Apparatus and method for providing bookmark service in communication terminal

• US 9,516,156 B2
• Filed: 12/10/2010
• Issued: 12/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Han, Zhong-Hai, Seo, Ae-Jung, Kim, Sung-Cheol
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Quoc A
• Application Number:
  US12/965,182
• Publication Number:
  US 20110145688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,188 Days
• Field of Search: 715762-863, 715/203, 345619-629, 707/104.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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 16/9562 Bookmark management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0487 using specific features provided by the input device, e.g. functions controlled by the rotation of a mouse with dual sensing arrangements, or of the nature of the input device, e.g. tap gestures based on pressure sensed by a digitiser
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications

Abstract

An apparatus and a method for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal are provided. The method includes accessing a website, determining whether a favicon exists in the accessed website, and when the favicon exists in the website, setting the favicon as a bookmark of the website.

Claims

1. A method for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal, the method comprising:

accessing a website;

obtaining at least one of a website image and a favicon corresponding to the accessed website;

setting the favicon or the website image as a bookmark of the website;

when the bookmark display event occurs, displaying the bookmark corresponding to each website; and

when a user input on a specific bookmark occurs, selectively displaying access-related information of the website corresponding to the specific bookmark,

wherein the access-related information comprises at least one of a last access time, a loading time, a loading speed, and a loading data,

wherein the access related information is mapped to the favicon or the website image, and

wherein the access-related information is selectively displayed based on the type of the user input, the type of user input including at least one of a light tap on the specific bookmark, a tap on the specific bookmark for more than a predetermined time, and a double tap on the specific bookmark.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the favicon does not exist in the website, selecting one icon from previously stored icons, and setting the selected icon as the bookmark of the website.

3. The method of claim 1,

wherein the favicon is obtained based on at least one of a root of a server of the website and meta data of the website, and

wherein the meta data comprises at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website, a favicon, and other Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) field information.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the favicon exists, applying an image effect to the relevant favicon,

wherein the image effect comprises at least one of vectorization, smooth-process, rotation, color control, brightness control, size control, a shadow effect, and a frame addition.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when accessing the website, obtaining the access-related information of the accessed website; and

mapping the access-related information to the bookmark of the website and storing the access-related information.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when the bookmark is tapped or dragged, displaying a window for setting a kind of data to be loaded from a relevant website; and

allowing a user to set the kind of the data to be loaded.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

when a screen display ratio control event occurs with bookmarks for each website displayed, performing at least one of magnification and reduction of a screen comprising the bookmark according to a screen display ratio; and

when the screen display ratio exceeds a threshold, displaying the website image instead of the bookmark on the screen.

8. An apparatus for providing a bookmark service in a communication terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a touch screen display; and

a controller communicatively coupled to the touch screen display and configured to;

obtain, when a website is accessed, at least one of a website image and a favicon corresponding to the accessed website,

set the favicon or the website as a bookmark of the website, when the bookmark display event occurs,

display, on the touch screen display, the bookmark corresponding to each website, and

selectively display, when a user input on a specific bookmark occurs on the touch screen display, access-related information of the website corresponding to the specific bookmark,

wherein the access-related information comprises at least one of a last access time, a loading time, a loading speed, and a loading data,

wherein the access related information is mapped to the favicon or the website image, and

wherein the access-related information is selectively displayed based on the type of the user input, the type of user input including at least one of a light tap on the specific bookmark, a tap on the specific bookmark for more than a predetermined time, and a double tap on the specific bookmark.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein when the favicon does not exist in the website, the controller is further configured to select one icon from previously stored icons and sets the selected icon as the bookmark of the website.

10. The apparatus of claim 8,

wherein the controller is further configured to obtain the favicon based on at least one of a root of a server of the website and meta data of the website, and

wherein the meta data comprises at least one of a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of the website, a favicon, and other Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML) field information.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein when the favicon exists, the controller is further configured to apply an image effect to the relevant favicon, and the image effect comprises at least one of vectorization, smooth-process, rotation, color control, brightness control, size control, a shadow effect, and a frame addition.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein when accessing the website, the controller is further configured to obtain the access-related information of the accessed website, and the apparatus further comprises:

a storage unit configured to;

map the obtained access-related information to the bookmark of the website, and

store the access-related information.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein when the bookmark is tapped or dragged on the touch screen display, the controller is further configured to display a window for setting a kind of data to be loaded from a relevant website on the display unit to allow a user to set the kind of the data to be loaded.

14. The apparatus of claim 8,

wherein when a screen display ratio control event occurs with bookmarks for each website displayed, the controller is further configured to perform at least one of magnification and reduction of a screen displayed on the touch screen display comprising the bookmark according to a screen display ratio, and

wherein when the screen display ratio exceeds a threshold, the controller is further configured to display the website image instead of the bookmark on the screen.

15. A communication terminal, comprising:

a communication unit configured to communicate with a web server;

a controller including a bookmark manager configured to;

obtain at least one of a website image and a favicon corresponding to the accessed website, and

set the favicon or the website image as a bookmark for the website; and

a display unit configured to display a user interface including the bookmark and access-related information of the website associated with the bookmark,

wherein the access-related information comprises at least one of a last access time, a loading time, a loading speed, and a loading data,

wherein the access related information is mapped to the favicon or the website image, and

wherein when a user input occurs on a specific icon corresponding to the bookmark displayed on the display unit, the controller is further configured to control the display unit to selectively display the access-related information corresponding to the website associated with the bookmark based on the type of the user input, the type of user input including at least one of a light tap on the specific bookmark, a tap on the specific bookmark for more than a predetermined time, and a double tap on the specific bookmark.

16. The communication terminal of claim 15, further comprising:

a storage unit configured to store the favicon corresponding to the bookmark and the access-related information corresponding to the website associated with the bookmark.

17. The communication terminal of claim 15, wherein, when the favicon is present in the website, the controller is further configured to perform an image effect on the favicon and set the changed favicon as the bookmark for the website.