Information retrieval system
First Claim
1. A system for bookmarking and retrieving an information unit within a web page, said system comprises a processor configured to perform:
- navigating to a particular information unit within a web page;
associating a bookmark to the particular information unit within said web page, includingclicking a “
Bookmarks”
icon within the web page;
displaying an “
Add/Remove page”
icon and a list of previously saved bookmarks within the web page; and
selecting the “
Add/Remove page”
icon to add the bookmark associated with the particular information unit to the list; and
retrieving the particular information unit, including;
navigating to the list of bookmarks;
selecting the bookmark associated with the particular information unit from the list;
retrieving the particular information unit and displaying the particular information unit within the web page.
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Abstract
A web browsing system for retrieving a web page whereby the web page comprises associated frames, content data and context data (e.g. navigational buttons, hyperlinks to other web pages etc.). The system is usable with a distributed data processing system comprising a server computer and a client computer, whereby the web page is stored on the server computer and is transmitted over a network to the client computer. The web browsing system comprises a function for providing a bookmark to the web page and also comprises a function to retrieve the bookmark. Once a bookmark has been retrieved, the web page and the structure of the web page, namely, the plurality of frames, the content data and the context data are displayed.
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Citations
15 Claims
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1. A system for bookmarking and retrieving an information unit within a web page, said system comprises a processor configured to perform:
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navigating to a particular information unit within a web page; associating a bookmark to the particular information unit within said web page, including clicking a “
Bookmarks”
icon within the web page;displaying an “
Add/Remove page”
icon and a list of previously saved bookmarks within the web page; andselecting the “
Add/Remove page”
icon to add the bookmark associated with the particular information unit to the list; andretrieving the particular information unit, including; navigating to the list of bookmarks; selecting the bookmark associated with the particular information unit from the list; retrieving the particular information unit and displaying the particular information unit within the web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of bookmarking and retrieving an information unit within a web page, said method comprising the steps of:
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navigating to a particular information unit within a web page; associating a bookmark to the particular information unit within said web page, including clicking a “
Bookmarks”
icon within the web page;displaying an “
Add/Remove page”
icon and a list of previously saved bookmarks within the web page; andselecting the “
Add/Remove page”
icon to add the bookmark associated with the particular information unit to the list; andretrieving the particular information unit, including; navigating to the list of bookmarks; selecting the bookmark associated with the particular information unit from the list; retrieving the particular information unit and displaying the particular information unit within the web page. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product in a computer readable storage medium, for bookmarking and retrieving an information unit within a web page, the computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer program code, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform the steps of:
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navigating to a particular information unit within a web page; associating a bookmark to the particular information unit within said web page, including clicking a “
Bookmarks”
icon within the web page;displaying an “
Add/Remove page”
icon and a list of previously saved bookmarks within the web page; andselecting the “
Add/Remove page”
icon to add the bookmark associated with the particular information unit to the list; andretrieving the particular information unit, including; navigating to the list of bookmarks; selecting the bookmark associated with the particular information unit from the list; retrieving the particular information unit and displaying the particular information unit within the web page.
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Specification