Managing information associated with network resources

• US 9,037,696 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2011
• Issued: 05/19/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jenkins, Jonathan A., Taylor, Brett R., Hart, Gregory M., Bezos, Jeffrey P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Wing F
• Assistant Examiner(s): Thieu, Benjamin M
• Application Number:
  US13/211,188
• Publication Number:
  US 20130046869A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,372 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/220, 709/217, 709/224
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Systems, methods and interfaces for the selective management of information collected by a browser are provided. The browser obtains a network resource, such as a Web page, from a content provider, and collects information associated with the display and interaction with the content by a user. The browser presents, among other controls, a graphical icon that is representative of an integrated command to remove information collected while accessing a first network resource and to cause the browser application to access a second accessed network resource. Upon receipt of an input corresponding to the selection of the graphical icon, the browser deletes information collected while accessing the first network resource and accesses the second network resource.

Claims

1. A computing device configured to manage information associated with web pages comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that,

when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising;

receiving a command to display a previously accessed web page on the computing device and to remove access information associated with a currently accessed web page from the computing device, wherein the previously accessed web page was previously accessed from a network-accessible content server; and

responsive to receiving the command;

causing the removal of the access information associated with the currently accessed web page from the computing device such that the computing device removes a record that the currently accessed web page was accessed, wherein access information indicating that the previously accessed web page was accessed is preserved;

causing the display of the previously accessed web page; and

transmitting a notification to the network-accessible content server reporting an indication of the receipt of the command and an identification of the currently accessed web page.

2. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the executable instructions, when executed, cause the one or more processors to receive a navigation command to cause display of a previously accessed web page without removal of access information associated with the currently accessed web page.

3. The computing device as recited in claim 1, wherein the removal of the access information includes the removal of:

one or more network resource identifiers associated with the currently accessed web page from a software application history, user identification associated with the currently accessed web page, and content previously requested in accessing the currently accessed web page.

4. A computer-implemented method for managing information associated with network resources comprising:

under control of one or more processors configured with specific executable instructions,

determining whether a single input corresponds to a command to (i) remove access information associated with the access of a first network resource and (ii) display a second network resource previously received from a network-accessible content server; and

responsive to determining that the single input corresponds to the command to remove the access information and display the second network resource;

causing the display of the second network resource;

causing removal of access information indicating that the first network resource was accessed, wherein access information indicating that a separate network resource was accessed is preserved; and

causing transmission of a notification regarding the first network resource to the network-accessible content server.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the first network resource is a currently accessed network resource and the second network resource is a network resource that is identified, in a network resource access history, as being displayed immediately before the currently accessed network resource.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining whether at least one additional input corresponds to a command to navigate to the network resource that is identified, in a network resource access history, as being displayed immediately before the currently accessed network resource without deleting information associated with the currently accessed network resource.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the first network resource is a currently accessed network resource and the second network resource is a network resource that is identified, in a network resource access history, as being displayed immediately after the currently accessed network resource.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining whether at least one additional input corresponds to a command to navigate to the network resource that is identified, in a network resource access history, as being displayed immediately after the currently accessed network resource without deleting information associated with the currently accessed network resource.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the single input corresponds to a single, integrated action to perform both the causing the display of the second network resource and causing removal of access information indicating that the first network resource was accessed.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein causing removal of access information indicating that the first network resource was accessed includes causing removal from a software application history of at least one of:

a network resource identifier of the first network resource;

account identifiers associated with the first network resource;

user identifiers associated with the first network resource; and

content associated with the first network resource identifier.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the content associated with the first network resource identifier includes at least one of form information, password information, images and text.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein causing removal of access information indicating that the first network resource was accessed includes:

obtaining configuration information, the configuration information identifying information that will be removed in response to the single input; and

causing removal of the access information in accordance with the configuration information.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the single input corresponds to at least one of a selection of a control button, a selection of a touch interface, a selection of a hardware control and a voice command.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the single input corresponds to the command to remove access information and display a second network resource includes determining an amount of time a touch interface has been accessed.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein determining whether the single input corresponds to the command to remove access information and display a second network resource includes determining whether a pattern associated with a touch interface substantially matches a previously determined pattern.

16. Non-transitory computer-readable storage storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed, instruct a processor to perform a method comprising:

rendering, for display on a computing device, a first selectable component for displaying a first network resource and modifying information associated with a second network resource; and

responsive to an input corresponding to a selection of the first selectable component;

causing the processing of the display of the first network resource;

causing information associated with the second network resource to be modified, wherein information associated with a separate network resource is preserved; and

causing transmission of a notification regarding the second network resource to a network-accessible content server.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable instructions of claim 16, wherein the first selectable component is operative solely to initiate a command to display the first network resource and modify information associated with the second network resource.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable instructions of claim 16, wherein the first selectable component is operative to initiate a command to display the first network resource, modify information associated with the second network resource and at least one additional command.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable instructions of claim 16, wherein causing information associated with the second network resource to be modified includes modification of the information to remove information indicating that the computing device accessed the second network resource.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable instructions of claim 16, wherein causing information associated with the second network resource to be modified includes at least one of:

deleting the information;

encrypting the information; and

obfuscating the information.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 16, wherein the first network resource is a previously accessed network resource and the second network resource is a currently accessed network resource.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 16, wherein the first network resource is a predefined network resource and the second network resource is a currently accessed network resource.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 16, further comprising instructions for:

rendering, for display on the computing device, a second selectable component for displaying the first network resource without removing the information associated with the second network resource; and

responsive to an input corresponding to a selection of the second selectable component, causing the processing of the display of the first network resource without deleting the information associated with the second network resource.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage of claim 16, wherein causing information associated with the second network resource to be modified includes causing removal of access information from the computing device and a content provider that provided the second network resource to the computing device.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 16, wherein causing transmission of the notification regarding the second network source to a network-accessible content server comprises causing transmission of the notification to at least one of:

a server associated with the first network resource;

a server associated with the second network resource;

a server associated with a reporting service; and

a server associated with a search service.

26. A computer-implemented method for managing information associated with network resources comprising:

under control of a network based service provider comprising one or more physical computing devices configured to execute specific instructions,

receiving, at the network based service provider, a notification from a computing device that a single input has been selected corresponding to a command to (i) remove access information associated with the access of a first network resource by the computing device, and (ii) display a second network resource previously provided to the computing device by the network based service provider, the notification including an identification of the first network resource; and

responsive to receiving the notification, storing a record of the notification along with the identification of the first network resource.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 26, further comprising:

determining whether a quantity of notifications received by the network based service provider has at least reached a threshold; and

responsive to the quantity of notifications reaching at least a threshold, initiating an action by the network based service provider.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 27, wherein initiating an action by the network based service provider includes at least one of:

notifying a content provider of the first network resource that the quantity of notifications received by the network based service provider has at least reached the threshold; and

causing the display of an indication on the computing device that the quantity of notifications received by the network based service provider has reached the threshold.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 26, further comprising:

causing the removal of access information associated with the access of the first network resource from the network based resource provider.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 26, wherein network resource based service provider is at least one of:

a content provider associated with the first network resource;

a network accessible computing provider;

a network resource associated with a reporting service; and

a network resource associated with a search service.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 26, wherein the network resource based service provider is a network accessible computing provider that executes at least a portion of a browser application in combination with a second browser application on the computing device to display the first and second network resources.