WO2007069104A1 - Systeme et procede pour ouvrir des liens web dans une application de navigateur - Google Patents

Systeme et procede pour ouvrir des liens web dans une application de navigateur Download PDF

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WO2007069104A1
WO2007069104A1 PCT/IB2006/054283 IB2006054283W WO2007069104A1 WO 2007069104 A1 WO2007069104 A1 WO 2007069104A1 IB 2006054283 W IB2006054283 W IB 2006054283W WO 2007069104 A1 WO2007069104 A1 WO 2007069104A1
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Eric J.B. Korber
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    • G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
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    • G06F16/957—Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

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  • This invention relates generally to the field of web browsing, and in particular to a manner for viewing web pages associated with textual links that are not hotspots, i.e., not hyperlinks to a web-page or a network location (a URL).
  • a link to a web page on the internet often acts as a hotspot, where the user can open the referred page by clicking on the link.
  • references to web sites are mentioned, but the reference does not act as a hotspot. When the user tries to click on the link, nothing happens because it is just plain text.
  • a program selects the link or other reference and copies it into the browser.
  • a solution is provided that enables a user to hover a cursor display over a weblink that does not constitute a hotspot and enable the user to open a menu item (e.g., by "right-clicking" a mouse device) which has been programmed to provide a selection such as "open in browser". If the user selects this menu option, the browser is started from the command line with the selected text provided as an argument.
  • a system, method and computer program product for opening a web browser at a desired URL comprises: selecting text representing a link to a web page, the text not constituting a hyperlink to that web page; providing a menu option for opening up a browser application at a specified URL represented by the link; and selecting the menu option for opening up a browser application, whereby the web browser is automatically opened and the web-page automatically accessed via the web browser at the location represented by the link.
  • a system, method and computer program product for accessing a web-page.
  • the method comprises: selecting text from a selectable format displayed in a computer system display device, the text representing a link to a web page but not constituting a hyperlink to that web page; providing a menu option for opening up a browser application at a specified URL represented by the link, and executing a program in response to selecting the menu option, the program for receiving the selected text and passing the text to a routine for automatically opening up a web browser application at a specified URL represented by the link, whereby the web-page is automatically accessed via the web browser at the location represented by the link.
  • the invention provides methods, apparatus and systems for opening a link in a web browser in a manner that is easily and more efficiently implemented by a user.
  • the user is not required to select the complete link first, but has the displayed mouse cursor somewhere inside the link, after which the software program selects the link itself and copies it into the browser.
  • Figure 1 illustrates method steps 10 for implementing the "open link in browser” menu selection choice in a system that accesses web pages according to the invention
  • FIGS. 2A and 2B depict an example implementation of the present invention.
  • Figure 3 depicts an example computer system architecture 100 in which the system and method of the invention is implemented. Aspects of the invention will be described with reference to Figure 1, which is a schematic diagram of a method 10 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As will be described in greater detail herein, the present invention can be implemented differently depending on the context in which it is applied, for example in an application like MS Word, or an application like Microsoft Internet Explorer ® .
  • One exemplary embodiment is an implementation for a web browser such as Internet Explorer ® , which allows for the addition of menu items to the menu that appears when right clicking the mouse in the Internet Explorer.
  • the present invention can be implemented in other web browser devices that will accept the link being passed to the browser as a command line argument such as Mozilla, FireFox, Netscape, Avant, MaxThon, NetCaptor, etc..
  • a registry editor by a computing system in which the present invention is employed. For example, in an exemplary a Windows-based operating system implementation, e.g., Windows 2000, a registry editor is executed by selecting Start>Run> "regedit".
  • a first step implements creating a new key, using the text desired to be displayed in the context menu as the name, under:
  • HKEY_CURRENT_USER Software ⁇ Microsoft ⁇ Intemet Explorer ⁇ MenuExt The result looks like:
  • ⁇ Menu Text> being replaced with the text that is desired to be displayed in the context menu.
  • the context menu selection text is replaced with text associated with the functionality to be employed such as the following text: "Open link in browser".
  • the default value of the key is then set to the URL of the page that contains the script to be executed by the context menu entry.
  • An exemplary script that may be executed in to open up the link in the browser is described in greater detail hereinbelow.
  • this script can obtain the parent window object, the screen where the context menu item was executed, from the menuArguments property of the external object.
  • this property is accessible only through script (program) specified in the registry for a new context menu entry as is available for Internet Explorer.
  • the menuArguments property returns an object reference of the window where the context menu was opened.
  • Figure 1 depicts the steps 10 for implementing the "open link in browser" menu selection choice in a system that accesses web pages.
  • the user makes text selection containing the required URL from a document, for instance.
  • the user opens the context menu, e.g., by right-clicking and selecting 'Open link in browser' menu choice option as created in the manner as described herein. Selection of this option causes execution of the script found in the URL cited as the key default value as set in context menu entry.
  • the script in "openlinkinbrowser.html” as indicated at step 16 includes steps for: obtaining the text selected at step 12 and storing it in a variable; and, at step 18, implementing a second part in "openlinkinbrowser.html” including steps of: starting Internet Explorer with the value of this variable passed as an argument to the application.
  • the selection object provides information about
  • var oSelect oDocument. selection; // Create a TextRange from oSelect.
  • an *.html file (e.g., "openinbrowser.html”) is provided with the script contents as described herein.
  • the value for the key is easily specified as the openinbrowser.html file. In one implementation this is achieved by selecting the key ("default" icon) appearing on the right side of the registry editor, right clicking on "default” and choosing "Modify”.
  • the path to this html file may be specified, which may be a locally stored file e.g., at a location such as: C: ⁇ patents ⁇ open link in browser ⁇ openinbrowser.html.
  • FIG. 2A a portion of a webpage 25 is depicted having a link 27 that does not constitute a hotspot. This file is attached and is called "test open in browser.html”.
  • An exemplary web-browser screenshot 50 is provided in Figure 2B that depicts the functionality provided by the new menu choice of the invention that generates a new instance of explorer that is initiated to include the selected webpage associated with that link 27.
  • a drop down menu 30 is provided having the new menu choice 35 for executing the script in the generated "openlinkinbrowser.html" file provided in accordance with the present invention.
  • Internet Explorer was used due to its relative ease as being configurable. It should be understood that it is possible to add menu items with the same functionality to other Microsoft applications that are configurable, e.g., MS Word.
  • the script as in openinbrowser.html starts explorer with the command shell.run("iexplore.exe” + sNewText ); where sNewText contains the webpage that should be opened.
  • Internet Explorer works in this way because it accepts arguments from the command line and the same may be achieved by starting internet explorer from the start menu by entering, for example, "iexplore http ://www.philips.com” .
  • an application instead of starting an application that is able to browse webpages like Windows Explorer directly, another application may be started that does some string (argument) checking / editing. In this manner, the application is opened after the URL string has been checked for its validity and has automatically been edited. This is because some applications accept only valid links that satisfy certain conditions. For example, if instead of Internet Explorer, Windows Explorer is opened with a link that is not valid (for example Start>Run "explore Welcome"), an error message is generated. Therefore such an application validates the correctness of the link, matches the applications argument format by additional editing and prevents starting the application with invalid arguments. In any case the substring "http://" or http://www. should be present in the string.
  • embodiments of the present invention may be provided as methods, systems, or computer program products. Accordingly, the present invention may take the form of an entirely hardware embodiment, an entirely software embodiment or an embodiment combining software and hardware aspects.
  • the present invention may take the form of a computer program product, which is embodied on one or more computer-usable storage media (including, but not limited to, disk storage, CD-ROM, optical storage, magnetic storage, and so forth) having computer-usable program code embodied therein.
  • the system comprises a computer workstation 100 having one or more processors or processing units 110.
  • a typical central processing unit (CPU) 110 may comprise an Intel Pentium ® series or IBM's PowerPC ® microprocessors and is interconnected to various other components by system bus 101 that connects various system components together.
  • Operating system 112 runs on CPU 110 and provides control and is used to coordinate the function of the various components of FIG. 3.
  • Operating system 112 may be one of the commercially available operating systems including, but not limited to: comprise Linux, Unix and like operating systems, Macintosh, MS Windows ® OS, OS/2, and the like.
  • the computing system 100 additionally includes: computer readable media, including a variety of types of volatile and non- volatile media, each of which can be removable or non-removable.
  • a read only memory (ROM) 151 is connected to CPU 110, via bus 101 and includes the basic input/output system (BIOS) that controls the basic computer functions, e.g., the basic routines that help to transfer information between elements within computer device 100, such as during start-up.
  • a Random Access Memory (RAM) 150 is also interconnected to system bus 101.
  • the RAM 150 typically contains data and/or program modules in a form that can be quickly accessed by processing unit. It should be noted that software components, i.e.
  • the operating system 112 and applications 114 including a web browser application are loaded into RAM 150, which is the computer system's main memory. That is, the readable media can store the operating system (O/S) 112, one or more application programs 114, such as the browser opening script (program), and/or other program modules and program data for opening up the web browser to a specified URL according to the invention.
  • O/S operating system
  • application programs 114 such as the browser opening script (program), and/or other program modules and program data for opening up the web browser to a specified URL according to the invention.
  • Computer readable media 105 for storing programs and other applications data include a hard disk drive 105 for reading from and writing to a non- removable, non- volatile magnetic media, a magnetic disk drive for reading from and writing to a removable, non-volatile magnetic disk (e.g., a "floppy disk"), and an optical disk drive for reading from and/or writing to a removable, non-volatile optical disk such as a CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or other optical media.
  • the hard disk drive, magnetic disk drive, and optical disk drive can be connected to the system bus 101 by a SCSI interface (not shown), or other coupling mechanism.
  • the computer 100 can include other types of computer readable media.
  • the above-identified computer readable media provide non- volatile storage of computer readable instructions, data structures, program modules, and other data for use by computer 100.
  • the bus structure 101 connecting the processor 110 to the system memory 150 can be implemented using any kind of bus structure or combination of bus structures, including a memory bus or memory controller, a peripheral bus, an accelerated graphics port, and a processor or local bus using any of a variety of bus architectures such as ISA bus, an Enhanced ISA (EISA) bus, and a Peripheral Component Interconnects (PCI) bus or like bus device.
  • the computer system 100 includes one or more monitors 19 and, operator input devices such as a keyboard, and a pointing device (e.g., a "mouse") for entering commands and information into computer, data storage devices, and the like.
  • Further components interconnected to CPU 110, via bus 101 include I/O adapter 146 that may be a small computer system interface (SCSI) adapter that communicates with the computer readable media in the form of a disk storage device 105, e.g., a hard drive.
  • Communications adapters 29, 39 are additionally interconnected to CPU 110, via bus 101.
  • communications adapter 39 interconnects bus 101 with an outside network enabling the workstation to communicate with Web servers to receive document pages over a local area network (LAN) or wide area network (WAN) which includes, of course, the internet or World Wide Web.
  • I/O devices are also connected to system bus 101 via user interface adapter 145 and a display adapter 135.
  • a keyboard, printer and/or mouse device may all be interconnected to bus 101 through user interface adapter 145.
  • Display adapter 135 includes a frame buffer (not shown) which is a storage device that holds a representation of each pixel on the display monitor 19. Images may be stored in frame buffer for display on monitor 19 through various components such as a digital to analog converter (not shown) and the like.
  • a user is capable of inputting data and other information to the system through the mouse or like device (e.g., a trackball) to make a text selection via display 19 according to the invention.
  • Input/output interfaces 145, 146 are provided that couple the input devices and data storage devices to the processing unit 110. More generally, input devices can be coupled to the computer 100 through any kind of interface and bus structures, such as a parallel port, serial port, universal serial bus (USB) port, etc.
  • the computer environment 100 also includes the display device 19 and the display adapter 135 that couples the display device 19 to the bus 101. In addition to the display device 19, the computer environment 100 can include other output peripheral devices, such as speakers (not shown), a printer, etc. I/O interfaces 145 are used to couple these other output devices to the computer 100.
  • Computing system 100 is further adapted to operate in a networked environment using logical connections to one or more other computers that may include all of the features discussed above with respect to computer device 100, or some subset thereof.
  • any type of network can be used to couple the computer system 100 with server device 20, such as a local area network (LAN), or a wide area network (WAN) 99 (such as the Internet).
  • LAN local area network
  • WAN wide area network
  • the computer 100 connects to a local network via a network interface or adapter 29, e.g., supporting Ethernet or like network communications protocols.
  • the computer 100 may connect to a WAN 99 via a high speed cable/dsl modem 180 or some other connection means.
  • the cable/dsl modem 180 can be located internal or external to computer 100, and can be connected to the bus 101 via the I/O interfaces 39 or other appropriate coupling mechanism.
  • the computing environment 100 can provide wireless communication functionality for connecting computer 100 with other networked remote devices (e.g., via modulated radio signals, modulated infrared signals, etc.).
  • the computer system 100 can draw from program modules stored in a remote memory storage devices (not shown) in a distributed configuration.
  • These computer program instructions may also be stored in a computer- readable memory that can direct a computer or other programmable data processing apparatus to function in a particular manner, such that the instructions stored in the computer-readable memory produce an article of manufacture including instruction means which implement the function specified in the flow diagram flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.
  • the computer program instructions may also be loaded onto a computer- readable or other programmable data processing apparatus to cause a series of operational steps to be performed on the computer or other programmable apparatus to produce a computer implemented process such that the instructions which execute on the computer or other programmable apparatus provide steps for implementing the functions specified in the flow diagram flow or flows and/or block diagram block or blocks.

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L'invention concerne un système, un procédé et un programme informatique pour ouvrir automatiquement un navigateur à un emplacement spécifié par une représentation textuelle d'un lien qui n'est pas un point sensible. Le dispositif et le procédé pour ouvrir automatiquement un navigateur à un emplacement spécifié par un pointeur sur une représentation textuelle d'un lien qui n'est pas un point sensible sont exécutés en demandant ou non à un utilisateur de sélectionner d'abord le lien de texte complet ou de sélectionner le texte et de le copier sur le navigateur Web. Ainsi, l'invention concerne une solution qui permet à un utilisateur de stationner un affichage de curseur sur un lien Web qui ne constitue pas un point sensible et permet à l'utilisateur d'ouvrir un élément de menu (par exemple, par un clic droit' d'un dispositif de souris) qui a été programmé pour donner une sélection telle que ouvrir dans le navigateur'. Si l'utilisateur sélectionne cette option de menu, le texte est automatiquement copié sur le navigateur Web et la page Web respective est ouverte.
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