Browser function bar display method, apparatus, and processing device

• US 10,852,927 B2
• Filed: 05/03/2018
• Issued: 12/01/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 11/06/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Guangzhou Ucweb Computer Technology Company, Ltd.
• Inventors: Shen, Meng, Zeng, Can
• Primary Examiner(s): Yoon, Eric J
• Application Number:
  US15/969,975
• Publication Number:
  US 20180253223A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0485 Scrolling or panning

Abstract

A browser function bar display method, apparatus, and processing device. The method comprises: acquiring an operation on a function bar of a browser, the function bar being divided into a first function bar and a second function bar that independently store contents, wherein the second function bar is configured to store private content; when the operation meets preset requirements, switching the display of the first function bar and the second function bar. The method can improve the privacy of stored contents and better protect browsing privacy for a user.

Claims

1. A browser function bar display method, comprising:

acquiring an operation on a browser function bar of a browser window of a browser, wherein the browser function bar includes a first function bar, wherein the browser window is selected to be either an incognito window or a non-incognito window;

in response to the browser window being the incognito window;

creating a second function bar configured to store private content including one or more hidden website bookmarks wherein the second function bar and the hidden website bookmarks are not displayed at any point in time in which the browser window is the non-incognito window;

switching, when the operation is a preset operation, between a display of the first function bar and a display of the second function bar in the browser function bar, wherein the switching includes hiding one and revealing the other of the first function bar and the second function bar and wherein the first function bar, when revealed, displays one or more conventional website bookmarks added to the browser using the non-incognito window of the browser; and

when the operation comprises adding a website bookmark, displaying a tree node of hidden bookmarks in a bookmark editing dialog box, wherein the bookmark editing dialog box provides an option for a user to select between saving the website bookmark to the conventional website bookmarks and saving the website bookmark to the hidden website bookmarks; and

in response to the browser window being the non-incognito window;

displaying the first function bar while refraining from switching between the first function bar and the second function bar; and

when the operation comprises adding a website bookmark, refraining from displaying the tree node of the hidden bookmarks in the bookmark editing dialog box.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein:

the first function bar is a bookmark bar for storing website bookmarks in the non-incognito window, and the second function bar is a hidden bookmark bar for storing private hidden bookmarks in the incognito window.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the hidden bookmark bar stores a hidden bookmark added by a user when the browser window is the incognito window and after acquiring a click on a menu option or a bookmark addition button to add the hidden bookmark, the bookmark addition button being in an address bar.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the switching between the display of the first function bar and the display of the second function bar comprises:

switching between a display of a bookmark in the bookmark bar and a display of a hidden bookmark in the hidden bookmark bar.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the switching between the display of the first function bar and the display of the second function bar comprises:

switching between the display of the first function bar and the display of the second function bar according to a value of a sliding animation parameter sent by an operating system, wherein the value of the sliding animation parameter being 0 indicates hiding, the value being 1 indicates displaying all, and the value being between 0 and 1 indicates a partial display at a ratio of the value to the height of the browser function bar.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the preset operation is an operation to scroll a mouse, to swipe, or to click on a set icon in the browser function bar.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the preset operation is an operation to scroll a mouse, to swipe, or to click on a set icon at a set position in the browser function bar.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the switching, when the operation is a preset operation, between the display of the first function bar and the display of the second function bar comprises:

when the operation is an operation to scroll a mouse in a first direction, to swipe in the first direction, or to click on a switching icon in the first function bar, hiding the first function bar, and displaying the second function bar; and

when the operation is an operation to scroll a mouse in a second direction, to swipe in the second direction, or to click on a switching icon in the second function bar, hiding the second function bar, and displaying the first function bar.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

acquiring, when a mouse is scrolled, a mouse scrolling message sent by an operating system, wherein the mouse scrolling message comprises mouse scrolling direction information and current mouse position information, and the mouse scrolling direction information and the current mouse position information in the first function bar or the second function bar are determined according to the mouse scrolling message.

10. The method according to claim 6, wherein the display of the first function bar or the second function bar flies in along a mouse scrolling direction or swiping direction, or flies in against the mouse scrolling direction or swiping direction.

11. A browser function bar display apparatus comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions executable by the one or more processors to cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

acquiring an operation on a browser function bar of a browser window of a browser, wherein the browser function bar includes a first function bar, wherein the browser window is selected to be either an incognito window or a non-incognito window;

in response to the browser window being the incognito window;

creating a second function bar configured to store private content including one or more hidden website bookmarks wherein the second function bar and the hidden website bookmarks are not displayed at any point in time in which the browser window is the non-incognito window;

switching, when the operation is a preset operation, between a display of the first function bar and a display of the second function bar in the browser function bar, wherein the switching includes hiding one and revealing the other of the first function bar and the second function bar and wherein the first function bar, when revealed, displays one or more conventional website bookmarks added to the browser using the non-incognito window of the browser; and

when the operation comprises adding a website bookmark, displaying a tree node of hidden bookmarks in a bookmark editing dialog box, wherein the bookmark editing dialog box provides an option for a user to select between saving the website bookmark to the conventional website bookmarks and saving the website bookmark to the hidden website bookmarks; and

in response to the browser window being the non-incognito window;

displaying the first function bar while refraining from switching between the first function bar and the second function bar; and

when the operation comprises adding a website bookmark, refraining from displaying the tree node of the hidden bookmarks in the bookmark editing dialog box.

12. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein:

the first function bar is a bookmark bar for storing website bookmarks in the non-incognito window, and the second function bar is a hidden bookmark bar for storing private hidden bookmarks in the incognito window.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the hidden bookmark bar stores a hidden bookmark added by a user when the browser window is the incognito window and after acquiring a click on a menu option or a bookmark addition button to add the hidden bookmark, the bookmark addition button being in an address bar.

14. The apparatus according to claim 12, wherein the switching between the display of the first function bar and the display of the second function bar comprises:

switching between a display of a bookmark in the bookmark bar and a display of a hidden bookmark in the hidden bookmark bar.

15. The apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the preset operation comprises an operation to scroll a mouse, to swipe, or to click on a set icon in the browser function bar.

16. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the preset operation is an operation to scroll a mouse, to swipe, or to click on a set icon at a set position in the browser function bar.

17. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein the switching, when the operation is a preset operation, between the display of the first function bar and the display of the second function bar comprises:

hiding the first function bar and displaying the second function bar when the operation is scrolling a mouse in a first direction in the first function bar, and hiding the second function bar and displaying the first function bar when the operation is scrolling a mouse in a second direction in the second function bar;

hiding the first function bar and displaying the second function bar when the operation is swiping in the first direction in the first function bar, and hiding the second function bar and displaying the first function bar when the operation is swiping in the second direction in the second function bar and,

hiding the first function bar and displaying the second function bar when the operation is clicking on a switching icon in the first function bar, and hiding the second function bar and displaying the first function bar when the operation is clicking on a switching icon in the second function bar.

18. The apparatus according to claim 17, wherein the instructions further cause the one or more processors to perform:

acquiring, when a mouse is scrolled, a mouse scrolling message sent by an operating system, the mouse scrolling message comprising mouse scrolling direction information and current mouse position information, and the mouse scrolling direction and the position of the mouse in the first function bar or the second function bar are determined according to the mouse scrolling message.

19. The apparatus according to claim 15, wherein

the display of the first function bar or the second function bar flies in along a mouse scrolling direction or swiping direction, or flies in against the mouse scrolling direction or swiping direction.