Local mobile memo for non-interrupting link noting

• US 9,384,290 B1
• Filed: 11/02/2012
• Issued: 07/05/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Zhenyu, Liu, Yifang
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hien
• Application Number:
  US13/667,619
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

Systems, methods, routines and/or techniques for a local mobile memo for non-interrupting link noting are described. One or more embodiments may include a method that may include displaying to a user a page containing a link, receiving a first user input that indicates the link should be saved for potential later processing and saving the link to a local repository so that the link can be processed later. The saving may occur while the page continues to be displayed. The saving may occur without processing the link to perform the associated action. The method may include displaying a list (e.g., including the link) of one or more links saved in the repository, for example, in response to an event that indicates that the user may be interested in viewing links in the link repository.

Claims

1. A method executed by a data processing system having at least one processor, the method comprising:

providing for display a page containing at least one link, wherein the at least one link is configured to be processed by a software program to perform an associated action;

receiving a first input that identifies a first link of the at least one link;

saving the first link to a local repository in response to the first input, so that the first link can be processed later, wherein the saving occurs while the page continues to be provided, and wherein the saving occurs without processing the first link to perform the associated action;

saving, with the first link, in response to the first input, contextual information related to the first link to the local repository, wherein the contextual information includes information that was located on the page, and wherein the contextual information comprises up to two sentences of text that indicate content that the first link is associated with;

saving, with the first link, in response to the first input, a reverse link to the local repository so that the reverse link can be processed later, wherein the reverse link comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the page and processing the reverse link causes a web browser to navigate to the page;

providing for display a confirmation that the first link has been saved to the local repository;

providing for display a list of one or more links saved in the repository, wherein the list includes the first link and the reverse link, and wherein the providing of the list occurs in response to receipt of a request to close or exit the page;

providing for display a second page containing second content;

making a determination that the second content of the second page is similar to the contextual information related to the first link; and

providing for display the list of one or more links saved in the repository, wherein the providing occurs in response to the determination that the second content of the second page is similar to the contextual information related to the first link.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing for display the contextual information with the first link when the list of one or more links is provided in response to receipt of the request to close or exit the page; and

providing for display the contextual information with the first link in response to the determination that the second content of the second page is similar to the contextual information related to the first link.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

analyzing the link repository including the one or more links and the contextual information;

retrieving third content, from a remote server, that is related to one or more of the links and the contextual information in the link repository; and

providing for display the third content on the page.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

analyzing the link repository including the one or more links and the contextual information;

retrieving third content, from a remote server, that is related to one or more of the links and the contextual information in the link repository; and

providing for display the third content with the list of one or more links saved in the repository when the list is provided in response to receipt of the request to close or exit the page.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first input includes swiping information generated by a touchscreen in the data processing system.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second input that selects the first link from the list of one or more links; and

processing the first link to perform the associated action.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first link is a second Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) and processing the first link causes the web browser to navigate to a target associated with the second URL or URI.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a second input that selects the reverse link from the list of one or more links; and

processing the reverse link to cause the web browser to navigate to the page.

9. A data processing system, comprising:

one or more memory units that store computer code; and

one or more processor units coupled to the one or more memory units, wherein the one or more processor units execute the computer code stored in the one or more memory units to adapt the data processing system to;

provide for display a page containing at least one link, wherein the at least one link is configured to be processed by a software program to perform an associated action;

receive a first input that identifies a first link of the at least one link;

save the first link to a local repository, in response to the first input, so that the first link can be processed later, wherein the saving occurs while the page continues to be provided, and wherein the saving occurs without processing the first link to perform the associated action;

save, with the first link, in response to the first input, contextual information related to the first link to the local repository, wherein the contextual information includes information that was located on the page, and wherein the contextual information comprises up to two sentences of text that indicate content that the first link is associated with;

save, with the first link, in response to the first input, a reverse link to the local repository so that the reverse link can be processed later, wherein the reverse link comprises a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) of the page and processing the reverse link causes a web browser to navigate to the page;

provide for display a confirmation that the first link has been saved to the local repository;

provide for display a list of one or more links saved in the repository, wherein the list includes the first link and the reverse link, and wherein the providing occurs in response to receipt of a request to close or exit the page;

provide for display a second page containing second content;

make a determination that the second content of the second page is similar to the contextual information related to the first link; and

provide for display the list of one or more links saved in the repository, wherein the providing occurs in response to the determination that the second content of the second page is similar to the contextual information related to the first link.

10. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the data processing system is further adapted to:

provide for display the contextual information with the first link when the list of one or more links is provided in response to receipt of the request to close or exit the page; and

provide for display the contextual information with the first link in response to the determination that the second content of the second page is similar to the contextual information related to the first link.

11. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is further adapted to:

analyze the link repository including the one or more links and the contextual information;

retrieve third content, from a remote server, that is related to one or more of the links and the contextual information in the link repository; and

provide for display the third content on the page.

12. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the data processing system is further adapted to:

analyze the link repository including the one or more links and the contextual information;

retrieve third content, from a remote server, that is related to one or more of the links and the contextual information in the link repository; and

provide for display the third content with the list of one or more links saved in the repository when the list is provided in response to receipt of the request to close or exit the page.

13. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the first input includes swiping information generated by a touchscreen in the data processing system.

14. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the data processing system is further adapted to:

receive a second input that selects the first link from the list of one or more links; and

process the first link to perform the associated action.

15. The data processing system of claim 9, wherein the data processing system is further adapted to:

receive a second input that selects the reverse link from the list of one or more links; and

process the reverse link to cause the web browser to navigate to the page.