Method and system for presenting a navigation path for enabling retrieval of content
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1. A method comprising:
- presenting a navigation path representing one or more sequences of resource identifiers that are related based on selection information provided by a user in navigating, via a browser application, the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences of the navigation path,wherein the navigation path is presented to permit direct selection of one of the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences for acquiring content associated with the selected resource identifier, andwherein the navigation path is presented as route indicators directly linking nodes corresponding to specific resource identifiers that were selected by the user, andwherein at least one route indicator linking nodes that were selected by the user is displayed different in appearance to indicate that a subsequently linked node corresponds to a resource identifier that is unrelated to the resource identifier of the node from which it is immediately linked.
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Abstract
An approach for enabling presentment of a navigation path as performed by a user over a network to facilitate rapid acquisition of content is described. A navigation path representing one or more sequences of resource identifiers that are related based on selection information provided by a user in navigating, via a browser application is presented. The navigation path is presented to permit direct selection of one of the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences for acquiring content associated with the selected resource identifier.
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18 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting a navigation path representing one or more sequences of resource identifiers that are related based on selection information provided by a user in navigating, via a browser application, the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences of the navigation path, wherein the navigation path is presented to permit direct selection of one of the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences for acquiring content associated with the selected resource identifier, and wherein the navigation path is presented as route indicators directly linking nodes corresponding to specific resource identifiers that were selected by the user, and wherein at least one route indicator linking nodes that were selected by the user is displayed different in appearance to indicate that a subsequently linked node corresponds to a resource identifier that is unrelated to the resource identifier of the node from which it is immediately linked. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following, present a navigation path representing one or more sequences of resource identifiers that are related based on selection information provided by a user in navigating, via a browser application, the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences of the navigation path, wherein the navigation path is presented to permit direct selection of one of the resource identifiers of the one or more sequences for acquiring content associated with the selected resource identifier, and wherein the navigation path is presented as route indicators directly linking nodes corresponding to specific resource identifiers that were selected by the user, and wherein at least one route indicator linking nodes that were selected by the user is displayed different in appearance to indicate that a subsequently linked node corresponds to a resource identifier that is unrelated to the resource identifier of the node from which it is immediately linked. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method comprising:
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tracking a navigation path specifying a plurality of resource identifiers associated with user selections of the resource identifiers in response to a single query; storing the navigation path among a plurality of navigation paths corresponding to other queries; and retrieving one of the navigation paths in response to a user input, wherein the navigation path is presented as route indicators directly linking nodes corresponding to specific resource identifiers that were selected by the user, and wherein at least one route indicator linking nodes that were selected by the user is displayed different in appearance to indicate that a subsequently linked node corresponds to a resource identifier that is unrelated to the resource identifier of the node from which it is immediately linked. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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