JP6464031B2 - Electronic device, web page display method, and web page display program - Google Patents

Description

  The present disclosure relates to an electronic device, a web page display method, and a web page display program.

  There is known a web browser that improves the operability of browsing a web page by displaying a plurality of web pages on different tabs in a superimposed manner. Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2002-41296 (Patent Document 1) discloses a web browser that displays a plurality of tabbed HTML pages in an overlapping manner and displays an active tabbed HTML page in the foreground by clicking the tab.

JP 2002-41296 A

  When a link included in a web page is selected, a web browser disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-41296 (Patent Document 1) creates a new tab and displays a linked web page on the tab. To create tabs, it is necessary to use computational resources such as memory. The web browser uses computing resources each time a link is selected.

  In small electronic devices such as smartphones, computational resources are limited. In a web browser operating on such an electronic device, the number of tabs that can be held at the same time may be limited in order to suppress the use of computational resources.

  Even an electronic device having abundant computing resources may have to suppress the use of computing resources by a web browser. For example, it is an electronic device on which an application that requires a large amount of computing resources other than a web browser mainly operates.

  When a tab is created each time a link is selected, the web page including the link is held in the created tab. Since the web page does not need to be acquired from the web server again, the user can re-browse efficiently by selecting the tab with less waiting time. However, not all web pages are revisited. Even in such a case, if a tab is created each time a link is selected, calculation resources are wasted.

  Thus, by creating a tab each time a link is selected, the web page can be efficiently browsed, but the use of computational resources cannot be suppressed.

  An electronic device according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The input unit is configured to accept an operation from the user. The control unit is configured to display a web page specified by a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) including a domain on a tab in the display unit. When the control unit is displaying the first web page including the link to the second web page on the first tab and the link is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit by the user, It is configured to determine whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied using a character string including a domain included in a URL designating the first web page. The control unit is configured to create a second tab and display a second web page on the second tab when the predetermined condition is satisfied. When the predetermined condition is not satisfied, the second web page is displayed on the first tab.

  A web page display method according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a web page display method performed by a control unit in an electronic device including a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. The input unit is configured to accept an operation from the user. The control unit is configured to display a web page specified by a URL including a domain on a tab in the display unit. In the web page display method, the first web page including the link to the second web page is displayed on the first tab, and the link is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit by the user. A step of determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied using a character string including a domain included in a URL designating the first web page. The web page display method further includes a step of creating a second tab and displaying the second web page on the second tab when a predetermined condition is satisfied. The web page display method further includes a step of displaying the second web page on the first tab when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

  A web page display program according to an aspect of the present disclosure is a web page display program for causing a display unit to display a web page in the electronic device including a display unit, an input unit, and a control unit. is there. The input unit is configured to accept an operation from the user. The control unit is configured to display a web page specified by a URL including a domain on a tab in the display unit. The web page display program displays the first web page including the link to the second web page on the first tab, and the link is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit by the user. In this case, the control unit is further caused to execute a step of determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied by using a character string including a domain included in the URL designating the first web page. The web page display program creates a second tab when a predetermined condition is satisfied, and causes the control unit to further execute a step of displaying the second web page on the second tab. The web page display program further causes the control unit to execute a step of displaying the second web page on the first tab when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

  According to one aspect of the present disclosure, it is possible to suppress the use of computational resources while enabling efficient browsing of web pages.

It is a front view of the smart phone which is an electronic device according to this Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram for demonstrating the function of the smart phone of FIG. It is a figure which shows the content of the bookmark simply. It is the figure which showed the content of the browsing history simply. It is a figure which shows a mode that the link is selected and the web page which a link designates is displayed on the new tab. 3 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing performed in the control unit of FIG. 2 when a link included in a web page displayed on a first tab is selected and a web page specified by the link is displayed. . It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the specific determination of "predetermined conditions" in this Embodiment. It is a figure which shows a mode that the web page of a link destination was displayed by updating the tab which is displaying the web page of a link origin. FIG. 7 is a flowchart for explaining a flow of processing performed in the control unit of FIG. 2 when a user presses a return button after the processing at the time of link selection of FIG. 6 is performed. It is a figure which shows the other example of "predetermined conditions."

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the drawings, the same or corresponding parts are denoted by the same reference numerals and description thereof will not be repeated.

  FIG. 1 is a front view of a smartphone 1 which is an electronic device according to the present embodiment. Referring to FIG. 1, the smartphone 1 includes a speaker 70 at the upper part in the longitudinal direction of the main body, a microphone 60 at the lower part in the longitudinal direction of the main body, and a display unit 20 and an input unit 50 at the center. A web browser 100 is displayed on the display unit 20.

  FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram for explaining functions of the smartphone 1 of FIG. With reference to FIG. 2, the smartphone 1 includes a control unit 10, a display unit 20, a storage unit 30, a communication unit 40, an input unit 50, a microphone 60, and a speaker 70.

  The control unit 10 can control the smartphone 1 in an integrated manner. The control unit 10 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit) and a storage element (not shown). The storage element is, for example, an SRAM (Static Random Access Memory) or a DRAM (Dynamic Random Access Memory).

  The display unit 20 can perform display based on the signal received from the control unit 10. The display unit 20 may be configured from, for example, a liquid crystal display, a plasma display, or an organic EL display.

  The storage unit 30 stores an OS (Operating System) read and executed by the control unit 10, programs of various applications (for example, a web browser), and various data (for example, browsing history and bookmarks) used by the programs. can do. The storage unit 30 may include, for example, a flash memory that is a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, or an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) that is a storage device.

  The communication unit 40 includes an antenna switch, a duplexer, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier, and a band-pass filter, although not shown. The communication unit 40 can perform communication in a communication network of a communication carrier in accordance with LTE (Long Term Evolution) or CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access). The communication unit 40 can process a signal received by the antenna and output the signal to the control unit 10. The control unit 10 can output a signal to the communication unit 40. The communication unit 40 can transmit the signal output from the control unit 10. Although not shown, the communication unit 40 includes a wireless LAN circuit and a wireless LAN antenna, and can communicate with a WiFi compatible device such as a WiFi access point based on WiFi (registered trademark).

  The input unit 50 can receive an input from the user and can transmit a signal based on the input to the control unit 10. The input unit 50 may be composed of at least one of a button and a touch panel, for example. The user can input to the application from the input unit 50. For example, the user can operate each GUI included in the web browser 100 by inputting from the input unit 50.

  Referring again to FIG. 1, the web browser 100 includes a back button 101, a forward button 102, a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) display field 103, a bookmark button 104, and a tab 111 as a GUI (Graphical User Interface). Including. A web page 121 is displayed on the tab 111. Web page 121 includes links L1-L5.

  When the return button 101 is pressed, the web page displayed immediately before the web page 121 is displayed. When the forward button 102 is pressed, the web page displayed next to the web page 121 is displayed.

  In the URL display field 103, the URL of the displayed web page is displayed. In the URL display field 103, the URL “http: //www.news.zzz” of the web page 121 displayed on the tab 111 is displayed.

  When the bookmark button 104 is pressed, the URL of the currently displayed web page is registered in the bookmark. FIG. 3 is a diagram simply showing the contents of the bookmark. With reference to FIG. 3, the title and URL of the web page are recorded in the bookmark.

  The web browser 100 records the URL of the web page and the time when the web page is displayed in the browsing history in association with each other. FIG. 4 is a diagram simply showing the contents of the browsing history. With reference to FIG. 4, the web browser 100 records the URL of the displayed web page and the time when the web page is displayed in combination in the browsing history. For example, it can be seen that the web page specified by “http: //www.news.zzz/new7” was displayed at 12:43:27 on April 24, 2015.

  Information other than the URL of the web page and the time when the web page was displayed may be recorded in the browsing history. For example, the web browser 100 may record the time actually required for communication with the web server in the browsing history.

  The time recorded in the browsing history is not limited to the time when the web page is displayed on the display unit 20. The time recorded in the browsing history may be any time as long as the process related to the display of the web page on the display unit 20 is performed. For example, the time when the web page was acquired from the web server or the time when the connection with the web server was established in order to acquire the web page may be used.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which the link L1 is selected and the web page 122 specified by the link L1 is displayed on the new tab 112. When a new tab 112 is created, computational resources (eg, memory) are used.

  A small electronic device such as the smartphone 1 has limited calculation resources. In the web browser 100 that operates on the smartphone 1, the number of tabs that can be held at the same time may be limited in order to suppress the use of calculation resources.

  Even an electronic device having abundant computing resources may have to suppress the use of computing resources by a web browser. For example, it is an electronic device on which an application that requires a large amount of computing resources other than a web browser mainly operates.

  When a tab is created by the web browser 100 each time a link is selected, the web page 121 including the link L1 is held in the tab 111. The web browser 100 does not need to acquire the web page 121 from the web server again. The user can re-browse the web page 121 efficiently without waiting by selecting the tab 111. However, not all web pages are revisited. Even in such a case, if the tab is created, calculation resources are wasted.

  By creating a tab each time a link is selected, web pages can be viewed efficiently, but the use of computational resources cannot be suppressed.

  The web browser in the present embodiment creates a new tab when there is a high possibility that the currently displayed web page is re-viewed when the web page corresponding to the link is displayed by the selection of the link by the user. To display the linked web page. If there is no high possibility that the current web page is re-viewed, the web browser updates the tab displaying the current web page and displays the linked web page.

  Whether or not the possibility of re-browsing is high is determined based on whether or not the “predetermined condition” is satisfied. In the present embodiment, the “predetermined condition” means, for example, the frequency of appearance of the link source domain for the past three months in the browsing history is 30 times or more, or the URL registered in the bookmark includes the link source domain It is a condition that it is.

  The frequency of appearance of a domain within a predetermined period in the browsing history represents the level of interest of the user with respect to a web page specified by a URL including the domain. If the user's interest is high, the web page is likely to be re-viewed. Therefore, it is possible to determine whether or not the web page is likely to be re-viewed based on the appearance frequency of the domain within a predetermined period in the browsing history.

  In this embodiment, a case where the “predetermined period” is three months will be described as an example. The predetermined period is not limited to 3 months. The “predetermined period” can be appropriately determined based on, for example, a result of an actual machine experiment, a simulation result, or information from a user.

  There are cases where the smartphone 1 is unused and there is no information included in the browsing history, or the usage period of the smartphone 1 is short and the information included in the browsing history is small. In such a case, it may be difficult to determine whether or not the web page is likely to be re-viewed using the browsing history.

  Even in such a case, in this embodiment, the “predetermined condition” is registered in the bookmark so that it can be determined whether or not the web page is likely to be re-viewed. The “predetermined condition” includes a condition that a link source domain is included in a certain URL.

  The bookmark is for registering a URL that the user wants to browse again. Therefore, when the link source domain is included in any URL registered in the bookmark, the link source web page is likely to be re-viewed.

  The bookmark can be copied from one smartphone to another smartphone via a portable storage medium such as an SD card. By copying a bookmark of another smartphone that the user has used before to the smartphone 1, it is determined whether or not the web page is likely to be re-viewed even in the above case It becomes possible.

  FIG. 6 shows a process performed in the control unit 10 of FIG. 2 when the link L1 included in the web page 121 displayed on the first tab 111 is selected and the web page 122 designated by the link L1 is displayed. It is a flowchart for demonstrating a flow. Referring to FIG. 6, when link L1 is selected by the user, control unit 10 uses domain “www.news.zzz” included in the URL specifying link source web page 121 in step S10. , It is determined whether or not the “predetermined condition” is satisfied.

  If the “predetermined condition” is satisfied (YES in step S10), control unit 10 newly creates second tab 112 and displays web page 122 in step S11 as shown in FIG.

  If the “predetermined condition” is not satisfied (NO in step S10), the control unit 10 displays the web page 121 without creating a new tab in step S12 as shown in FIG. 1 tab 111 is updated to display the web page 122 (see FIG. 8).

  FIG. 7 is an example of a flowchart showing a specific process of step S10 in FIG. With reference to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, the control part 10 determines whether the appearance frequency of the domain of the link origin in the past 3 months in a browsing history is 30 times or more in step S101. When the appearance frequency is 30 times or more (YES in S101), the control unit 10 is highly likely to re-view the web page 121, and the “predetermined condition” is satisfied (YES in S10 of FIG. 6). Determination is made, and the process proceeds to S11 of FIG. If the appearance frequency is less than 30 (NO in S101), control unit 10 advances the process to step S102.

  In step S102, the control unit 10 determines whether the URL registered in the bookmark includes the link source domain. When the URL registered in the bookmark includes the link source domain (YES in S102), the control unit 10 is highly likely to re-view the web page 121, and the “predetermined condition” is satisfied. (YES in S10 of FIG. 6), the process proceeds to S11. When the URL registered in the bookmark does not include the domain (NO in S102), the control unit 10 is unlikely to re-view the web page 121, and the “predetermined condition” is not satisfied (FIG. 6). In step S10, NO) is determined, and the process proceeds to step S12 in FIG.

  It is not limited to bookmarks that a user can register URLs. For example, URLs may be registered in a predetermined file. The control unit 10 may determine whether the link source domain is included in the URL registered in the file.

  In the “predetermined condition” in the present embodiment, the appearance frequency of the domain for the past three months in the browsing history is 30 times or more (S101 in FIG. 7), or the domain is included in the URL registered in the bookmark. (S102 in FIG. 7). The “predetermined conditions” are not limited to those used in the present embodiment. The “predetermined condition” may be only a condition that the frequency of appearance of the domain in the past three months in the browsing history is 30 times or more (see FIG. 10A). The “predetermined condition” may be only the condition that the domain is included in the URL registered in the bookmark (see FIG. 10B).

  The “predetermined conditions” may include conditions other than S101 and S102 in FIG. For example, the time required for communication with the web server from the domain of the web page of the link source may be estimated, and the condition that the communication time is a predetermined time or more may be included. By including such a condition in the “predetermined condition”, a web page that takes time to acquire can be held in the tab. The communication time is not predicted from the domain, but may be a communication time actually required. For example, when the actual communication time with the web server is recorded in the browsing history, the “predetermined condition” may include a condition that the communication time is a predetermined time or more.

  From the viewpoint of reducing the use of computational resources, not only whether to create a new tab when displaying the linked web page, but also when returning from the linked web page to the linked web page It is necessary to consider whether or not to leave a tab for displaying the linked web page.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart for explaining the flow of processing performed in the control unit 10 of FIG. 2 when the user presses the return button 101 after the processing at the time of link selection (see FIG. 6) is performed. is there. That is, the process shown in FIG. 9 is performed when the displayed web page is returned from the web page 122 to the web page 121.

  Referring to FIG. 9, in step S <b> 20, control unit 10 determines whether or not “predetermined condition” is satisfied in the process at the time of link selection. When the “predetermined condition” is satisfied (YES in S20), control unit 10 discards second tab 112 in step S21. By discarding the second tab 112, the control unit 10 causes the first tab 111 to be the foreground and the web page 121 is displayed.

  By discarding the newly created tab 112 when the user selects a link, the control unit 10 can efficiently re-view the web page 121 and suppress the use of computing resources.

  When the “predetermined condition” is not satisfied (NO in S20), the control unit 10 updates the first tab 111 and displays the web page 121 in Step S22.

  When the input unit 50 includes a physical button having the same function as the return button 101, the processing shown in FIG. 9 may be performed when the button is pressed.

  By performing the processing as described above, the smartphone 1 newly creates a tab when a link included in a web page that is likely to be re-viewed is selected. Thereby, according to the smartphone 1 according to the present embodiment, it is possible to suppress the use of computing resources while efficiently browsing web pages.

  In the embodiment of the present disclosure, when the user presses the return button 101 to return to the link source web page from the link destination web page, the control unit 10 satisfies a predetermined condition in the process at the time of link selection. When this happens, the tab (second tab) that displays the linked web page is discarded. The timing at which the second tab is discarded is not limited to returning to the link source web page.

  For example, when the user presses the return button 101, the control unit 10 may set the tab (first tab) that displays the link source web page as the active tab (frontmost tab). When the user selects a new link included in the link source web page, the control unit 10 creates a tab (when the link is selected when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the process at the time of the previous link selection ( The second tab) may be discarded.

  For example, when the tab (first tab) for displaying the link source web page is discarded by a predetermined input to the input unit 50 by the user, or the other tab becomes an active tab. When the link source web page is not displayed, the tab (second tab) for displaying the link destination web page may be discarded when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the process at the time of link selection.

  For example, the control unit 10 may limit the number of tabs that can be simultaneously held to a predetermined limit number. When a new link is selected in a state where the number of tabs to be held has reached the predetermined limit number, the control unit 10 first or latest when a predetermined condition is satisfied in the processing at the time of the link selection. A new tab may be created by discarding a specific tab (second tab) created in order to display the linked web page, such as the tab created in step 1.

  The character string used when determining whether or not the “predetermined condition” is satisfied is not limited to the domain. Any character string may be used as long as the domain is included. For example, the character string may be the whole or a part of the URL.

  The smartphone 1 can operate in either a mode for executing the process shown in FIG. 6 or a mode for not executing the process, and any one mode is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit 50 by the user. Also good.

  When a tab is created by a predetermined input to the input unit 50 by a user when a link is selected and the user displays a linked web page on the tab, the link source web is displayed after the predetermined input is performed. When a new link included in the page is selected, a new tab may be created to display the linked web page.

  When a predetermined condition is satisfied in the process at the time of selecting a link, a predetermined mark may be displayed on a tab that displays a link source web page. In a state where a plurality of tabs are displayed on the display unit 20, the user can know which tab is the tab that displays the link source web page using the predetermined mark as a mark.

  The embodiment disclosed this time should be considered as illustrative in all points and not restrictive. The scope of the present disclosure is defined by the terms of the claims, rather than the description above, and is intended to include any modifications within the scope and meaning equivalent to the terms of the claims.

  1 smartphone, 10 control unit, 20 display unit, 30 storage unit, 40 communication unit, 50 input unit, 60 microphone, 70 speaker, 100 web browser, 111, 112 tab, 121, 122 web page.

Claims (9)

A display unit;
An input unit configured to accept an operation from a user;
A control unit configured to display a web page specified by a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) including a domain on a tab in the display unit,
The controller is
When the first web page including the link to the second web page is displayed on the first tab and the link is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit by the user, the first web page is displayed. Determine whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied using a character string including a domain included in a URL that designates a web page of
When the predetermined condition is satisfied, a second tab is created, and the second web page is displayed on the second tab.
An electronic device that displays the second web page on the first tab when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. The electronic device further includes a storage unit configured to store a browsing history in which a URL designating a web page displayed on the display unit is recorded,
The controller is
A URL for designating the web page displayed on the display unit is recorded in the browsing history;
The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the predetermined condition is satisfied when an appearance frequency of the character string within a predetermined period in the browsing history is greater than a predetermined threshold. The controller is
The URL specifying the web page displayed on the display unit and the time when processing related to the display of the web page on the display unit is associated and recorded in the browsing history,
Of the URLs recorded in the browsing history, the URL of the web page in which processing related to display on the display unit has been performed from the time when the link was selected to the time traced back for the predetermined period. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein the electronic device is configured to calculate an appearance frequency of the character string. The storage unit is configured to store a bookmark capable of registering a URL of a web page displayed on the display unit,
The controller is
In response to a predetermined input to the input unit by a user, a URL that specifies a web page displayed on the display unit is registered in the bookmark,
4. The electronic device according to claim 2, wherein when the link is selected, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the character string is included in a URL of a web page registered in the bookmark. machine. The electronic device further includes a storage unit configured to store a bookmark capable of registering a URL of a web page displayed on the display unit,
The controller is
In response to a predetermined input to the input unit by a user, a URL that specifies a web page displayed on the display unit is registered in the bookmark,
2. The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein, when the link is selected, it is determined that the predetermined condition is satisfied when the character string is included in a URL of a web page registered in the bookmark. The controller is
When returning the second web page displayed on the second tab to the first web page in response to a predetermined input to the input unit by the user, the second tab is discarded. The electronic device according to claim 1, which is configured as follows.   The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile terminal. A display unit;
An input unit configured to accept an operation from a user;
In an electronic apparatus comprising a control unit configured to display a web page specified by a URL including a domain on a tab in the display unit, the web page display method performed by the control unit,
When the first web page including the link to the second web page is displayed on the first tab and the link is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit by the user, the first web page is displayed. Determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied using a character string including a domain included in a URL that designates a web page;
Creating a second tab when the predetermined condition is satisfied, and displaying the second web page on the second tab;
And displaying the second web page on the first tab when the predetermined condition is not satisfied. A display unit;
An input unit configured to accept an operation from a user;
In an electronic device including a control unit configured to display a web page specified by a URL including a domain on a tab in the display unit, the control unit causes the display unit to display the web page Web page display program,
The web page display program is
When the first web page including the link to the second web page is displayed on the first tab and the link is selected by a predetermined input to the input unit by the user, the first web page is displayed. Determining whether or not a predetermined condition is satisfied using a character string including a domain included in a URL that designates a web page;
Creating a second tab when the predetermined condition is satisfied, and displaying the second web page on the second tab;
A web page display program for causing the control unit to execute a step of displaying the second web page on the first tab when the predetermined condition is not satisfied.

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