Method, system, and program for saving object content in a repository file

• US 7,213,204 B1
• Filed: 04/27/2000
• Issued: 05/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dutta, Rabindranath
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong; Stephen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stork; Kyle R.
• Application Number:
  US09/561,181
• Time in Patent Office: 2,560 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/3, 715/501.1, 715/513, 715/533, 715/530, 715/517, 715/523, 704/4, 704/1
• US Class Current: 715/235
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for saving content of electronic objects displayed in a computer viewer program. Content of an object is presented in an interface generated by the viewer program. User selection of a command is received with respect to the presented object content. In response to the user selection of the command, a determination is made of a repository file. The content of the selected object is appended to the determined repository file. The repository file is capable of including content from multiple objects appended to the repository file in response to previous user selections of the command.

Claims

1. A method for saving content of electronic objects displayed in a computer viewer program, comprising:

presenting content in a page by the viewer program;

presenting content of an object in a separate window from the page by the viewer program;

receiving user selection of a command with respect to the presented content of the object; and

performing, in response to the user selection of the command;

(i) determining a repository file without user involvement, wherein there are a plurality of repository files, wherein determining the repository file in which to append the presented content further comprises at least one of;

determining one repository file associated with a file type of the object; and

determining one repository file associated with classification information embedded in the object; and

(ii) appending content of the object to the determined repository file, wherein the repository file is capable of including content from multiple objects appended to the repository file in response to previous user selections of the command and wherein the content of each object included in the repository file corresponds to content selected by the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the repository file includes content appended from objects downloaded from different servers over a network.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the repository file in which to append the presented content further comprises:

determining the classification information embedded in the object.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying one graphical button in a user interface, wherein the command is selected by receiving user input selecting the graphical button.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising displaying a plurality of graphical buttons, wherein each button is associated with a different repository file, wherein user selection of the command comprises selection of one of the displayed graphical buttons, and wherein determining the repository file comprises determining the repository file associated with the selected graphical button.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein each repository file and corresponding graphical button is associated with a different class of object content, and wherein the repository files accumulate content appended from objects retrieved from different servers over a network.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the command is selected by user selection of an input device mechanism.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the object is capable of including content that is a member of the set of content comprising:

text, images, video stream, sound stream, and three dimensional images.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the presented content in the page includes embedded objects, further comprising:

receiving user selection of one embedded object in the presented content in the page, wherein only the content of the selected embedded object is appended to the repository file in response to the user selection of the command.

10. A system for saving content of electronic objects displayed in a computer viewer program, comprising:

means for presenting content in a page by the viewer program;

means for presenting content of an object in a separate window from the page by the viewer program;

means for receiving user selection of a command with respect to the presented content of the object; and

means for performing, in response to the user selection of the command;

(i) determining a repository file without user involvement, wherein there are a plurality of repository files, wherein determining the repository file in which to append the presented content further comprises at least one of;

determining one repository file associated with a file type of the object; and

determining one repository file associated with classification information embedded in the object; and

(ii) appending content of the object to the determined repository file, wherein the repository file is capable of including content from multiple objects appended to the repository file in response to previous user selections of the command and wherein the content of each object included in the repository file corresponds to content selected by the user.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the repository file includes content appended from objects downloaded from different servers over a network.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the means for determining the repository file in which to append the presented content further comprises:

means for determining the classification information embedded in the object.

13. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for displaying one graphical button in a user interface, wherein the command is selected by receiving user input selecting the graphical button.

14. The system of claim 10, further comprising means for displaying a plurality of graphical buttons, wherein each button is associated with a different repository file, wherein user selection of the command comprises selection of one of the displayed graphical buttons, and wherein the means for determining the repository file comprises means for determining the repository file associated with the selected graphical button.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein each repository file and corresponding graphical button is associated with a different class of object content, and wherein the repository files accumulate content appended from objects retrieved from different servers over a network.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the command is selected by user selection of an input device mechanism.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the object is capable of including content that is a member of the set of content comprising:

text, images, video stream, sound stream, and three dimensional images.

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the presented content includes embedded objects, further comprising:

means for receiving user selection of one embedded object in the presented content in the page, wherein only the content of the selected embedded object is appended to the repository file in response to the user selection of the command.

19. A computer readable medium for use in saving content of electronic objects displayed in a computer viewer program, wherein the computer readable medium includes code for causing a computer to perform:

presenting content in a page by the viewer program;

presenting content of an object in a separate window from the page by the viewer program;

receiving user selection of a command with respect to the presented content of the object; and

performing, in response to the user selection of the command;

(i) determining a repository file without user involvement, wherein there are a plurality of repository files, wherein determining the repository file in which to append the presented content further comprises at least one of;

determining one repository file associated with a file type of the object; and

determining one repository file associate with classification information embedded in the object; and

(ii) appending content of the object to the determined repository file, wherein the repository file is capable of including content from multiple objects appended to the repository file in response to previous user selections of the command and wherein the content of each object included in the repository file corresponds to content selected by the user.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the repository file includes content appended from objects downloaded from different servers over a network.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein determining the repository file in which to append the presented content further comprises:

determining the classification information embedded in the object.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising displaying one graphical button in a user interface, wherein the command is selected by receiving user input selecting the graphical button.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 19, further comprising displaying a plurality of graphical buttons, wherein each button is associated with a different repository file, wherein user selection of the command comprises selection of one of the displayed graphical buttons, and wherein determining the repository file comprises determining the repository file associated with the selected graphical button.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein each repository file and corresponding graphical button is associated with a different class of object content, and wherein the repository files accumulate content appended from objects retrieved from different servers over a network.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the command is selected by a user selection of an input device mechanism.

26. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the object is capable of including content that is a member of the set of content comprising:

text, images, video stream, sound stream, and three dimensional images.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the presented content in the page includes embedded objects, further comprising:

receiving user selection of one embedded object in the presented content in the page, wherein only the content of the selected embedded object is appended to the repository file in response to the user selection of the command.