KR20100093909A - Method for providing browsing history, mobile communication terminal and computer-readable recording medium with program therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method for providing browsing history, a mobile communication terminal and a computer-readable recording medium with program thereof are provided to supply a webpage and the history information for the webpage in thumbnail format through a browser executed in a screen terminal. CONSTITUTION: A touch screen(110) displays a browser on a screen and detects a touch input. A terminal control unit(250) executes the browser and generates history information on the page visited by the browser. A memory(210) stores the history information. The history information comprises a thumbnail image of the visited page. Page information displayed on the history area is a thumbnail image.

Description

Method for Providing Browsing History, Mobile Communication Terminal And Computer-Readable Recording Medium with Program Therefor}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a browsing history and a touch screen terminal and a computer readable recording medium therefor. More specifically, a method of providing a browsing history for providing thumbnails of historical pages of pages visited by a user in the form of a page provided by each of the touch screen terminals through one or more executed browsers and a touch screen terminal therefor And a computer-readable recording medium.

Recently, as computers, electronics, and communication technologies have advanced dramatically, various wireless communication services using wireless networks have been provided. Accordingly, a service provided by a mobile communication system using a wireless communication network is developing into a multimedia communication service for transmitting data such as circuit data, packet data, and the like, as well as a voice service.

On the other hand, according to this trend, the mobile communication terminal has become a necessity of modern man, and in addition to the inherent function of voice call, it is widely spread in the form of a browsing function using wireless communication.

However, since the UI (User Interface) of the browsing function using the mobile communication terminal does not reflect the sudden convergence phenomenon according to the recent trend, the user has difficulty or inconvenience in the UI of the browsing function using the mobile communication terminal. There is a drawback to this.

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention provides a page that is displayed through each of the one or more executed browsers in the touch screen terminal, and provides a browsing history for providing thumbnail information of historical pages of pages visited by the user. It is a primary object to provide a method and a touch screen terminal and a computer readable recording medium therefor.

The present invention to achieve the above object is a touch screen for displaying a browser on the screen, detecting a touch input; A terminal controller which executes one or more browsers and generates history information of pages visited by each browser; And a memory unit for storing the generated history information, wherein the terminal controller displays the one or more browsers in a browsing area, and displays page information visited by a specific browser selected from the one or more browsers in the history area. It provides a touch screen terminal, characterized in that for controlling the touch screen.

In addition, according to another object of the present invention, a touch screen for displaying a browser on the screen, detecting a touch input; A terminal controller for generating history information of a page visited by the browser; And a memory unit configured to store the generated history information, wherein the terminal controller includes the thumbnail image of the page visited by the browser to generate the history information, and a thumbnail of the page visited by the browser according to the user's touch input. It provides a touch screen terminal, characterized in that for controlling the touch screen to display an image on one area of the touch screen.

According to another object of the present invention, there is provided a method comprising: a first step of executing a plurality of browsers and generating history information including thumbnail images of pages visited by each browser; A second step of movably displaying the plurality of browsers left and right according to a user command; And displaying a thumbnail image of a page visited by a specific browser selected from the plurality of browsers in one region.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing each step of the method for providing a multi-browsing history as described above.

As described above, according to the present invention, the touch screen terminal provides pages respectively displayed through one or more executed browsers, and provides a thumbnail form of history information of pages visited by a user in the past.

In addition, according to the present invention, the history information of the pages visited by the user in the form of thumbnails is provided, so that the user can easily switch to and access the page searched by the user.

Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail through exemplary drawings. In adding reference numerals to the components of each drawing, it should be noted that the same reference numerals are assigned to the same components as much as possible even though they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the subject matter of the present invention rather unclear.

In addition, in describing the component of this invention, terms, such as 1st, 2nd, A, B, (a), (b), can be used. These terms are only for distinguishing the components from other components, and the nature, order or order of the components are not limited by the terms. If a component is described as being "connected", "coupled" or "connected" to another component, that component may be directly connected to or connected to that other component, but there may be another configuration between each component. It is to be understood that the elements may be "connected", "coupled" or "connected".

1 is a front view of a touch screen terminal according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 according to the present embodiment means all kinds of terminals provided with the touch screen 110.

On the other hand, when the touch screen terminal 100 is provided with a communication unit 240, it is possible to perform the normal voice call and data communication by wireless communication in conjunction with the mobile communication network through the communication unit 240.

For example, the touch screen terminal 100 may be a personal digital assistant (PDA), a cellular phone, a personal communication service (PCS) phone, a hand-held PC, a CDMA-2000 phone, a WCDMA phone, or a PMP (Portable). The terminal may be any kind of terminal having a touch screen, such as a multimedia player, a PlayStation Portable (PSP), a Mobile Broadband System (MBS) phone, or the like.

The touch screen terminal 100 executes one or more browsers, generates history information of pages visited by each browser, and stores the generated history information in the memory unit 210.

The touch screen terminal 100 displays one or more browsers in the browsing area 120 and controls the touch screen 110 to display page information visited by a specific browser selected from one or more browsers in the history area 130. Perform.

Here, the history information stored in the memory unit 210 includes a thumbnail image of the visited page, and the page information displayed in the history area 130 is a thumbnail image.

For example, when the user taps a specific browser in the browsing area 120, the history information in the form of a thumbnail image is displayed in the history area 130.

If one or more browsers are running in the browsing area 120, a specific browser may be selected by default, and history information of a page visited by the selected browser may be displayed in the history area 130 by default.

The browser and browsing described in the present embodiment mean a web browser and web browsing, and the page is preferably interpreted to mean a web page, but a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present embodiment belongs is referred to. Various modifications and variations may be applied without departing from the essential features of the embodiments.

On the other hand, the touch screen terminal 100 is not necessarily implemented to represent the browsing area 120 and the history area 130 on the touch screen 110.

That is, the touch screen terminal 100 displays one browsing screen currently executed on the touch screen 110 in the browsing area 120 in a browser or OS environment in which multi-browsing is not possible, and used the past in the history area 130. It can be implemented to show only the history information of the page that was used.

The touch screen 110 detects the position of an object such as a human hand or an electronic pen at a specific position of a number, letter, symbol, or icon displayed on the screen and detects the position so that a specific process can be performed by the stored software. Say.

The touch screen 110 receives a touch input from a user and displays display data under the control of the terminal controller 250, or displays an operation state and a plurality of information of the touch screen terminal 100 using icons and text. .

In particular, the touch screen 110 to which the present invention is applied displays the browsing area 120 and the history area 130 under the control of the terminal controller 250, and according to a user's input, tapping event and dragging. Events, Flicking events, Press events, and Release events occur.

In the present embodiment, touch events occurring through the touch screen 110 are defined as follows.

A tapping event is a light touch of a selected object (numbers, letters, symbols, icons, etc.), which is a touch input such as a mouse click on a general PC.

The drag event is a floating motion after selecting a specific object and moving to a specific position in a pressed (touch) state. The dragged object is fixed in a floating motion after continuously moving in a moving direction.

The flicking event is an operation in which a contact is floated after moving in a specific direction (up, down, left, right, or diagonal) after a touch, and a specific operation is processed according to an operation direction and a moving speed of the flicking event. . For example, a flicking event is an event for an action that looks like turning a page.

The press event refers to an event of an operation of continuously pressing a contact after a touch, and a release event refers to an event of an operation of floating a contact after a touch.

In addition, the touch screen 110 displays the operation state of the touch screen terminal 100 including the power usage state of the terminal, the reception strength of the radio wave, the date and time, and the information is transmitted in the form of letters, numbers, images, and the like. If so, it also functions as a screen display means for outputting this information.

In addition, the touch screen 110 displays messages generated while executing various programs stored in the memory unit 210 under the control of the terminal controller 250.

In addition, the touch screen 110 outputs a number button for inputting a number such as a phone number, a letter button for inputting a character, and a menu selection button, and inputs a key or command from a user who uses the touch screen terminal 100. It also serves as a key input means.

Here, the touch screen 110 is a device that performs a function by mounting a device called a touch panel (Touch Pannel) on the screen of the general monitor, a resistive film for recognizing the place where the film of the upper layer contacts the glass of the lower layer as a touch input. Method, capacitive type that detects the current flowing when the conductor touches the screen with fine current flowing on the touch surface, and recognizes it as a touch input.Ultrasonic and infrared rays are invisible to the screen surface. By creating a large number of rectangular grids on the screen, the infrared type (IR type) and the surface acoustic wave method (SAW type) interpret the pointer where the flow is interrupted when the user touches the grid with a fingertip or other specific object. And the like can be used.

The browsing area 120 is an area for executing one or more browsers by using a browser mounted on the touch screen terminal 100. Since the browsing area 120 may display pages for each browser executed, the browsing area 120 may display one or more pages.

The history area 130 is an area for displaying history information of pages visited by each browser using a browser mounted on the touch screen terminal 100. Here, the history information further includes at least one or more information of a thumbnail image and associated page name information, URL information, and visit time information, and the history information displayed in the history area 130 is a thumbnail image.

For example, when the touch screen terminal 100 assumes a total of three browsers executed in the browsing area 120, the history information displayed on the history area 130 may be configured as follows. Here, three executed browsers are three instances of one browser program from a program perspective.

First browser: thumbnail image for the first page, thumbnail image for the second page

Second browser: thumbnail image for third page

Third browser:-

Here, the history information is information obtained by further matching or linking at least one or more of page name information, URL information, and visit time information related to the page to a thumbnail image of a page visited by a user in the past. Thus, if the user visited only two pages through the first browser, there are two thumbnail images for the first browser, and if the user visited only one page through the second browser, one thumbnail for the second browser If the image is present and the user only opened the first page through the third browser, there is no thumbnail image for the 3 browser.

For example, a thumbnail image corresponding to an open browser displayed in the center of the browsing area 120 may be displayed in the history area 130 of the touch screen terminal 100. That is, when the user visits two pages through the executed browser displayed in the center of the browsing area 120, two thumbnails of the executed browser already exist in the history area 130.

Meanwhile, the touch screen terminal 100 may display history information about all the browsers executed in the browsing area 120 in the history area 130 and arrange them in the order of storage time. That is, when three browsers are executed in the browsing area 120 (first browser, second browser, and third browser), the history information about three browsers (three thumbnail images in total) is displayed in the history area 130. ) In order of storage time.

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a touch screen terminal according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a touch screen 110, a memory unit 210, a microphone 220, a speaker 230, a communication unit 240, and a terminal controller 250. .

In the present exemplary embodiment, the touch screen terminal 100 includes only the touch screen 110, the memory unit 210, the microphone 220, the speaker 230, the communication unit 240, and the terminal controller 250. However, this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and those skilled in the art to which the present embodiment belongs will lock the touch screen terminal 100 without departing from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment. It may be applicable to various modifications and modifications to further include a key input unit or a separate display unit for receiving a command or input for the request.

Since the description of the touch screen 110 is described in FIG. 1, the description thereof is omitted in FIG. 2.

The memory unit 210 drives the touch screen terminal 100 and processes a plurality of software for performing various additional functions such as basic software for performing voice and data communication, a camera function, and a message for transmitting and receiving for wireless communication. Storage means for storing protocol software and the like.

The memory unit 210 may include a program memory 212 and a data memory 214, and performs a function of storing one or more information of a touch input and a touch event. Here, the program memory 212 stores a program for controlling the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100, and the data memory 214 temporarily stores data generated while executing a program or receives data input from a user. Save it.

In addition, the memory unit 210 according to the present exemplary embodiment performs a function of storing history information.

The microphone 220 is a voice input means for converting a voice input of a mobile communication subscriber into an electrical signal and transmitting the electrical signal. The speaker 230 is a voice output means for converting the transmitted voice signal into an audible sound and outputting the audible sound.

The communicator 240 encodes or decodes a voice signal, performs an equalizer function to remove multipath noise, and performs a digital signal processing function for performing an acoustic data processing function, and converts a signal to be transmitted and received into a baseband signal. Baseband conversion function that performs analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion processing, receives RF (Radio Frequency) signal, converts it into IF (Intermediate Frequency) signal, converts IF signal to RF signal, and demodulates RF signal And wireless communication processing means for performing wireless communication by performing an RF signal processing function for amplifying and an antenna function for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal in the air. On the other hand, the communication unit 240 is not included in the touch screen terminal 100 without departing from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment can be variously modified and modified can be applied.

The terminal controller 250 is a control means for controlling the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100. In addition to the basic functions for performing voice and data communication according to a signal input from the touch screen 110 or the communication unit 240. In order to perform additional functions, various software stored in the memory unit 210 are executed.

The terminal controller 250 controls each component of the touch screen terminal 100 to control the overall operation of the touch screen terminal 100, executes one or more browsers, and generates history information of pages visited by each browser. The function performs a function of storing the generated history information in the memory unit 210.

The terminal controller 250 displays one or more browsers in the browsing area 120, and controls the touch screen 110 to display page information visited by a specific browser selected from one or more browsers in the history area 130. do.

Here, the history information stored in the memory unit includes a thumbnail image of the visited page, and the page information displayed in the history area 130 is a thumbnail image.

The terminal controller 250 moves one or more browsers left and right according to a touch input and displays them. A specific browser selected from one or more browsers is a browser displayed in the center of the browsing area 120.

The terminal controller 250 also displays thumbnail images of pages visited by the remaining browsers in addition to the specific browser selected from one or more browsers, in the history area 130, and displays thumbnail images of pages visited by all browsers in chronological order.

The terminal controller 250 moves left and right to display page information displayed in the history area 130 according to a touch input. When the user selects a specific page displayed in the history area 130, a specific browser or a newly executed browser is displayed. Controls to load the page.

The terminal controller 250 controls the page information displayed on the history area 130 to be rotated and displayed when a touch input occurs in one direction in the history area 130.

The terminal controller 250 controls the movement key region 710 to appear on one side of the history region 130, but when a touch input occurs in the movement key region 710, the page information displayed in the history region 130 is sequentially displayed. Controls the display while moving to.

The terminal controller 250 performs a function of controlling one or more browsers to be displayed while being rotated when a touch input occurs in a predetermined direction in the browsing area 120.

The terminal controller 250 displays the window closing area 410 on one side of the specific browser. When a touch input occurs in the window closing area 410, the terminal controller 250 controls the specific browser to disappear from the browsing area 120. The visited page information is controlled to disappear from the history area 130.

The terminal controller 250 controls to display the new window generation area 420 on one side of the touch screen 110. When a touch input occurs in the new window generation area 420, the terminal controller 250 newly executes the browsing area 120. This function controls the browser to be displayed.

The terminal controller 250 further includes a title display area 430 indicating a title of a page loaded in a specific browser and an address display area 440 indicating an address of a page loaded in a specific browser in the browsing area 120. Function to control.

Meanwhile, the terminal controller 250 displays a browser on the touch screen 110, generates history information of a page visited by the browser, stores the generated history information in the memory unit 210, and thumbnails of pages visited by the browser. It generates history information by including an image, and controls the touch screen 110 to display a thumbnail image of a page visited by a browser on a region of the touch screen 110 according to a user's touch input.

For example, when only one browser is executed, the terminal controller 250 receives a touch input corresponding to a history display command from a user, and displays a thumbnail image of a page visited by the browser on an area of the touch screen 110. will be.

In addition, the terminal controller 250 moves the thumbnail image left and right according to a touch input and displays the thumbnail image. When the user selects a specific thumbnail image, the terminal controller 250 controls the browser to load the corresponding page.

In addition, the terminal controller 250 performs a function of controlling the thumbnail image to be displayed while being rotated when a touch input is generated in a predetermined direction in one region.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a browsing history providing method according to the present embodiment.

The touch screen terminal 100 executes a plurality of browsers, and generates history information including thumbnail images of pages visited by each browser (S310).

The touch screen terminal 100 displays the plurality of browsers to move left and right according to a user command (S320).

The touch screen terminal 100 displays a thumbnail image of a page visited by a specific browser selected from a plurality of browsers in one region (S330).

The touch screen terminal 100 may rotate and display a thumbnail image when a touch input occurs in a predetermined direction in one region.

When the user selects a specific thumbnail image, the touch screen terminal 100 loads the page by a specific browser or a newly executed browser (S340).

In FIG. 3, the touch screen terminal 100 sequentially executes steps S310 to S340. However, this is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present embodiment, and is commonly known in the art. If the person having the present invention does not depart from the essential characteristics of the present embodiment, the touch screen terminal 100 may be executed by changing the order described in FIG. 3 or variously executing one or more steps of steps S310 to S340 in parallel. And since it will be applicable to modification, Figure 3 is not limited to the time series order.

As described above, the browsing history providing method according to the present embodiment described in FIG. 3 may be implemented in a program and recorded in a computer-readable recording medium.

The computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for implementing the browsing history providing method according to the present embodiment includes all kinds of recording devices storing data that can be read by a computer system.

Examples of such computer-readable recording media include ROM, RAM, CD-ROM, magnetic tape, floppy disk, optical data storage, etc., and also implemented in the form of a carrier wave (e.g., transmission over the Internet) . The computer readable recording medium can also be distributed over network coupled computer systems so that the computer readable code is stored and executed in a distributed fashion.

Also, functional programs, codes, and code segments for implementing the present embodiment may be easily inferred by programmers in the art to which the present embodiment belongs.

4 to 6 are exemplary views according to the present embodiment.

4 is an exemplary view of the browsing area 120 according to the present embodiment.

As illustrated in FIG. 4, the touch screen terminal 100 displays a browsing area 120 and a history area 130 on the touch screen 110.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 4, the upper portion of the browsing area 120 may be positioned at an upper end, and the history area 130 may be positioned at a lower portion thereof.

Here, the browsing area 120 is an area representing one or more executed browsers by using the browser mounted on the touch screen terminal 100 as shown in FIG. 4, and thus, a page may be displayed for each executed browser. , An area that can represent one or more pages.

In addition, the touch screen terminal 100 moves left and right to display page information displayed in the history area 130 according to a touch input. When the user selects a specific page displayed in the history area 130, the touch screen terminal 100 executes a specific browser or a new execution. Control the browser to load the page.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 4, the touch screen terminal 100 shows a new window generating area 420 on one side of the touch screen 110.

In addition, when a touch input is generated in the new window generation area 420, the touch screen terminal 100 controls the specific browser to disappear from the browsing area 120, and the page information visited by the specific browser is displayed in the history area 130. Control to disappear

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 4, the new window generation area 420 may be located at the bottom of the history area 130.

In addition, as illustrated in FIG. 4, the touch screen terminal 100 may include a title display area 430 representing a title of a page loaded in a specific browser displayed in the center of the browsing area 120, and a center of the browsing area 120. The address display area 440 indicating the address of the page loaded in the specific browser displayed on the screen may be further displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4, when a touch input occurs in one direction (left or right direction) in the browsing area 120, the touch screen terminal 100 controls to display one or more browsers while rotating.

In addition, when a drag event occurs from one side of the browsing area 120 to the other side, the touch screen terminal 100 performs a function of continuously moving the browser executed from one side of the browsing area 120 to the other side.

For example, referring to FIG. 4, a title display area 430 representing a title for a page loaded in the executed browser shown on one side of the browsing area 120 and a title for the page loaded in the executed browser are shown. An address display area 440 indicating an address is provided. When a tapping event occurs in the executed browser, a page corresponding to the URL may be displayed in full screen.

In addition, the browsing area 120 may display a part of the previously executed browser on the right side of the executed browser displayed in the center of the current screen, and a part of the first executed browser on the left side. The user can enter a flicking event in a left or right direction to navigate to a browser executed before or after the sorting order.

In addition, a window closing area 410 is provided at the top of the executed browser currently displayed in the center of the screen, and when the user inputs a tapping event in the window closing area 410, the executed browser disappears and corresponds to the disappeared browser. The history information may also disappear from the history area 130, and may be changed to a previously executed browser and corresponding history information in the sort order.

5 is an exemplary view of the history area 130 according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 5, the history area 130 is an area for displaying history information of pages visited by a user in the past by using a browser mounted on the touch screen terminal 100. Here, the history information is information including at least one or more of a thumbnail image and associated page name information, URL information, and visit time information, and the history information displayed in the history area 130 is a thumbnail image.

In addition, the history area 130 may include history information located before or after the sorting order.

As shown in FIG. 5, the touch screen terminal 100 displays thumbnail images of pages visited by the remaining browsers in addition to the specific browser selected from one or more browsers in the history area 130, but thumbnail images of pages visited by all browsers. Display sorted in chronological order.

The touch screen terminal 100 moves left and right to display page information displayed in the history area 130 according to a touch input. When the user selects a specific page displayed in the history area 130, a specific browser or a newly executed browser is displayed. Controls to load the page.

The touch screen terminal 100 performs a function of controlling page information displayed on the history area 130 to be displayed while being rotated when a touch input occurs in one direction in the history area 130.

For example, when a touch input (flicking event) occurs in one direction (left or right direction) in the history area 130, the page information displayed in the history area 130 is set in one direction (left or right direction). Displayed as rotated).

In addition, when a touch input (drag event) occurs from one side of the history area 130 to the other side, the touch screen terminal 100 controls the history information to continuously move from one side to the other side of the history area 130.

As illustrated in FIG. 5, when a touch input (tap event) occurs in the history area 130, the touch screen terminal 100 may display page information corresponding to the generated location on a full screen.

6 is an exemplary view of history information according to the present embodiment.

As shown in FIG. 6, the history information may be implemented to rotate based on the axis of the cylinder.

That is, the touch screen terminal 100 rotates and displays history information in a wheel shape in a predetermined direction (left or right direction) according to the speed of the flicking event, and the rotation speed of the history information is proportional to the speed of the flicking event. This can be reduced gradually and stopped.

In addition, the touch screen terminal 100 displays the most recently output history information in one direction (right direction) based on the history information existing in the history area 130, and the oldest one has been output in the other direction (left direction). History information information can be displayed.

In addition, the touch screen terminal 100 may display only the history information in which the user visited the page visited in the past for a predetermined period or a predetermined number in the history area 130.

For example, when the history information is displayed in the history area 130, the touch screen terminal 100 may indicate the history information collected for a predetermined period of time or a predetermined number.

7 is an exemplary view of the move key area 710 according to the present embodiment.

As illustrated in FIG. 7, the touch screen terminal 100 controls the movement key region 710 to appear on one side of the history region 130, but when a touch input occurs in the movement key region 710, the history region ( The page information displayed on 130 is sequentially controlled while being displayed.

In the above description, all elements constituting the embodiments of the present invention are described as being combined or operating in combination, but the present invention is not necessarily limited to the embodiments. In other words, within the scope of the present invention, all of the components may be selectively operated in combination with one or more. In addition, although all of the components may be implemented in one independent hardware, each or all of the components may be selectively combined to perform some or all functions combined in one or a plurality of hardware. It may be implemented as a computer program having a. Codes and code segments constituting the computer program may be easily inferred by those skilled in the art. Such a computer program may be stored in a computer readable storage medium and read and executed by a computer, thereby implementing embodiments of the present invention. The storage medium of the computer program may include a magnetic recording medium, an optical recording medium, a carrier wave medium, and the like.

In addition, the terms "comprise", "comprise" or "having" described above mean that the corresponding component may be included, unless otherwise stated, and thus excludes other components. It should be construed that it may further include other components instead. All terms, including technical and scientific terms, have the same meanings as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art unless otherwise defined. Terms commonly used, such as terms defined in a dictionary, should be interpreted to coincide with the contextual meaning of the related art, and shall not be construed in an ideal or excessively formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present invention.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are not intended to limit the technical idea of the present invention but to describe the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The protection scope of the present invention should be interpreted by the following claims, and all technical ideas within the equivalent scope should be interpreted as being included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the present invention provides a method of providing a browsing history for providing thumbnails of history pages of pages visited by a user in the past and providing pages respectively displayed through one or more executed browsers in the touch screen terminal. It is applied to the field of touch screen terminal and computer readable recording media for providing the history information of the pages visited by the user in the form of thumbnail, so that the user can easily switch to and access the page searched by the user. It is a useful invention.

1 is a front view of a touch screen terminal according to the present embodiment;

2 is a block diagram schematically illustrating a touch screen terminal according to the present embodiment;

3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a browsing history according to the present embodiment;

4 to 6 are exemplary views according to the present embodiment.

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Claims (18)

A touch screen displaying a browser on a screen and detecting a touch input; A terminal controller which executes one or more browsers and generates history information of pages visited by each browser; And Including a memory unit for storing the generated history information, And the terminal controller controls the touch screen to display the one or more browsers in a browsing area and to display page information visited by a specific browser selected from the one or more browsers in a history area. The method of claim 1, History information stored in the memory unit, And a thumbnail image of the visited page, wherein page information displayed in the history area is the thumbnail image. The method of claim 2, The terminal control unit, And moving the at least one browser to the left or right according to the touch input, wherein the specific browser selected from the at least one browser is a browser displayed at the center of the browsing area. The method of claim 2, The terminal control unit, And a thumbnail image of a page visited by the other browsers, in addition to the specific browser selected from the one or more browsers, is also displayed in the history area, and the thumbnail images of the pages visited by all the browsers are arranged in chronological order. The method of claim 1, The terminal control unit, In response to the touch input, page information displayed in the history area is shifted left and right, and when a user selects a specific page displayed in the history area, controlling the specific browser or a newly executed browser to load the page. Touch screen terminal characterized in that. The method of claim 5, The terminal control unit, And when the touch input occurs in a predetermined direction in the history area, controlling to display page information displayed in the history area while rotating. The method of claim 5, The terminal controller controls the movement key area to appear on one side of the history area, And when the touch input occurs in the movement key area, controlling to display page information displayed in the history area while sequentially moving. The method of claim 2, The terminal control unit, And when the touch input occurs in a predetermined direction in the browsing area, controlling the one or more browsers to be displayed while being rotated. The method of claim 1, The terminal control unit, A window closing area is displayed on one side of the specific browser, and when the touch input occurs in the window closing area, the specific browser is controlled to disappear from the browsing area, and page information visited by the specific browser disappears from the history area. Touch screen terminal, characterized in that for controlling to. The method of claim 1, The terminal control unit, And controlling to display a new window generation area on one side of the touch screen, and when a touch input occurs in the new window generation area, a newly executed browser appears in the browsing area. The method of claim 1, The terminal controller is located in the browsing area, A title display area indicating a title of a page loaded in the specific browser; And An address display area indicating an address of a page loaded in the specific browser Touch screen terminal, characterized in that for controlling to further display. A touch screen displaying a browser on a screen and detecting a touch input; A terminal controller for generating history information of a page visited by the browser; And Including a memory unit for storing the generated history information, The terminal controller includes the thumbnail image of the page visited by the browser to generate the history information, and displays the thumbnail image of the page visited by the browser in one region of the touch screen according to the user's touch input. Touch screen terminal, characterized in that for controlling. 13. The method of claim 12, The terminal control unit, And moving the thumbnail image left and right according to the touch input, and when the user selects a particular thumbnail image, controls the browser to load the corresponding page. 13. The method of claim 12, The terminal control unit, And when the touch input occurs in one direction in the one region, controlling the thumbnail image to be displayed while being rotated. A first step of executing a plurality of browsers and generating history information including thumbnail images of pages visited by each browser; A second step of movably displaying the plurality of browsers left and right according to a user command; And A third step of displaying a thumbnail image of a page visited by a specific browser selected from the plurality of browsers in one region; Browsing history providing method comprising a. The method of claim 15, A fourth step in which the specific browser or a newly launched browser loads the page when the user selects a specific thumbnail image Browsing history providing method characterized in that it further comprises. The method of claim 15, The third step, And when the touch input occurs in a predetermined direction in the one area, displaying the thumbnail image while rotating. A computer-readable recording medium having recorded thereon a program for executing each step of the method for providing a browsing history according to any one of claims 15 to 17.

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