Web application home button

• US 9,367,636 B2
• Filed: 08/19/2014
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/11/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Jane T., Williams, Mary-Lynne, Hall, Martin J., Holbrook, Jess S., Morgan, Bruce A., Malek, Alexander H., Hilerio, Israel
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/463,317
• Publication Number:
  US 20140359428A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 715/760, 715733-738, 715740-746, 715/810, 715/835, 715/769
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9566 URL specific, e.g. using aliases, detecting broken or misspelled links
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

Various embodiments provide a mechanism to allow end users to install web applications and websites onto their desktop. In accordance with one or more embodiments, client-side code can be utilized to allow developers associated with a website to define boundaries associated with user interaction, and have those boundaries enforced by a run-time engine. In at least some embodiments, developers can provide, through JavaScript code and/or HTML markup, various configurations for the creation of a start menu shortcut, navigation, and so-called jumplist integration.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

initiating a web-based application by navigating a web application mode browser that includes a web application home button to a start Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), the start URI associated with a domain, the domain associated with the web-based application;

navigating the web application mode browser to a webpage associated with another domain, the other domain different from the domain associated with the start URI;

receiving selection of the web application home button from the webpage associated with the other domain; and

responsive to receiving selection of the web application home button, navigating the web application mode browser to the start URI.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application home button is configured to enable branding.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application home button is configured to enable branding using a primary color.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser, the navigation buttons utilizing a primary color associated with the web-based application with which the start URI is associated.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent back and forward navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser;

the web application mode browser is a site mode browser; and

the start URI is;

a start page associated with the web-based application, the web-based application installed on a client device;

or

a start Uniform Resource Name (URN) associated with the web-based application, the web-based application installed on a client device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the website start URI is ascertained from HTML.

8. A computing device comprising:

a display;

one or more computer processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage memory devices embodying stored computer-executable instructions that when executed by the one or more computer processors perform operations comprising;

initiating a web-based application by navigating, on the display, a web application mode browser that includes a web application home button to a start Uniform Resource Identifier (URI), the start URI associated with a domain, the domain associated with the web-based application;

navigating, on the display, the web application mode browser to a webpage associated with another domain, the other domain different from the domain associated with the start URI;

receiving selection of the web application home button from the webpage associated with the other domain; and

responsive to receiving selection of the web application home button, navigating, on the display, the web application mode browser to the start URI.

9. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the web application home button is configured to enable branding.

10. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the web application home button is configured to enable branding using a primary color.

11. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser.

12. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser, the navigation buttons utilizing a primary color associated with the web-based application with which the start URI is associated.

13. The computing device of claim 8, wherein:

the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent back and forward navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser;

the web application mode browser is a site mode browser; and

the start URI is;

a start page associated with the web-based application, the web-based application installed on the computing device;

or

a start Uniform Resource Name (URN) associated with the web-based application, the web-based application installed on the computing device.

14. The computing device of claim 8, wherein the website start URI is ascertained from HTML.

15. A system comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage memory devices embodying computer-executable instructions, which, when executed by the one or more processors, implement a web application mode browser comprising;

one or more navigation buttons; and

a web application home button, the web application home button associated with a client-installable web-based application and enabling navigation to a start Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) associated with a domain, the domain associated with the web-based application, and the web application home button available from other domains that are different from the domain associated with the web-based application.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the web application home button is configured to enable branding.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the web application home button is configured to enable branding using a primary color.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent the one or more navigation buttons, the navigation buttons configured to utilize a primary color associated with the web-based application.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein:

the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent back and forward navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser;

the web application mode browser is a site mode browser; and

the start URI is;

a start page associated with the web-based application, the web-based application installed on the system;

or

a start Uniform Resource Name (URN) associated with the web-based application, the web-based application installed on the system.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the web application home button is configured to be displayed adjacent back or forward navigation buttons associated with the web application mode browser, the navigation buttons configured to utilize a primary color associated with the web-based application.