2
• Filed: 02/29/2008
• Issued: 06/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Adams, Neil
• Primary Examiner(s): RIES, LAURIE ANNE
• Application Number:
  US12/040,417
• Publication Number:
  US 20090222715A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,565 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205, 715/206, 715/208, 715/255, 715/273
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method is provided for processing a Web page for display on a device in communication with a server when the Web page is selected by a user clicking on a hyperlink. The method comprises the following steps. Text associated with a link label of the hyperlink is stored. The stored text is used to identify a relevant portion of the Web page that is desired by the user. At least a portion of a Web page identified by a link destination of the hyperlink is retrieved. The relevant portion of the Web page is presented to the user. A computer readable medium comprising instructions for executing the method and a computing device configured to execute the instructions are also provided.

Claims

1. A method for processing a Web page addressed by a link destination of a hyperlink provided at a device, the method comprising:

in response to selecting the hyperlink at the device, storing a link label of the hyperlink, the link label comprising a pre-existing text portion of the hyperlink;

retrieving at least a portion of the Web page; and

identifying a relevant portion of the at least a portion of the Web page matching the stored link label.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising presenting a beginning of the relevant portion on a display of the device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of presenting the relevant portion comprises presenting the Web page and automatically scrolling the Web page until the beginning of the relevant portion is presented.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of presenting the relevant portion comprises presenting the Web page starting at the beginning of the relevant portion, without scrolling the Web page.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the step of presenting the relevant portion comprises presenting only a frame of the Web page that includes the relevant portion.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising presenting the beginning of the Web page in response to a predetermined signal.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the predetermined signal is activation of a hotkey.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of identifying the relevant portion comprises identifying the beginning of the Web page if the Web page does not include a match with the stored text.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the matching comprises a partial matching.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the partial matching exceeds a predefined relevance threshold.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the step of identifying the relevant portion of the Web page is performed by a server in communication with the device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the server reorders frames in the Web page in accordance with the relevant portion.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the server transmits to the device only a frame containing the relevant portion of the Web page.

14. The method of claim 11 wherein the server transmits to the device only the relevant portion of the Web page.

15. A computer readable memory comprising instructions for execution on a computing device for processing a Web page addressed by a hyperlink provided at the computing device, the instructions causing the computing device to implement the steps of:

in response to selecting the hyperlink, storing a link label of the hyperlink, the link label comprising a pre-existing text portion of the hyperlink;

retrieving at least a portion of the Web page; and

identifying a relevant portion of the at least a portion of the Web page matching the stored link label .

16. The computer readable memory of claim 15, comprising further instructions for presenting a beginning of the relevant portion on a display of the device.

17. The computer readable memory of claim 16, wherein the step of presenting the relevant portion comprises presenting the Web page and automatically scrolling until the beginning of the relevant portion is presented.

18. The computer readable memory of claim 16, wherein the step of presenting the relevant portion comprises presenting the Web page starting at the relevant portion, without scrolling .

19. The computer readable memory of claim 16, wherein the step of presenting the relevant portion comprises presenting only a frame of the Web page that includes the relevant portion.

20. The computer readable memory of claim 15, wherein the match is a partial match.

21. The computer readable memory of claim 20, wherein the partial match exceeds a predefined relevance threshold.

22. A computing device configured to process a Web page addressed by a hyperlink provided at the computing device, the computing device including a display, memory configured to store applications and data, and a processor configured to implement the steps of:

in response to selecting the hyperlink, storing a link label of the hyperlink, the link label comprising a pre-existing text portion of the hyperlink;

retrieving at least a portion of the Web page; and

identifying a relevant portion of the at least a portion of the Web page matching the stored link label .