Automated browser history sorting based upon location

• US 8,635,219 B2
• Filed: 08/27/2008
• Issued: 01/21/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chakra, Al, Demcak, Peter, Furey, Brendan P., Green, Tracy, Smyth, Hugh P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Leslie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Khoshnoodi, Fariborz
• Application Number:
  US12/198,953
• Publication Number:
  US 20100057739A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,973 Days
• Field of Search: 707/752, 707/728, 707/748, 707/851, 707/769, 707/736
• US Class Current: 707/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

A location associated with a computing device is determined. Browser history information is retrieved from a storage device. The browser history information is sorted based upon the determined location. The sorted browser history information is presented to a user of the computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining a current computing device use location associated with a computing device used by a user at multiple different computing device use locations;

retrieving, in response to determining the current computing device use location associated with the computing device, web browser history information from a storage device, where the web browser history information comprises;

web browser history entries that each identify at least a website previously visited via a browser; and

web browser history entry location information that distinguishes individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from individual web browser history entries associated with different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations;

sorting the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations; and

presenting the sorted web browser history information comprising only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location to the user of the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, where determining the current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by the user at the multiple different computing device use locations comprises determining at least one of a current sub-network address associated with a current network connection of the computing device, current global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates associated with the computing device, and a currently selected user web browser location profile associated with the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1, where sorting the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations comprises:

filtering the web browser history information to retain only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a value based upon the determined current computing device use location to a location variable within the storage device.

5. The method of claim 1, where:

at least one item of the web browser history information comprises a hyperlink to a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a website and information associated with at least one previous access to the website; and

further comprising presenting the hyperlink to the URL associated with the website and the information associated with the at least one previous access to the website to the user of the computing device with the at least one item of the web browser history information.

6. The method of claim 1, where determining the current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by the user at the multiple different computing device use locations comprises selecting the current computing device use location from a group consisting of a home computing device use location, a work computing device use location, and a school computing device use location.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing the sorted web browser history information to the storage device.

8. A system comprising:

a memory configured to store web browser history information;

a display configured to present information; and

a computing device programmed to;

determine a current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by a user at multiple different computing device use locations;

retrieve, in response to determining the current computing device use location associated with the computing device, the web browser history information from the memory, where the web browser history information comprises;

web browser history entries that each identify at least a website previously visited via a browser; and

web browser history entry location information that distinguishes individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from individual web browser history entries associated with different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations;

sort the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations; and

present the sorted web browser history information comprising only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location to the user of the computing device on the display.

9. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to determine the current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by the user at the multiple different computing device use locations, the computing device is programmed to determine at least one of a current sub-network address associated with a current network connection of the computing device, current global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates associated with the computing device, and a currently selected user web browser location profile associated with the computing device.

10. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to sort the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations, the computing device is programmed to:

filter the web browser history information to retain only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location.

11. The system of claim 8, where the computing device is further programmed to store a value based upon the determined current computing device use location to a location variable within the memory.

12. The system of claim 8, where:

at least one item of the web browser history information comprises a hyperlink to a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a website and information associated with at least one previous access to the website; and

the computing device is further programmed to present the hyperlink to the URL associated with the website and the information associated with the at least one previous access to the website to the user of the computing device with the at least one item of the web browser history information on the display.

13. The system of claim 8, where, in being programmed to determine the current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by the user at the multiple different computing device use locations, the computing device is programmed to select the current computing device use location from a group consisting of a home computing device use location, a work computing device use location, and a school computing device use location.

14. The system of claim 8, where the computing device is further programmed to store the sorted web browser history information to the memory.

15. A system comprising:

a memory configured to store web browser history information;

a display configured to present information; and

a computing device programmed to;

determine a current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by a user at multiple different computing device use locations based upon at least one of a current sub-network address associated with a current network connection of the computing device, current global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates associated with the computing device, and a currently selected user location profile associated with the computing device;

store a value based upon the determined current computing device use location to a location variable within the memory;

retrieve, in response to determining the current computing device use location associated with the computing device, web browser history information from the memory, where the web browser history information comprises;

web browser history entries that each identify at least a website previously visited via a browser; and

web browser history entry location information that distinguishes individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from individual web browser history entries associated with different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations;

sort the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location represented by the value stored to the location variable within the memory using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations;

store the sorted web browser history information to the memory; and

present the sorted web browser history information comprising only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location to the user of the computing device on the display.

16. A computer program product comprising a computer useable storage memory including a computer readable program, wherein the computer readable program when executed on a computing device causes the computing device to:

determine a current computing device use location associated with the computing device, where the computing device is used by a user at multiple different computing device use locations;

retrieve, in response to determining the current computing device use location associated with the computing device, web browser history information from a memory, where the web browser history information comprises;

web browser history entries that each identify at least a website previously visited via a browser; and

web browser history entry location information that distinguishes individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from individual web browser history entries associated with different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations;

sort the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations; and

present the sorted web browser history information comprising only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location to the user of the computing device on a display.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, where, in causing the computing device to determine the current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by the user at the multiple different computing device use locations, the computer readable program when executed on the computing device causes the computing device to determine at least one of a current sub-network address associated with a current network connection of the computing device, current global positioning satellite (GPS) coordinates associated with the computing device, and a currently selected user web browser location profile associated with the computing device.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, where, in causing the computing device to sort the web browser history information based upon the determined current computing device use location using the web browser history entry location information within the web browser history information that distinguishes the individual web browser history entries associated with the current computing device use location from the individual web browser history entries associated with the different ones of the multiple different computing device use locations, the computer readable program when executed on the computing device causes the computing device to:

filter the web browser history information to retain only the individual web browser history entries associated with the determined current computing device use location.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, where the computer readable program when executed on the computing device further causes the computing device to store a value based upon the determined current computing device use location to a location variable within the memory.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, where:

at least one item of the web browser history information comprises a hyperlink to a uniform resource locator (URL) associated with a website and information associated with at least one previous access to the website; and

the computer readable program when executed on the computing device further causes the computing device to present the hyperlink to the URL associated with the website and the information associated with the at least one previous access to the website to the user of the computing device with the at least one item of the web browser history information on the display.

21. The computer program product of claim 16, where, in causing the computing device to determine the current computing device use location associated with the computing device used by the user at the multiple different computing device use locations, the computer readable program when executed on the computing device causes the computing device to select the current computing device use location from a group consisting of a home computing device use location, a work computing device use location, and a school computing device use location.

22. The computer program product of claim 16, where the computer readable program when executed on the computing device further causes the computing device to store the sorted web browser history information to the memory.