TW468126B - A data processing system and method for implementing a graphical user interface having unique representations for URL addresses - Google Patents

Abstract

A data processing system and methodology are implemented to provide a user interface that provides unique graphical identifiers to be associated with a web page URL. By utilizing such a methodology, an external user is able to easily recognize web page URLs, and is not forced to resort to simple identification via a textual title. The visual differentiation of the URL objects on the user's data processing system results in a graphical user interface that has greater usability and flexibility. Additionally, a web page provider will have more control in determining a representation of a desktop icon assigned to their web page on an external user's system.

Description

Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Central Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 4 6 812 6 A7, B7 V. Description of the Invention (1) "-* · *-Technical Example This invention relates generally to computer networks, and especially to presentation of computer networks Graphical user interface for individual URL addresses. Background information The wide area computer network, commonly known as the Internet, has experienced extremely explosive growth in recent years. This growth has been accelerated due to the introduction and widespread use of web browsers. The Pan Computing is based on a graphical user interface. A simple way to access a web server. The web server also supports documents formatted as web pages. The World Wide Web (" WWW ") is usually used to refer to a series of servers on the Internet. (HTTP). HTTP is a known application protocol that uses a standard page description language called Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) to provide users with access to files in many formats, such as text, graphics, sound, and video. .HTML provides basic file formatting and allows developers to specify links to other servers and files. HTML follows the client ’s browser needs to regulate the chain via a consistent resource locator (URL). When specifying a chain via a URL, The server can issue "tcp / ip" to request the server shown in the chain

The server also receives a web page when returning. It should be noted that the web page is a file formatted according to HTML. H When users access different types of web pages, the user implements several techniques to facilitate the storage of web page URLs on display devices of their data processing systems in an easy-to-use format. Techniques commonly used to store web page URLs include bookmarks or shortcuts. Implement bookmarks, shortcuts or other similar devices in the most commonly used operating systems. Such operating systems include UNIX, OS / 2 and Windows, 95, etc. When a bookmark / shortcut is generated, the operating system generates a preset image to correspond to a web page. URL, from _________-4-ϋDimension phase $ 国 ^^ (CNS) A4 specifications (2; Qx 297), (please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)

I 4 6 8126 A7 V. Description of the invention (2) The name of the image generated from the name specification in the HTML code of the web page, and the graphics related to the preset image are the same for all book irons and shortcuts, in other words (use Every time a user creates a shortcut or bookmark of a web page ancestor, the same image is used and only the image related text name is visually different. For users with multiple bookmarks and shortcuts, the material cannot be identified by Graphically distinguishing images related to web pages has an adverse effect on the interaction between users and their data processing systems. Therefore, in the current implementation, users will be queried for many names related to similar images, instead of just looking at them quickly The following Wanshi came to Xinglan.com. This situation is similar to the situation where a person enters a parking lot with 200 red cars and then asks. He can only identify his car by looking at his license plate number. There is a need to provide an easy-to-recognize URL object to users of data processing systems and systems. Sincerity of the invention, the present invention can fulfill the above needs' so it is provided in the first form Data processing system, the data processing system includes:-a communication interface to access most documents from an external network, and-a central processing unit to assign most uniquely presented counterparts to each of the majority of documents. Ί Vv Economy Printed by the Central Standards Bureau, Shelley Consumer Cooperative, and also provides a method of operating a data processing system in a second form. The method includes the steps of accessing a consistent resource locator related to the first file. On the road, the method also includes the step of accessing the software code section corresponding to the consistent resource addresser. In addition, the method includes evaluating the body code to determine the graphic label and when to identify it in the body code section, graphic = signature The unique presentation of the corresponding document is displayed. ^ ______ -5- This paper is scaled by China. "CNS" vertical grid (2iQx Begong A7 B7

4 6 81 2 B V. Description of the invention (3) ''--m These and other features and advantages can be understood from the following detailed description and accompanying drawings. It is important to note that the drawings are not intended to represent the present invention. The only form. Brief description of the drawings For a more complete and clear understanding of the present invention and its advantages, reference is now made to the following description with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which: W is recorded in block diagram form according to the invention with a data processing system; Figure 2 in the form of a flowchart; To illustrate the method implemented by the & data processing system according to a specific example of the present invention; FIG. 3 illustrates a display device according to a specific example of the present invention in a block diagram; FIG. 4 illustrates a block diagram according to a specific example of the present invention; Display device; Figure 5 illustrates the display device according to a specific example of the present invention in a square and circular form; and Figure 6 illustrates the HTML according to a specific example of the present invention in the form of a text; a specific example of a source code list a ~-· · · Λι λ Detailed description of the data processing system and method implementation of the present invention-user interface, which provides a unique graphic identification code related to the URL of a web page. By using the method of the present invention, a user can easily identify a web page. In addition, the visual difference of the URL object on the user's data processing system in the present invention will result in a graphical user interface, which has a large Usability and flexibility, in addition the page provides -6 " this paper rule ^ 财 关 ^ 办 ~:-~~~ ·-(谙 Please read the notes on the back before f: r this page] Printed by the consumer cooperative 4 6 81 2 6 A7 B7 V. Description of the invention (4) The decision of the owner to better control the presentation of the desktop image through the implementation of the invention, the image is assigned to its web page on the external user system, the following Provide a description of the data processing system and method implemented by the present invention. In the following description, many specific details are described to provide a complete understanding of the present invention, but those skilled in the art will understand that the present invention can be implemented without such specific details. Implemented in detail, in other examples, block diagrams have been used to illustrate the well-known circuit so that the invention is not obscured by unnecessary details. Timing considerations have been omitted in most parts as much as possible, because these details It is not necessary for a complete understanding of the present invention, but also the technical scope of ordinary people familiar with the related art. First, referring to FIG. 1 ′, it shows an example of the data processing system 100 of the present invention. A central processing unit (CPU) 110 is based on the " p0werpc structure: RISC processor new family specification ", the second edition, 1994, author Power et al. Trademark), which is incorporated herein by reference. For more specific implementations of the PowerPC microprocessor, refer to

" PowerPC 604 RISC Microprocessor User's Manual ", 1994, IBM Consumers Co-operative Printing Company, Central Bureau of Standards, Ministry of Economics, which is here for reference. The history buffer (not shown) of the present invention is included in the CPU 110, the system bus 112 connects the CPU 110 to various other components, and the read-only memory (" ROM ") 116 is connected to the system bus 112, and Includes basic input / output system (" BIOS ") to control certain basic functions of data processing system 100, random access memory (" RAM ") 114, I / O interface card 118, and communication interface card 134 is also connected to the system bus 112. The I / O interface card 118 can be a small computer system interface (" SCSI ") card to communicate with the disk storage device 120. The communication interface card 134 connects the bus 112 to the external network. The paper standard is applicable to Chinese national standards (CNS ) Λ4 Regulations (2! 0X297) 8 46 8126 Printed by A7 B7, Consumer Cooperatives, Central Standards Bureau, Ministry of Economic Affairs 5. Description of Invention (5) * " " ~, I,... The system communicates with these other systems, and the input / output devices are also connected to the system bus 112 via the user interface card 122 and the display card 136. The keyboard 124, trackball 132, mouse 126, and speaker 128 are also connected to the bus 112 via the user interface card 122. The beta display interface card 136 connects the display screen 138 to the system bus Η2. Based on this, the user can press the key Disk 12 4 'trackball 13 2 or mouse 12 6 to enter the system, and receive output from the system via the remaining team 12 8 and the display screen 13 8. In addition, operating systems such as Αΐχ (" ΑΙχ " are trademarks of IBM Corporation. ) To coordinate the functions of the components in Figure 1. Preferred embodiments of the present invention include the following embodiments, such as planning a computer system to perform the methods described herein, and as a computer program product. According to the embodiment of the computer system, there are multiple sets of instructions for executing the methods resident in the random access memory 114 of the one or more computer systems configured substantially as described above, and they are not stored as another computer until the computer system requires the set of instructions. In-memory. Computer program products, such as in drive 120 (which may include removable memory such as optical or floppy disks for end use of drive 120). In addition, the computer program product can also be stored in another computer, and if it is expected to be transmitted to the user's workstation from the network or an external network, such as the Internet, those skilled in the art will understand the physical storage of the set of instructions The conference entity changed its media at all times so that the media carrying computers could access information. The change may be an electrical 'magnetic' chemical or some other physical change. Although instructions, symbols, characters, etc. can be used to illustrate the present invention conveniently, the reader should keep in mind that all these and similar nouns should be combined with appropriate physical elements. Note that the terms described in the present invention, such as comparison, confirmation, selection, or other terms, may be relevant to the operator, but for the paper described in this article forming part of the -8- this paper size applies to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) Λ4 specification ( 21〇X297 公 楚) (Front read the precautions on the back before filling this page)

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Mr 4 6 31 26 Α7 Β7 Printed by I Industrial Consumer Cooperative of the Central Bureau of Standards and Quarantine of the Ministry of Carriage V. Description of Invention (6) '-. · ·.-R · · * * ♦ At least a few operations, the operator is not expected There is action. In most cases the operation is a machine operation that processes electrical signals to produce other electrical signals. It is assumed that during the operation of the data processing system 100 of the present invention, an external user decides to store a webpage URL as a shortcut or bookmark, and the index of the webpage URL is stored according to a well-known technology currently commonly used in data processing technology. Because these technologies are well-known, they are not described in detail here. It should be noted that this step of storing the URL of the webpage corresponds to step 202 described in the flowchart of FIG. 2. When the user stores the URL of the webpage as a shortcut or bookmark, the CPU 110 of the data processing system 100 queries the image tag on the webpage via the communication interface card 134. When cpu 11queries the image transmission on the webpage: tag, chj 110 is to effectively access the HTML of the corresponding webpage to source code to determine whether the image tag can be recognized. CPU 110 queries the webpage. The method of image tagging (step 204) is similar to that when the CPU 110 queries the name tag on the webpage. Steps to perform. However, in the present invention, in addition to the name 値, the Phoenix tag is also accessed. It should be noted that the name is in the general HTML code string. However, the image tag of the present invention points to the path in the Internet outline, and From this, capture—independent, special buy images. * λ "If the source HTML related to the webpage does not recognize the image (step 204), or if a unique image does not exist (step 205), the CPU 110 specifies a preset image (step 206) and uses the currently available The processing technology is displayed in accordance with the URL shortcut or bookmark of the webpage. However, if there is no unique image, the CPU 110 stores the image accessed by the image tag to the memory of the data processing system 100 such as RAM J14 in step 208 — -9- Paper Standards ^ National Standards (CNS) Λ4 Regulations (210 >: _297 public 漦) '-(Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page); Install _ Μ 订 Printed by the Consumer Standards Cooperative of the Central Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs # 4 6 81 ZO a a? ___; ___ B7. V. Description of the invention (7) * ~ _ _ ► · · · _ f Λ.-«^ The image is green. Then in step 210, the corresponding query The image tag's shadow kite is designated as the webpage URL related shortcut or book cicada. In step 21; 2, the unique image and related name are displayed to the external user. This display step occurs when the CPU 110 provides appropriate control and data signals to When the display interface card 136 is displayed. The display interface card 136 is connected The method by which the display device 138 can display an image and its related name 'The method for displaying information on the display device 138 under the control of the CPU 110 is well known to those skilled in data processing technology and will not be described in detail here. Using the process method described in 郾 2, the data processing system of the present invention can store images in the system image directory and connect them together; using this unique image instead of the default browser image of the conventional system to indicate Whether the operating system related to the data processing system has generated a shortcut or bookmark. In addition, the webpage that provides the image will implement the unique graphic presentation of the URL webpage, so that the user can visually distinguish one webpage from another webpage. The display device for the operation of the specific example of the present invention is described in FIG. 3, as shown in FIG. 3 'The web browser 302 has been activated and used to access different web pages. Item 310 in FIG. 3 illustrates the IBM® Aptiva web page 310, which is provided by the web. Browser, browser window. 302 is used. When the shortcut of IBM® Aptiva webpage 3 10 is generated, CPU 1 ίΐ! That is to query the HTML related to the webpage to source code to determine whether the Aptiva webpage is. Identify the unique image identified. Assuming that no image tags exist in the source HTML related to IBM® Aptiva webpage 310, access the image tags to point to the path associated with the unique webpage image, which is then based on the well-known Method to access. After accessing the unique web page, CPIJ 110 stores the image in the system image directory in the data processing system j 0〇. _-10-This paper size is applicable to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) 〖〇χ297 公 浼 > (Chu first read the notes on the back before filling in this page)

4 6 81 ^ -6 at B7 V. Description of the Invention (8) -_ r, *-t · The CPU 110 then uses this unique image instead of the preset browser image 'to display bookmarks on the display device 138 or shortcut. Therefore, as can be seen from element 304, the unique image associated with the 1BM® APiiva webpage 310 has been accessed and displayed on the display device 138. Similarly, the unique image 306 associated with the webpage URL was saved as a window earlier The shortcut of the web page is also displayed on the display device 138. This unique visual display helps the user to distinguish an image from all other XJRL images displayed on the display device 138. FIG. 4 illustrates another specific example of the present invention, in which an image is improved to more accurately present the content of a webpage. For example, referring to FIG. 4, it is assumed that a user selects a support webpage to store an application (element 402 in FIG. 4) Relevant URLs, and it is also assumed that the webpage 402 is designed to provide an interactive communication device to allow individuals to communicate with webpage experts. In a specific example, an actual telephone is used to directly connect an individual to a technical support provider. This actual telephone can be implemented according to the following patent application under concurrent examination, which is hereby incorporated by reference: Baden et al., 1996 An application was filed on November 20, 2011, named "DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SCALING A REALISTIC OBJECT ON A USER INTERFACE". Ϊ "Printed by the Consumer Cooperatives of the Central Bureau of Standards of the Ministry of Economic Affairs (Please read the precautions on the back before (Fill this page) Baden et al. Filed an application on November 20, 1996, entitled "SIZING NON-RECTANGULAR, REALISTICALLY-RENDERED OBJECTS J;

Baden et al. Filed an application on November 20, 1996, entitled "DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING A VIEW OF A REALISTIC OBJECT IN A DISPLAY -11-This paper size applies to the Chinese National Standard (CNS) Λ4 specification (210X297 (Public Visit) Printed by the Consumers Cooperative of the Central Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs 4681 Α7 137 V. Invention Description (9) +-. Xian · DEVICE, "invention; Baden et al. Applied on January 20, 1996, An invention named Γ DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIEWING OBJECTS ON A USER INTERFACE "; an application filed by Eisen et al. On November 20, 1996 and an invention titled" MULTIFUNCTIONAL OBJECT "; Eisen et al. An application was filed on the 20th, named "DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING AUTOMATIC ACTIONS IN A GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACE"; an application was filed on November 20, 1996 under the name "PRIORITIZATION OF BACKGROUND DISPLAY DURING ANIMATION" Invention; and Morgan et al. Filed an application on November 11, 1996, entitled "SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MAINT "AINING SIZE AND POSITION RELATIONSHIPS FOR NON-RECTANGULAR REAL WORLD OBJECTS". It should be noted that the embodiment of the present invention described in FIG. 4 does not require graphics to make the interface be rectangular or have a specific shape related to general images. On the contrary, the images can reflect different file types that are not supported by the current operating system. These file types can include gif " and 'jpg " files. In addition, FIG. 5 illustrates another specific example of the display device 13 8 implemented according to a specific example of the present invention. It should be noted that the present invention may be modified to access an image with a three-dimensional spatial interface instead of a two-dimensional spatial image. This three-dimensional space interface-12- This paper size applies to Chinese National Standards (CNS) Λ4 specifications (210X 297 Gongchu) (Please read the notes on the back first ¾ then fill out this page) Order one by one_ Central Standard of the Ministry of Economy Printed by the Bureau of Industrial and Consumer Cooperatives 46 8126 A7, B7 V. Description of Invention (10) ''

. · ≪, I-* · * Allow users to directly access an application without being restricted by image implementation. Figure 6 illustrates a specific example of HTML source code to specify a URL image or URL image for display on a display device 138 related to a user data processing system, and insert the title portion of the HTML source code by adding the following characters: < icon > http: //path/to/icon/image.ico< icon >, HTML source code indicates that the operating system accessing the corresponding webpage should access the unique graphic file on the web server. Use the HTML to specify the URL address in the source code. For example, in the above source code, the URL address of the graphic building is " http: //path/to/icon/image.ico ", and the accessed file is " image.ico ", it should be noted that this ".ico" building can be downloaded from the server, just as other rights such as .gif and .hlml are now accessed from the feeder, and it should be noted that the designation is unique Another way of images is to follow the HTML standard of intermediate elements, such as: < meta ιΐ3ΐηε = " ίίϊ〇ιι "€; οιιίειη = " 1ι »ρ: // ραί: 1ι / ΐο / ί (: οη / ί 瓜 age.ico " > It should be noted that the intermediate element is an easy to implement In addition, some web browsers support an image tag such as HTML extensions, and in the same way, both Netscape and Internet Explorer support their own extensions. These extensions eventually became the HTML standard. Although This illustrates the principle of the present invention. Those skilled in the art will clearly understand that this description is only an example and should not be used to limit the scope of the present invention. Therefore, it is intended to cover the spirit and scope of the present invention in the attached patent application park. All amendments within the scope of the invention. -13- This paper size applies the Chinese National Standard (CNS) Λ4 Regulations (210X297) (犮 Please read the precautions on the back before filling this page)

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46 81 26 A8 B8 C8 D8 Patent application scope Printed by the Consumer Cooperative of the Central Bureau of Standards of the Ministry of Economic Affairs • 4 * l 'A data processing system including: —Tongping interface for accessing many applications from an external network; And, a central processing unit for assigning a counterpart of many unique presentations to each of many applications. 2. If the data processing system of item i of the patent application park includes:-a display device 'for displaying many unique presentations in response. Many control signals are generated by the central processing unit. 3. For example, the data processing system of the patent application park No. χ Internet. _ 4. The data processing system such as the first item in the scope of patent application. The program even includes many web pages on the Internet. 5. Each of the data processing systems such as the scope of patent application has a consistent resource locator. 6. The data processing system of item 5 of the patent application park, > ^ w τ The Dingu applicator assigns each of a number of unique presentations to a number of consistent resource addressers corresponding to a number of web pages. 7 'such as an application The data processing system of item i of the patent scope, in which the communication interface accesses the first-software code section corresponding to many applications-the first software code section specifies the positions of many uniquely presented first ... 8. If the data processing system of the scope of the patent application item 7, among which; the first unique position of the most unique presentation is the consistent resource addresser of the data processing system on the network. 9. If the data processing of the scope of the patent application item 7 System, where the first software code section is beyond the markup language code section of the text. Among them, the network is a network of many applications and many of its web pages are centrally processed. This 14-page paper reads Lang Su Su quasi (CNS) 8 secret (210X297 (Public note) (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) A8 B8 C8 D8 ^ 6 81 26 6. Apply for the application such as gj · ~~ — ',,,' '-*, 10. For example, the data processing system of the patent application No. 7 in which the central processing unit accesses many Uniquely presented first place to get many uniquely presented first ones. 11. For example, the data processing system of the patent application No. 0, in which the central processor generates a plurality of control signals to make a number of uniquely presented first-person display on the graphical user interface. 12. The material processing system according to item 1 of the patent application, where many unique presentations contain many images. 13. —A method for operating a data processing system, including the following steps: accessing a consistent resource addresser associated with one of the first large pieces stored on a network; accessing a software code of a pair of consistent resource addressers Section; and evaluating the style code to determine when a graphic label 値 is identified in the software code section, where the graphic label 値 shows a unique presentation of the corresponding document. 14. If the method of item 13 of the patent scope is requested, it further includes the following steps: Selectively access the unique presentation of the corresponding first document from the second document stored on the network. · I Printed by the Central Standards Bureau of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Shellfish Consumer Cooperatives 15 ’The method of item No. 14 of the patent scope, including the following steps: The unique presentation is stored in the memory of the data processing system. .16. The method described in item 14 of the Shen Fan Patent Park further includes the following steps: Assigning objects that are uniquely presented to the corresponding consistent resource locator. 17. If the method of applying for patent patent No. 4 嚷, it further includes the following steps: Display a unique presentation on the graphical user interface of the data processing system. 18. The method in item 13 of Shenlong's patent scope includes the following steps: _____- -15- This paper has a standard rate (CNS) A4 ^ iTH〇X297 gong) 6 2 11 * 8 6 4 ABCD VI. The application is specific to the j range '. R 1 ·-* _ * When a graphic label 値 is not recognized in the software code section, a preset is selectively assigned to be presented to the first document. 1 · * · 19. The method as claimed in item 13 of the scope of patent application, in which the graphic label is identified by an intermediate element 値 β 20. The method as described in item 13 of the scope of patent application, which has the form of " icon. " The components identify the graphic label 値 (Please read the precautions on the back before filling out this page) Printed by the Central Laboratories of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, China Industrial Cooperatives, this paper is printed in accordance with China National Standards (CNS) A4 (210X297) %)