Displaying scaled-down versions of documents on favorites and recent menu
First Claim
1. A computing system having a processor and a display device and being capable of accessing and displaying Internet documents, the computing system comprising:
- at least one processor; and
at least one storage medium having stored instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, implement a method of accessing a favorite Internet document in response to a user selecting a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document that is displayed to the user with scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents, and wherein the method comprises the acts of;
receiving user input identifying an Internet document as being a favorite Internet document;
in response to the user input, adding a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document to a favorites document stored at the client, the favorites document being configured to include scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents;
displaying the favorites document on the display device;
receiving user input selecting the scaled-down version of the image associated with a selected one of the favorite Internet documents; and
in response to the user input, accessing and displaying on the display device said selected one of the favorite Internet documents, wherein the client system is one of a plurality of client systems that is in communication with the at least one server system, each of the client systems being capable of accessing Internet documents, and wherein at least one of the plurality of client systems uses a television as a display device for displaying the Internet documents.
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Abstract
A system for accessing the World Wide Web or other information sources using the Internet incorporates scaled-down versions of images associated with recently-viewed documents or documents designated as favorites into a recent menu or a favorites menu, respectively. As a user accesses a Web page, a scaled-down version of the Web page is inserted into a recent menu. The user can view the recent menu and visually determine the identity of the recently-viewed Web pages, which allows the user to conveniently select Web pages to access. This recent menu also enables the user to access recently-viewed documents in any order, which does not need to be in the chronological order in which the pages were originally viewed or in a reverse chronological order. Scaled-down versions of Web pages designated as favorites are stored in the favorites menu, thereby assisting the user in recalling the content of the favorite documents.
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22 Claims
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1. A computing system having a processor and a display device and being capable of accessing and displaying Internet documents, the computing system comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one storage medium having stored instructions which, when executed by the at least one processor, implement a method of accessing a favorite Internet document in response to a user selecting a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document that is displayed to the user with scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents, and wherein the method comprises the acts of; receiving user input identifying an Internet document as being a favorite Internet document; in response to the user input, adding a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document to a favorites document stored at the client, the favorites document being configured to include scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents; displaying the favorites document on the display device; receiving user input selecting the scaled-down version of the image associated with a selected one of the favorite Internet documents; and in response to the user input, accessing and displaying on the display device said selected one of the favorite Internet documents, wherein the client system is one of a plurality of client systems that is in communication with the at least one server system, each of the client systems being capable of accessing Internet documents, and wherein at least one of the plurality of client systems uses a television as a display device for displaying the Internet documents. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15)
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8. In a client system in communication with at least one server system in a network, the client system having a processor and a display device and being capable of accessing Internet documents, a method of accessing a favorite Internet document in response to a user selecting a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document that is displayed to the user with scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving user input identifying an Internet document as being a favorite Internet document; in response to the user input, adding a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document to a favorites document stored at the client, the favorites document being configured to include scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents; displaying the favorites document on the display device; receiving user input selecting the scaled-down version of the image associated with a selected one of the favorite Internet documents; and in response to the user input, accessing and displaying on the display device said selected one of the favorite Internet documents, wherein the client system is one of a plurality of client systems that is in communication with the at least one server system, each of the client systems being capable of accessing Internet documents, and wherein at least one of the plurality of client systems uses a television as a display device for displaying the Internet documents. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16)
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17. In a client system in communication with at least one server system in a network, the client system having a processor and a display device and being capable of accessing Internet documents, a computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage device carrying computer-executable instructions that implement a method of accessing a favorite Internet document in response to a user selecting a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document that is displayed to the user with scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving user input identifying an Internet document as being a favorite Internet document; in response to the user input, adding a scaled-down version of an image associated with the favorite Internet document to a favorites document stored at the client, the favorites document including other scaled-down versions of images associated with other favorite Internet documents; displaying the favorites document on the display device; receiving user input selecting the scaled-down version of the image associated with a selected one of the favorite Internet documents; and in response to the user input, accessing and displaying on the display device said selected one of the favorite Internet documents, wherein the client system is one of a plurality of client systems that is in communication with the at least one server system, each of the client systems being capable of accessing Internet documents, and wherein at least one of the plurality of client systems uses a television as a display device for displaying the Internet documents. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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