Conditional promotion of bookmarks

• US 7,089,305 B2
• Filed: 09/25/2001
• Issued: 08/08/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/25/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bates, Cary L., Santosuosso, John M., Martino, Gilford F., Timon, Vincent T. III
• Primary Examiner(s): Dinh, Dung C.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Scuderi, Philip S.
• Application Number:
  US09/963,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074415A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,778 Days
• Field of Search: 709217-219, 709201-203, 709/224, 709/245, 707/3, 715/514
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method and system for organizing bookmarks. A bookmark structure includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder. A bookmark search list, which includes at least one bookmark in the bookmark structure, is generated. Software is executed, wherein the software searches each bookmark on the bookmark search list through depth N (N≧0). The searching determines whether the bookmark satisfies an upgrade condition. The upgrade condition includes a boolean text expression and may also include at least one of: a client visitation condition, a general visitation condition, a bookmark existence condition, a content-type condition, a URL-age condition, and a Top-Level-Domain (TLD) condition. If the searching determines that the bookmark satisfies the upgrade condition and that the bookmark is not in the special bookmark location, then the bookmark is moved to the special bookmark location.

Claims

1. A method for organizing bookmarks, comprising:

searching each bookmark on a bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer, wherein the bookmark search list includes at least one bookmark in bookmark structure, wherein the bookmark structure includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein the bookmark search list has K bookmarks therein, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

determining from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression; and

if the determining determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition, then moving the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the special bookmark location includes the main bookmark list.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the special bookmark location includes a special bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the determining determines that the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location, then deleting the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if the determining determines that the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location, then not deleting the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one bookmark in the bookmark structure includes all bookmarks in a first bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one bookmark in a bookmark structure includes at least one bookmark in a first bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the searching, determining, and moving are executed at a computer that is remote to the client computer.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the searching, determining, and moving are executed at the client computer.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein K is at least 2.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein N is constant over the bookmarks on the bookmark search list.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a client visitation condition.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a general visitation condition.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a bookmark existence condition.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a content-type condition.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a URL-age condition.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a Top-Level-Domain (TLD) condition.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the upgrade condition is supplied by the client computer.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein the upgrade condition is bookmark folder dependent.

20. A method for organizing bookmarks, comprising:

generating a bookmark search list having K bookmarks therein, wherein the K bookmarks include at least one bookmark from a bookmark structure that includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

triggering execution of software that, for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . , K);

searches the bookmark B_i on the bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer,

determines from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression, and

moves the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location within the bookmark structure if the software determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the special bookmark location includes the main bookmark list.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the special bookmark location includes a special bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the software deletes the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location if the software determines that the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and that the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location.

24. The method of claim 22, wherein the software does not delete the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location if the software determines that the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location.

25. The method of claim 20, wherein the at least one bookmark in the bookmark structure includes all bookmarks in a first bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

26. The method of claim 20, wherein the at least one bookmark in a bookmark structure includes at least one bookmark in a first bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

27. The method of claim 20, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer.

28. The method of claim 20, wherein K is at least 2.

29. The method of claim 20, wherein N is constant over the bookmarks on the bookmark search list.

30. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a client visitation condition.

31. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a general visitation condition.

32. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a bookmark existence condition.

33. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a content-type condition.

34. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a URL-age condition.

35. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition further includes a Top-Level-Domain (TLD) condition.

36. The method of claim 20, further comprising providing the upgrade condition.

37. The method of claim 20, wherein the upgrade condition is bookmark folder dependent.

38. A computer system for organizing bookmarks, said computer system comprising a computer code on a computer readable medium, said computer code adapted to:

search each bookmark on a bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer, wherein the bookmark search list includes at least one bookmark in a bookmark structure, wherein the bookmark structure includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein the bookmark search list has K bookmarks therein, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

determine from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression; and

move the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location within the bookmark structure if the computer code determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition, wherein the special bookmark location is selected from the group consisting of the main bookmark list and a special bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

39. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the computer code is further adapted to delete the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location if the computer code determines that the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location.

40. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the computer code is further adapted to not delete the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location if the computer code determines that the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location.

41. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the computer system further comprises a client computer and a remote computer, wherein the bookmark structure exists at the client computer, and wherein the computer code is executed at the remote computer.

42. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the computer system further comprises a client computer, wherein the bookmark structure exists at the client computer.

43. The computer system of claim 38, wherein K is at least 2.

44. The computer system of claim 38, wherein N is constant over the bookmarks on the bookmark search list.

45. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the upgrade condition further includes at least one of a client visitation condition, a general visitation condition, a bookmark existence condition, a content-type condition, a URL-age condition, and a Top-Level-Domain (TLD) condition.

46. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the computer system further comprises a client computer, wherein the bookmark structure exists at the client computer, and wherein the upgrade condition is supplied by the client computer.

47. The computer system of claim 38, wherein the upgrade condition is bookmark folder dependent.

48. A computer system for organizing bookmarks, said computer system comprising a computer code on a computer readable medium, said computer code adapted to:

generate a bookmark search list having K bookmarks therein, wherein the K bookmarks include at least one bookmark from a bookmark structure, wherein the bookmark structure includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

trigger execution of software that, for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

searches the bookmark B_i on the bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer,

determines from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression, and

moves the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location within the bookmark structure if the computer code determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition.

49. The computer system of claim 48, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer.

50. The computer system of claim 48, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the computer code is further adapted to having a user at the client computer select the at least one bookmark.

51. The computer system of claim 48, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the computer code is further adapted to receiving N as input from a source that is external to the computer code.

52. The computer system of claim 48, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the computer code is further adapted to receiving the upgrade condition as input from a source that is external to the computer code.

70. The computer system of claim 48, wherein K is at least 2.

53. A system for organizing bookmarks, comprising:

means for searching each bookmark on a bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer, wherein the bookmark search list includes at least one bookmark in a bookmark structure, wherein the bookmark structure includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein the bookmark search list has K bookmarks therein, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

means for determining from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression; and

means for moving the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location if the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition.

54. The system of claim 53, further comprising means for deleting the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location if the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location.

55. The system of claim 53, further comprising means for not deleting the bookmark B_i from the special bookmark location if the bookmark B_i does not satisfy the upgrade condition and if the bookmark B_i is in the special bookmark location.

56. The system of claim 53, further comprising a client computer and a remote computer, wherein the bookmark structure exists at the client computer, and wherein the computer code is executed at the remote computer.

57. The system of claim 53, further comprising a client computer, wherein the bookmark structure exists at the client computer, and wherein the computer code is executed at the client computer.

58. The method of claim 53, wherein K is at least 2.

59. The system of claim 53, wherein N is constant over the bookmarks on the bookmark search list.

60. The system of claim 53, wherein the upgrade condition further includes at least one of a client visitation condition, a general visitation condition, a bookmark existence condition, a content-type condition, a URL-age condition, and a Top-Level-Domain (TLD) condition.

61. The system of claim 53, further comprising a client computer, wherein the bookmark structure exists at the client computer, and wherein the upgrade condition is supplied by the client.

62. The system of claim 53, wherein the upgrade condition is bookmark folder dependent.

71. The system of claim 53, wherein K is at least 2.

63. A system for organizing bookmarks, comprising:

means for generating a bookmark search list having K bookmarks therein, wherein the K bookmarks include at least one bookmark from a bookmark structure that includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

means for triggering execution of software that, for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

searches the bookmark B_i on the bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer,

determines from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression, and

moves the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location within the bookmark structure if the software determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition.

64. The system of claim 63, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client.

65. The system of claim 63, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the software is adapted to having a user at the client computer select the at least one bookmark.

66. The system of claim 63, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the software is further adapted to receiving N as input from a source that is external to the computer code.

67. The system of claim 63, wherein the bookmark structure exists at a client computer, and wherein the software is adapted to receiving the upgrade condition as input from a source that is external to the software.

72. The system of claim 63, wherein K is at least 2.

68. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable computer code embodied therein, wherein the computer code is adapted to:

search bookmark on a bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer, wherein the bookmark search list includes at least one bookmark in a bookmark structure, and wherein the bookmark structure includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein the bookmark search list has K bookmarks therein, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

determine from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression; and

move the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location within the bookmark structure if the computer code determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition, wherein the special bookmark location is selected from the group consisting of the main bookmark list and a special bookmark folder of the at least one bookmark folder.

69. A computer program product, comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable computer code embodied therein, wherein the computer code is adapted to:

generate a bookmark search list having K bookmarks therein, wherein the K bookmarks include at least one bookmark from a bookmark structure that includes a main bookmark list and at least one bookmark folder hierarchically linked to the main bookmark list, wherein K is a positive integer, and wherein the K bookmarks are denoted as B₁, B₂, . . . , B_K; and

trigger execution of software that, for each bookmark B_i (i=1, 2, . . . K);

searches the bookmark B_i on the bookmark search list from depth 0 through depth N, wherein N is a positive integer,

determines from the searching whether the bookmark B_i satisfies an upgrade condition that includes a boolean text expression, and

moves the bookmark B_i to a special bookmark location within the bookmark structure if the computer code determines that the bookmark B_i satisfies the upgrade condition.