Providing browsing history on client for dynamic webpage

• US 9,183,314 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Issued: 11/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chan, Yuk L., Cheng, Gisela C., Ng, Kin, Washington, Derrick L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gillis, Brian J
• Assistant Examiner(s): MOREAU, AUSTIN J
• Application Number:
  US13/447,475
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,303 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/234, 715/838, 707/705, 707/706
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]

Abstract

A technique is provided for capturing browsing history of a webpage. A processor receives a webpage from a server, determines that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, and captures a page of the webpage responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled.

Claims

1. A method for capturing browsing history of a webpage, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, the webpage from a server, wherein the webpage is a dynamic webpage that is generated at the time of access by the user and the webpage changes as a result of interaction with the user;

determining, by the processor, that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled based on determining that a predefined amount of change set by the user has occurred when comparing display of a first instance of the webpage previously captured and display of a second instance of the webpage currently displayed on a display screen;

capturing, by the processor, the second instance of the webpage having a changed visual presentation responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled;

wherein the capturing comprises pre-capturing an instance of the webpage as a pre-captured instance before the trigger is fulfilled;

responsive to confirming that the pre-captured instance is confirmed by fulfilling the trigger, sending the pre-captured instance to a static browsing history management component to be stored as a captured instance of the webpage;

wherein the user is provided access to navigation of the browsing history independent from the current browsing windows;

displaying a graphical user interface comprising an applied panel that displays a plurality of applied buttons selectable by the user indicating how the selected trigger is applied, the plurality of applied buttons comprising;

a current webpage button for allowing the user to identify whether the trigger applies only to the current webpage of a website;

a current and future visit webpage button for allowing the user to select if the trigger applies to both current and future visits to the webpage; and

a selected webpages button configured to display fields for the user to input desired webpages into the fields for identifying the webpages to which the triggers will apply.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to cause an instance of the webpage to be captured;

and

wherein metadata related to the instance is captured along with the instance.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user in advance;

wherein the metadata captured along with the instance comprises at least one of a time stamp, a universal resource locator, a uniform resource identifier, and information filled in by the user;

wherein a listing of browsing history, as displayed to the user, comprises the instance captured and the metadata corresponding to that captured instance; and

wherein the listing of browsing history is displayed to the user as a thumbnail of the webpage together with the metadata for the instance.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled when a predefined amount of time elapses as set by the user in advance, wherein elapsing of the predefined amount of time causes an image map of the instance of the webpage to be stored;

displaying a graphical user interface comprising a trigger panel and the applied panel;

wherein the trigger panel displays types of trigger buttons selectable by the user, the types of trigger buttons configured to permit the user to select the trigger to be fulfilled.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled based on determining that a predefined amount of change set by the user has occurred;

wherein the predefined amount of change corresponds to an image map of the first instance differing from the second instance by a predefined percentage.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the trigger is set to be fulfilled by user action in which the user action comprises interacting with a currently displayed instance of the webpage.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user action is configured to be set to:

filling in a form on the currently displayed instance;

submitting a completed form;

making a selection on the currently displayed instance;

selecting a button to traverse to a subsequently displayed instance in order to fulfill the trigger for capturing the second instance of the webpage;

selecting a button to traverse to a previously displayed instance;

selecting a link on the currently displayed instance;

selecting a button to end a session on the currently displayed instance in order to fulfill the trigger for capturing the second instance of the webpage;

interacting with dynamic content that periodically changes;

filling in a particular field on the currently displayed instance; and

closing the currently displayed instance in order to fulfill the trigger for capturing the second instance of the webpage.

8. A system for capturing browsing history of a webpage, comprising:

memory configured to store a program; and

a processor, functionally coupled to the memory, the processor being responsive to computer-executable instructions contained in the program and operative to;

receive the webpage from a server, wherein the webpage is a dynamic webpage that is generated at the time of access by the user and the webpage changes as a result of interaction with the user;

determine that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled based on determining that a predefined amount of change set by the user has occurred when comparing display of a first instance of the webpage previously captured and display of a second instance of the webpage currently displayed on a display screen;

capture the second instance of the webpage having a changed visual presentation responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled by the determining that the second instance currently displayed on the display screen is different from the first instance by the predefined amount of change;

wherein the capturing comprises pre-capturing an instance of the webpage as a pre-captured instance before the trigger is fulfilled;

responsive to confirming that the pre-captured instance is confirmed by fulfilling the trigger, sending the pre-captured instance to a static browsing history management component to be stored as a captured instance of the webpage;

wherein the user is provided access to navigation of the browsing history independent from the current browsing windows;

displaying a graphical user interface comprising an applied panel that displays a plurality of applied buttons selectable by the user indicating how the selected trigger is applied, the plurality of applied buttons comprising;

a current webpage button for allowing the user to identify whether the trigger applies only to the current webpage of a website;

a current and future visit webpage button for allowing the user to select if the trigger applies to both current and future visits to the webpage; and

a selected webpages button configured to display fields for the user to input desired webpages into the fields for identifying the webpages to which the triggers will apply.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the trigger is configured to cause an instance of the webpage to be captured;

and

wherein metadata related to the instance is captured along with the instance.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user in advance;

wherein the metadata captured along with the instance comprises at least one of a time stamp, a universal resource locator, a uniform resource identifier, and information filled in by the user;

wherein a listing of browsing history, as displayed to the user, comprises the instance captured and the metadata corresponding to that captured instance; and

wherein the listing of browsing history is displayed to the user as a thumbnail of the webpage together with the metadata for the instance.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled when a predefined amount of time elapses as set by the user in advance.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user based on a predefined amount of change between an image map display of the first instance and display of the second instance of the webpage;

and

wherein responsive to the processor determining that the predefined amount of change has occurred for the webpage, the processor is configured to capture the second instance.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the predefined amount of change corresponds to the image map of the first instance differing from the second instance by a predefined percentage.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the trigger is set to be fulfilled by user action in which the user action comprises interacting with a currently displayed instance of the webpage.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the user action is configured to be set to:

filling in a form on the currently displayed instance;

submitting a completed form;

making a selection on the currently displayed instance;

selecting a button to traverse to a subsequently displayed instance;

selecting a button to traverse to a previously displayed instance;

selecting a link on the currently displayed instance;

selecting a button to end a session on the currently displayed instance;

interacting with dynamic content that periodically changes;

filling in a particular field on the currently displayed instance; and

closing the currently displayed instance.

16. A computer program product for capturing browsing history of a webpage, the computer program product comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

receiving, by a processor, the webpage from a server, wherein the webpage is a dynamic webpage that is generated at the time of access by the user and the webpage changes as a result of interaction with the user;

determining, by the processor, that a trigger associated with a user is fulfilled, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled based on determining that a predefined amount of change set by the user has occurred when comparing display of a first instance of the webpage previously captured and display of a second instance of the webpage currently displayed on a display screen;

capturing, by the processor, the second instance of the webpage having a changed visual presentation responsive to the trigger associated with the user being fulfilled by the determining that the second instance currently displayed on the display screen is different from the first instance by the predefined amount of change;

wherein the capturing comprises pre-capturing an instance of the webpage as a pre-captured instance before the trigger is fulfilled;

responsive to confirming that the pre-captured instance is confirmed by fulfilling the trigger, sending the pre-captured instance to a static browsing history management component to be stored as a captured instance of the webpage;

wherein the user is provided access to navigation of the browsing history independent from the current browsing windows;

displaying a graphical user interface comprising an applied panel that displays a plurality of applied buttons selectable by the user indicating how the selected trigger is applied, the plurality of applied buttons comprising;

a current webpage button for allowing the user to identify whether the trigger applies only to the current webpage of a website;

a current and future visit webpage button for allowing the user to select if the trigger applies to both current and future visits to the webpage; and

a selected webpages button configured to display fields for the user to input desired webpages into the fields for identifying the webpages to which the triggers will apply.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the trigger is configured to cause an instance of the webpage to be captured;

and

wherein metadata related to the instance is captured along with the instance.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user in advance;

wherein the metadata captured along with the instance comprises at least one of a time stamp, a universal resource locator, a uniform resource identifier, and information filled in by the user;

wherein a listing of browsing history, as displayed to the user, comprises the instance captured and the metadata corresponding to that captured instance; and

wherein the listing of browsing history is displayed to the user as a thumbnail of the webpage together with the metadata for the instance.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the trigger is configured to be fulfilled when a predefined amount of time elapses as set by the user in advance.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the trigger is configured to be set by the user based on a predefined amount of change between an image map display of the first instance and display of the second instance of the Web 2.0 webpage;

and

wherein responsive to the processor determining that the predefined amount of change has occurred for the webpage, the processor is configured to capture the second instance.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the predefined amount of change corresponds to the image map of the first instance differing from the second instance by a predefined percentage.