Web management device, web management method, web management program, computer readable recording medium for recording said program, and web system

• US 9,378,193 B2
• Filed: 06/28/2011
• Issued: 06/28/2016
• 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
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Manglesh M
• Application Number:
  US13/810,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20130318431A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,827 Days
• Field of Search: 715/234, 715/200, 715/863, 715/243, 715785-786, 715/862
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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. A web management device configured to display a web page containing a plurality of objects in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, comprising:

at least one memory operable to store program code;

at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including;

generating code configured to cause the at least one processor to generate the web page with a plurality of embedded detectable ranges for acquiring a position of physical contact with the corresponding plurality of objects respectively, displayed in the display area;

acquiring code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire a position of physical contact made within at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges of the web page generated by the generating code and displayed in the display area as a selected position of at least one of the plurality of objects corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, and acquire position information indicating the selected position;

code configured to cause the at least one processor to store the position information acquired by the acquiring code into a memory; and

adjusting code configured to cause the at least one processor to adjust a layout of the plurality of objects in the display area based on deviation of the selected position from the center of the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, indicated by the position information stored in the memory, in a region where selection made on the at least one of the plurality of objects is detectable, wherein

the acquiring code causes the at least one processor to acquire 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 further comprises code configured to cause the at least one processor to store the operation information acquired by the acquiring code into the memory, and

the adjusting code causes the at least one processor to adjust a second web page to be displayed in the display area based on the operation information stored in the memory.

2. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein

each the plurality of detectable ranges are composed of a region of the corresponding plurality of objects and a peripheral region of the region.

3. The web management device according to claim 2, wherein

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

4. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein

an outer edge of the plurality of objects is a margin.

5. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein

the selected position is represented by two-dimensional coordinates.

6. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of objects is virtually divided into a plurality of blocks, and

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

7. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein

each of the plurality of objects contains a character,

a virtual region is set in each of the plurality of objects 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.

8. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein

the input device is a touch panel.

9. The web management device according to claim 1, 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 code causes the at least one processor to adjust a layout of objects contained in the second web page based on the information related to the selected position.

10. The web management device according to claim 9, 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 code causes the at least one processor to place 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.

11. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein the operation information is stored into the memory on a user-by-user basis, and the adjusting code causes the at least one processor to adjust the second web page on a user-by-user basis.

12. The web management device according to claim 1, wherein the adjusting code is configured to adjust at least one of graphic parts of the plurality of objects in the display area and the detectable range.

13. A web management device configured to display a web page containing a plurality of objects in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, comprising:

at least one memory operable to store program code;

at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including;

generating code configured to cause the at least one processor to generate a web page with a plurality of embedded detectable ranges for acquiring a position of physical contact with the corresponding plurality of objects respectively, displayed in the display area;

acquiring code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire a position of physical contact made within at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges of the web page generated by the generating code and displayed in the display area as a selected position of at least one of the plurality of objects corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, and acquire position information indicating the selected position;

code configured to cause the at least one processor to store the position information acquired by the acquiring code into a memory; and

adjusting code configured to cause the at least one processor to adjust an attribute value related to an amount of movement of display contents with respect to the scrolling in the web page, wherein

the acquiring code causes the at least one processor to acquire operation information containing information related to scrolling of a first web page, the information related to scrolling of the first web page including at least one of the number of scrolling operation and the moving speed of the contact position, and

the adjusting code causes the at least one processor to adjust the attribute value of a second web page related to the amount of movement of display contents based on the acquired operation information.

14. A web management method executed by a web management device, including at least one processor, configured to display a web page containing a plurality of objects in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, the method comprising:

generating, using said processor, the web page with a plurality of embedded detectable ranges for acquiring a position of physical contact with the corresponding plurality of objects respectively, displayed in the display area;

acquiring, using said processor, a position of physical contact made within at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges of the generated web page and displayed in the display area as a selected position of at least one of the plurality of objects corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, and acquiring position information indicating the selected position;

storing, using said processor, the acquired position information into a memory; and

adjusting, using said processor, a layout of the plurality of objects in the display area based on deviation of the selected position from the center of the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, indicated by the position information stored in the memory, in a region where selection made on the at least one of the plurality of objects is detectable, wherein

the web management method further comprises;

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

storing the acquired operation information into the memory, and

the adjusting comprises adjusting a second web page to be displayed in the display area based on the operation information stored in the memory.

15. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium for recording a web management program causing a computer to function as a web management device configured to display a web page containing a plurality of objects 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:

generate the web page with a plurality of embedded detectable ranges for acquiring a position of physical contact with the corresponding plurality of objects respectively, displayed in the display area;

acquire a position of physical contact made within at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges of the web page generated by the generating function and displayed in the display area as a selected position of at least one of the plurality of objects corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, and acquire position information indicating the selected position;

store the position information acquired by the acquiring function into a memory; and

adjust a layout of the plurality of objects in the display area based on deviation of the selected position from the center of the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, indicated by the position information stored in the memory, in a region where selection made on the at least one of the plurality of objects is detectable, wherein

the web management program further causes the computer to;

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

store the operation information acquired by the acquiring code into the memory, and

adjust a second web page to be displayed in the display area based on the operation information stored in the memory.

16. A web system including a terminal having an input device for displaying a web page containing a plurality of objects in a display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, and a web server, including at least one processor, configured to communicate with the terminal, the web server comprising:

at least one memory operable to store program code;

at least one processor operable to read the program code and operate as instructed by the program code, the program code including;

generating code configured to cause the at least one processor to generate the web page with a plurality of embedded detectable ranges for acquiring a position of physical contact with the corresponding plurality of objects respectively, displayed in the display area;

transmitting code configured to cause the at least one processor to transmit the web page generated by the generating code to the terminal;

acquiring code configured to cause the at least one processor to acquire position information indicating a selected position from the terminal having displayed the web page transmitted by the transmitting code in the display area and acquired a position of physical contact made within at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges of the web page as the selected position of at least one of the plurality of objects corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges;

storing code configured to cause the at least one processor to store, in a memory the position information acquired by the acquiring code; and

adjusting code configured to cause the at least one processor to adjust a layout of the plurality of objects in the display area based on deviation of the selected position from the center of the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, indicated by the position information stored in the memory, in a region where selection made on the at least one of the plurality of objects is detectable, wherein

the acquiring code causes the at least one processor to acquire 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 further comprises code configured to cause the at least one processor to store the operation information acquired by the acquiring code into the memory, and

the adjusting code causes the at least one processor to adjust a second web page to be displayed in the display area based on the operation information stored in the memory.

17. A web management method executed by a web management device, including at least one processor, configured to display a web page containing a plurality of objects in a display area of an input device having the display area and detecting physical contact with the display area, the method comprising:

generating a web page with a plurality of embedded detectable ranges for acquiring a position of physical contact with the corresponding plurality of objects respectively, displayed in the display area;

acquiring a position of physical contact made within at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges of the web page generated by the generating code and displayed in the display area as a selected position of at least one of the plurality of objects corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of detectable ranges, and acquire position information indicating the selected position;

storing the position information acquired by the acquiring code into a memory; and

adjusting an attribute value related to an amount of movement of display contents with respect to the scrolling in the web page, wherein

the method further comprises acquiring operation information containing information related to scrolling of a first web page, the information related to scrolling of the first web page including at least one of the number of scrolling operation and the moving speed of the contact position, and

the adjusting comprises adjusting the attribute value of a second web page related to the amount of movement of display contents based on the acquired operation information.