WEB MANAGEMENT DEVICE, WEB MANAGEMENT METHOD, WEB MANAGEMENT PROGRAM, COMPUTER READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM FOR RECORDING SAID PROGRAM, AND WEB SYSTEM

• US 20130318431A1
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Published: 11/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rakuten Group, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rakuten, Inc. (Rakuten Group, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fujiwara, Yusuke, Masuko, Soh, Iwabuchi, Shigaku
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• 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 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04886 by partitioning the display area of the touch-screen or the surface of the digitising tablet into independently controllable areas, e.g. virtual keyboards or menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A web management device is capable of displaying a web page containing an object in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area. The device includes a generating means for generating the web page with an embedded detectable range for acquiring a position of physical contact with the object displayed in the display area, an acquiring means for acquiring a position of physical contact made within the detectable range of the web page generated and displayed in the display area as a selected position of the object corresponding to the range and acquiring position information indicating the selected position, a storing means for storing the acquired position information, and an adjusting means for compiling the stored position information and adjusting a display target in the display area based on the compiled position information.

Claims

1-20. -20. (canceled)

21. A web management device capable of displaying a web page containing an object in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, comprising:

a generating unit configured to generate the web page with an embedded detectable range for acquiring a position of physical contact with the object displayed in the display area;

an acquiring unit configured to acquire a position of physical contact made within the detectable range of the web page generated by the generating unit and displayed in the display area as a selected position of the object corresponding to the range, and acquire position information indicating the selected position;

a unit configured to store the position information acquired by the acquiring unit into a storing unit; and

an adjusting unit configured to compile the position information stored in the storing unit and adjust a display target in the display area based on the compiled position information.

22. The web management device according to claim 21, wherein

the acquiring unit acquires operation information indicating an operation by a user on a first web page displayed in the display area based on the position information,

the web management device comprises a unit configured to store the operation information acquired by the acquiring unit into the storing unit, and

the adjusting unit adjusts a second web page to be displayed in the display area based on the operation information stored in the storing unit.

23. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the detectable range is composed of a region of the corresponding object and a peripheral region of the region.

24. The web management device according to claim 23, wherein

a link to another web page is embedded in both of the object and the peripheral region.

25. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

an outer edge of the object is a margin.

26. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the selected position is represented by two-dimensional coordinates.

27. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the object is virtually divided into a plurality of blocks, and

the selected position is represented by an identifier of the block.

28. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the object contains a character,

a virtual region is set in the object for each region where a character, a phase composed of a plurality of characters, or a sentence is displayed, and

the selected position is represented by an identifier indicating the virtual region.

29. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the input device is a touch panel.

30. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the operation information contains information related to a selected position in a region where selection made on an object displayed on the first web page is detectable, and

the adjusting unit adjusts layout of objects contained in the second web page based on the information related to the selected position.

31. The web management device according to claim 30, wherein

the operation information contains information related to deviation of a selected position in the region where selection made on the object is detectable, and

the adjusting unit places selectable objects contained in the second web page in a specified region set in accordance with a direction of the deviation in the display area.

32. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the operation information contains information related to changing of a display size of the first web page, and

the adjusting unit adjusts a display size of the second web page based on the information related to changing of the display size.

33. The web management device according to claim 32, wherein

the adjusting unit partially adjusts a display size of selectable objects in the second web page.

34. The web management device according to claim 22, further comprising:

a web page storing unit configured to store different display modes related to the second web page in association with conditions related to the operation information,

wherein the adjusting unit extracts a display mode of the second web page associated with the operation information stored in the storing unit as a display mode of the second web page to be displayed in the display area from the web page storing unit.

35. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the operation information contains information related to scrolling of the first web page, and

the adjusting unit adjusts an attribute value related to an amount of movement of display contents with respect to the scrolling in the second web page.

36. The web management device according to claim 22, wherein

the operation information is stored into the storing unit on a user-by-user basis, and

the adjusting unit adjusts the second web page on a user-by-user basis.

37. A web management method executed by a web management device capable of displaying a web page containing an object in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, the method comprising:

a generating step of generating the web page with an embedded detectable range for acquiring a position of physical contact with the object displayed in the display area;

an acquiring step of acquiring a position of physical contact made within the detectable range of the web page generated in the generating step and displayed in the display area as a selected position of the object corresponding to the range, and acquiring position information indicating the selected position;

a storing step of storing the position information acquired in the acquiring step into a storing unit; and

an adjusting step of compiling the position information stored in the storing step and adjusting a display target in the display area based on the compiled position information.

38. A computer readable recording medium for recording a web management program causing a computer to function as a web management device capable of displaying a web page containing an object in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, the web management program causing the computer to implement:

a generating function for generating the web page with an embedded detectable range for acquiring a position of physical contact with the object displayed in the display area;

an acquiring function for acquiring a position of physical contact made within the detectable range of the web page generated by the generating function and displayed in the display area as a selected position of the object corresponding to the range, and acquiring position information indicating the selected position;

a storing function for storing the position information acquired by the acquiring function into a storing unit; and

an adjusting function for compiling the position information stored in the storing function and adjusting a display target in the display area based on the compiled position information.

39. A web system including a terminal having an input device for displaying a web page containing an object in a display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, and a web server capable of communicating with the terminal, the web server comprising:

a generating unit configured to generate the web page with an embedded detectable range for acquiring a position of physical contact with the object displayed in the display area;

a transmitting unit configured to transmit the web page generated by the generating unit to the terminal;

an acquiring unit configured to acquire position information indicating a selected position from the terminal having displayed the web page transmitted by the transmitting unit in the display area and acquired a position of physical contact made within the detectable range of the web page as the selected position of the object corresponding to the range;

a storing unit configured to store the position information acquired by the acquiring unit into a storing unit; and

an adjusting unit configured to compile the position information stored in the storing unit and adjust a display target in the display area based on the compiled position information.