WO2015058621A1

WO2015058621A1 - Method and apparatus of updating quick link information

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Publication number: WO2015058621A1
Application number: PCT/CN2014/088377
Authority: WO
Inventors: Xiaodan LIN
Original assignee: Tencent Technology (Shenzhen) Company Limited
Priority date: 2013-10-23
Filing date: 2014-10-11
Publication date: 2015-04-30
Also published as: CN104572743A; CN104572743B

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method and apparatus of updating quick link information. The method is for identifying whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link; identifying whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion; acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link; and updating the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

Description

METHOD AND APPARATUS OF UPDATING QUICK LINK INFORMATION

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

The application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201310505264.8, filed on October 23, 2013, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.

FIELD OF THE TECHNOLOGY

The present disclosure relates to browser technologies, and more particularly, to a method and an apparatus of updating quick link information.

BACKGROUND OF THE TECHNOLOGY

Being a function of a browser, quick links are usually displayed in a start page or a newly opened blank page of the browser. A quick link provides a quick entrance to a web page. Users can add their favorite or frequently-visited web pages to quick links, so that they can quickly and easily browse web pages corresponding to the quick links.

In current products of browser, after a user adds a quick link, the browser obtains an icon and a name corresponding to the quick link for one time and displays the icon and name of the quick link in the interface of the browser. When the icon and name corresponding to the quick link displayed in the interface of the browser have changed, the browser does not update the icon and name corresponding to this quick link. The recognition of the web page is lowered due to the old icon and name not being updated timely.

SUMMARY

Therefore, in order to automatically update an icon and a name of a quick link, it is necessary to provide a method, an apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium of updating quick link information.

A method of updating quick link information is provided, including:

Identifying, by a processor, whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link； identifying, by the processor, whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion； acquiring, by the processor, the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link； and updating, by the processor, the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

An apparatus of updating quick link information is provided, including:

An information identifying module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for identifying whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link； an information acquiring module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for identifying whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion, and acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link； and an information updating module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for updating the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for updating quick link information that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

Identify whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link, identify whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion, acquire the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, and update the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

The example of the present disclosure identifies whether the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion； identifies whether the backend of the browser is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion； acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link according to the identification result； and updates the quick link displayed in the interface of the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

Compared to the prior art that the browser performs a process for only one time to obtain the icon and the name corresponding to the quick link, the example of the present disclosure has the benefit of automatically updating the icon and name of the quick link in the browser, thereby improving the recognition of the web page corresponding to the quick link and avoiding the confusion caused by the old icon and name. Further, as the above mentioned whole process performed by the browser is invisible to the users and any other running application program will not be effected during the browser performs the above mentioned whole process, the human-computer interaction is ensured and the browser performance is improved.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To clearly explain the technical solutions of the examples of the present disclosure, drawings that are required by the examples are briefly introduced. Apparently, the drawings described below are only some examples of the present disclosure. For those skilled in the art, other drawings according to these drawings may be obtained without creative efforts.

The system and/or method may be better understood with reference to the following drawings and description. Non-limiting and non-exhaustive descriptions are described with reference to the following drawings. The components in the figures are not necessarily to scale, emphasis instead being placed upon illustrating principles. In the figures, like referenced numerals may refer to like parts throughout the different figures unless otherwise specified.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method of updating quick link information, according to a first example of the present disclosure；

FIG. 2a is a schematic view showing quick links in an interface of a browser in accordance with an example of the present disclosure；

FIG. 2b is an interface having updated quick links of FIG. 2a in accordance with an information updating criterion；

FIG. 3 is a flow chart showing a method of updating quick link information, according to a second example of the present disclosure；

FIG. 4 is a schematic functional block of a method of updating quick link information, according to a first example of the present disclosure； and

FIG. 5 is a schematic functional block of an apparatus of updating quick link information, according to a second example of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The principles described herein may be embodied in many different forms. Not all of the depicted components may be required, however, and some implementations may include additional components. Variations in the arrangement and type of the components may be made without departing from the spirit or scope of the claims as set forth herein. Additional, different or fewer components may be provided.

Reference throughout this specification to “one example, ” “an example, ” “examples, ” “one embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” “example embodiment, ” or the like in the singular or plural means that one or more particular features, structures, or characteristics described in connection with an embodiment or an example is included in at least one embodiment or one example of the present disclosure. Thus, the appearances of the phrases “in one embodiment, ” “in an embodiment, ” “in an example embodiment, ” “in one example, ” “in an example, ” or the like in the singular or plural in various places throughout this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures, or characteristics may be combined in any suitable manner in one or more embodiments or examples.

The terminology used in the description of the invention herein is for the purpose of describing particular examples only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. As used in the description of the invention and the appended claims, the singular forms “a, ” “an, ” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Also, as used in the description herein and throughout the claims that follow, the meaning of “in” includes “in” and “on” unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. It will also be understood that the term “and/or” as used herein refers to and encompasses any and all possible combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. It will be further understood that the terms “may include, ” “including, ” “comprises, ” and/or “comprising, ” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

As used herein, the terms “module, ” “unit” may refer to, be part of, or include an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) ； an electronic circuit； a combinational logic circuit； a field programmable gate array (FPGA) ； a processor (shared, dedicated, or group) that executes code； other suitable hardware components that provide the described functionality； or a combination of some or all of the above, such as in a system-on-chip. The term module may include memory (shared, dedicated, or group) that stores code executed by the processor.

The exemplary environment may include a server, a client, and a communication network. The server and the client may be coupled through the communication network for information exchange, such as sending/receiving identification information, sending/receiving data files such as splash screen images, etc. Although only one client and one server are shown in the environment, any number of terminals or servers may be included, and other devices may also be included.

The communication network may include any appropriate type of communication network for providing network connections to the server and client or among multiple servers or clients. For example, communication network may include the Internet or other types of computer networks or telecommunication networks, either wired or wireless. In a certain embodiment, the disclosed methods and apparatus may be implemented, for example, in a wireless network that includes at least one client.

In some cases, the client may refer to any appropriate user terminal with certain computing capabilities, such as a personal computer (PC) , a work station computer, a server computer, a hand-held computing device (tablet) , a smart phone or mobile phone, or any other user-side computing device. In various embodiments, the client may include a network access device. The client may be stationary or mobile.

A server, as used herein, may refer to one or more server computers configured to provide certain server functionalities, such as database management and search engines. A server may also include one or more processors to execute computer programs in parallel.

It should be noticed that, the embodiments/examples and the features in the embodiments/examples may be combined with each other in a no conflict condition. This invention will become apparent from the following detailed description when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.

It should be noticed that, the steps illustrated in the flowchart of the drawings may be performed in a set of computer device with executable program codes. And the order of the steps may be different from that in the drawings under some status, although a logic order is shown in the flowchart.

The present disclosure is further illustrated with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples. It should be understood that the examples are used to explain the present disclosure without unduly limiting the scope of the present disclosure.

FIG. 1 is a flow chart showing a method of updating quick link information, according to a first example of the present disclosure. All steps in FIG. 1 may be performed by one or more processors 1-10 to execute instructions stored in memory 1-12. Referring to FIG. 1, the method of updating quick link information includes steps as follows.

Step S01: identifying whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link； if yes, performing step S02.

In the present example, the browser identifies whether the state thereof meets the information updating criterion. For example, when determining that the state thereof is in a wifi environment, the browser identifies that the state thereof meets the information updating criterion； when determining that the state thereof is in a mobile data network environment like 2G/3G, the browser identifies that the state thereof does not meet the information updating criterion.

When the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion, the process of acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link of the browser is performed. When the state of the browser does not meet the information updating criterion, for example, when the browser is in an environment that does not allow or is not suitable to execute the information updating criterion of the quick link, the browser continues to perform the identifying step, namely, the step of identifying whether a state of a browser meets an information updating criterion of a quick link.

In the present example, the characteristic information corresponding to the quick link includes an icon and a name of the quick link displayed in the interface of a browser.

Step S02: identifying whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion.

Step S03: acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link.

When determining that the browser is in an environment meeting the information updating criterion, the browser sends a silent request to a server. If the server allows the browser to access the database corresponding to the quick link, the server returns a response message corresponding to the request to the browser. The browser accesses the database of the server, identifies whether the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link that needs to be updated, and acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link from the database of the server directly.

In the present example, acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link according to the identification result is detailed below.

When it is identified that the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, the browser acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link from the database of the server directly based on the authorization from the server.

When it is identified that the backend of the browser is not configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, the browser sends the server a web page access request to access the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link. The browser acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting real-time information of the web page mapped by the quick link when accessing the web page mapped by the quick link based on the response to the request from the server.

Further, in order to facilitate subsequent searching of the updated characteristic information of each quick link, the browser may also save the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link in the browser’s local memory.

In the present example, as the web address, namely, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information, corresponding to the quick link remains unchanged, the browser may search the configured updated characteristic information saved in the browser backend based on the URL information corresponding to the quick link, thereby determining whether there is updated characteristic information of the quick link.

Step S04: updating the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

The browser updates the quick link thereof according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link which meets the information updating criterion. For example, the browser replaces the icon and name of the quick link to be the updated icon and name according to the acquired updated icon and name of the quick link.

Further, if the updated quick link is displayed in the interface of the browser, the icon and name corresponding to the updated quick link are displayed in the current interface of the browser that displays the quick link.

The above mentioned whole process performed by the browser is invisible to the users. Further, any other running application program will not be effected during the browser performs the above mentioned whole process.

In the present example, that the browser acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting real-time information of the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link may be achieved by the way described below.

When the browser sends an access request of accessing the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link and receives a response to the access request from the server, the browser accesses the web page corresponding to the quick link and acquires the current real-time displayed information of the web page. The browser captures an image of a preset area of the web page, takes a screenshot of the currently-displayed web page, and sets the screenshot image as a thumbnail of the current web page mapped by the quick link.

Alternatively, when the browser acquires the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link and reads the current real-time displayed information of the web page, the browser captures the whole current web page, zooms the captured image according to a certain proportion, and sets the zoomed image as a thumbnail of the current web page mapped by the quick link.

The browser sets the acquired thumbnail of the current web page corresponding to the quick link to be the updated icon of the quick link. The browser also acquires the name of the web page and sets this name to be the updated name of the quick link when acquiring the thumbnail of the current web page corresponding to the quick link.

Compared to the prior art that the browser performs a process for only one time to obtain the icon and the name corresponding to the quick link, the example of the present disclosure has the benefit of automatically updating the icon and name of the quick link in the browser, thereby improving the recognition of the web page corresponding to the quick link and avoiding the confusion caused by the old icon and name.

Further, as the above mentioned whole process performed by the browser is invisible to the users and any other running application program will not be effected during the browser performs the above mentioned whole process, the human-computer interaction is ensured and the browser performance is improved.

The detail implementation process of the method of updating quick link information of the present disclosure will be described again with specific application scene.

FIG. 2a is a schematic view showing quick links displayed in an interface of a browser in accordance with an example of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2a, the interface of the browser has the following added quick links: Website1 such as TENCENT, Website2 such as Q zone, Website3 such as SINA, Website4 such as TAOBAO, and PATENT BRIEFING. When the browser identifies the state thereof meets the information updating criterion, the browser sends a silent request to a server. When the server allows the browser to access the database corresponding to the quick link, the server returns a response message corresponding to the request to the browser. The browser accesses the database of the server, identifies whether the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, and acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link from the database of the server directly.

For example, if the backend of the browser is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, the browser acquires the updated icon and name of the quick link from the database of the server directly based on the authorization from the server. For the reason that no matter how the icon and name of each quick link change, the web address, namely the URL, of the quick link remains unchanged, the browser can therefore search the updated icon and name corresponding to the URL of the quick link, thereby acquiring the updated icon and name corresponding to the quick link.

If the backend of the browser is not configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, namely, there is no updated icon and name corresponding to the URL of the web address corresponding to the quick link, the browser sends the server an access request of accessing the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link.

When receiving a response to the request from the server, the browser accesses the web page to which the URL corresponding to the quick link points and acquires the real-time information of the web page. The browser takes a screenshot of a preset area of the web page or captures the whole web page, zooms the screenshot image or the captured image according to a certain proportion to get a thumbnail of the current displayed content of the web page, and sets the thumbnail as the updated displayed icon of the quick link.

The browser also acquires the name of the web page and sets this name to be the updated name of the quick link when acquiring the thumbnail of the current web page corresponding to the quick link. The displayed information of “Patent Briefing” in FIG. 2a is updated to be what is shown in FIG. 2b. The displayed icon and name of “Patent Briefing” shown in FIG. 2a are both updated. The updated icon and name are shown in FIG. 2b and the name is updated to be “Patents Introduction” .

Based on the detail description of the example illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2, as shown in FIG. 3 which is a flow chart showing a method of updating quick link information, according to a second example of the present disclosure, the difference between this second example and the example illustrated by FIG. 1 is that the following steps are added before the first step S01 of identifying whether the state of the browser meets an information updating criterion of a quick link:

Step S10: setting the information updating criterion corresponding to the quick link.

Only the step S10 is described in detail in the present example, for other steps related to the method of updating quick link information, please refer to the detail description of the above mentioned example, which will not be described herein.

All steps in FIG. 3 may be performed by one or more processors 3-10 to execute instructions stored in memory 3-12.

In the present example, setting the information updating criterion corresponding to a quick link includes: the browser only sets an information updating criterion, which is suitable for all the added quick links； or the browser sets different information updating criterions corresponding to different types of quick links. For example, the information updating criterion is: updating according to a preset cycle, or updating in a wifi environment. This updating mechanism is applicable to all the added quick links. Alternatively, to satisfy the requirements of different types of quick links or according to user habits, quick links regarding instant messaging such as Weibo, Friends circle, and Q zone are set in the browser； since the above quick links may be visited frequently, the browser sets the updating mechanism of this type of quick links to be: receiving an access request triggered by the user.

As the browser can set different information updating criterions according to different types of quick links or according to user habits, the present example thus does not limit the specific updating mechanism of the quick link of the browser.

The browser of the example of the present disclosure can set different information updating criterions according to different requirements and different types of quick links, the human-computer interaction and the intelligence of the browser performance are improved.

FIG. 4 is a schematic functional block of an apparatus of updating quick link information, according to a first example of the present disclosure. All modules or units shown in FIG. 4 may be performed by one or more processors 4-10 to execute instructions stored in memory 4-12. As shown in FIG. 4, the apparatus of updating quick link information includes an information identifying module 01, an information acquiring module 02, and an information updating module 03.

The information identifying module 01 is configured for identifying whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link.

In the present example, the information identifying module 01 identifies whether the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion. For example, when identifying that the state of the browser is in a wifi environment, the information identifying module 01 identifies that the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion； when identifying that the state of the browser is in a mobile data network environment like 2G/3G, the information identifying module 01 identifies that the state of the browser does not meet the information updating criterion.

When the information identifying module 01 identifies the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion, the information acquiring module 02 performs the process of acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link. When the information identifying module 01 identifies the state of the browser does not meet the information updating criterion, for example, the browser is in an environment that does not allow or is not suitable to execute the information updating criterion, the information identifying module 01 continues to perform the identifying step, namely, the step of identifying whether a state of a browser meets an information updating criterion of a quick link.

The information acquiring module 02 is configured for identifying whether a backend of the browser is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion, and acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link according to the identification result.

When the information identifying module 01 identifies that the browser is in an environment meeting the information updating criterion, the browser sends a silent request to a server. When the server allows the browser to access the database corresponding to the quick link, the server returns a response message corresponding to the request to the browser. The browser accesses the database of the server, and the information acquiring module 02 identifies whether the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link that needs to be updated, and acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link from the database of the server directly.

In the present example, that the information acquiring module 02 acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link according to the identification result is detailed as follows.

When it is identified that the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, the information acquiring module 02 acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link from the database of the server directly based on the authorization from the server.

When the information acquiring module 02 identifies that the backend of the server is not configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, the information acquiring module 02 sends the server an access request of accessing the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link.

The information acquiring module 02 acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting real-time information of the web page mapped by the quick link when accessing the web page mapped by the quick link based on the response to the request from the server. Further, in order to facilitate subsequent searching of the updated characteristic information of each quick link, the information acquiring module 02 can also save the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link in the browser’s local memory.

In the present example, as the web address, namely, Uniform Resource Locator (URL) information, corresponding to the quick link remains unchanged, the information acquiring module 02 can search the configured updated characteristic information saved in the browser backend based on the URL information corresponding to the quick link, thereby determining whether there is updated characteristic information of the quick link.

The information updating module 03 is configured for updating the quick link of the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.

The information updating module 03 updates the quick link of the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link which meets the information updating criterion. For example, the information updating module 03 replaces the icon and name of the quick link to be the updated icon and name according to the acquired updated icon and name of the quick link. Further, if the updated quick link is displayed in the interface of the browser, the icon and name corresponding to the updated quick link are displayed on the current interface of the browser that displays the quick link.

The above mentioned whole process performed by the browser is invisible to the users. Further, any other running application program may not be affected during the browser executes the above mentioned whole process.

In the present example, that the information acquiring module 02 acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting the real-time information of the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link may be achieved by the way described below.

When the information acquiring module 02 sends an access request of accessing the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link and receives a response to the request from the server, the information acquiring module 02 accesses the web page corresponding to the quick link and acquires the current real-time displayed information of the web page. The information acquiring module 02 captures an image of a preset area of the web page, takes a screenshot of the currently displayed web page, and sets the screenshot image as a thumbnail of the current web page mapped by the quick link.

Alternatively, when the information acquiring module 02 acquires the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link and reads the current real-time displayed information of the web page, the information acquiring module 02 captures the whole current web page, zooms the captured image according to a certain proportion, and sets the zoomed image as a thumbnail of the current web page mapped by the quick link.

The information acquiring module 02 sets the acquired thumbnail of the current web page corresponding to the quick link as the updated icon of the quick link. The information acquiring module 02 also acquires the name of the web page and sets this name to be the updated name of the quick link when acquiring the thumbnail of the current web page corresponding to the quick link.

Compared to the prior art that the browser performs a process for only one time to obtain the icon and the name corresponding to the quick link, the example of the present disclosure has the benefit of automatically updating the displayed icon and name of the quick link in the browser, thereby improving the recognition of the web page corresponding to the quick link and avoiding the confusion caused by the old icon and name.

Further, as the above mentioned whole process performed by the browser is invisible to the users, and any other running application program will not be effected during the browser performs the above mentioned whole process, the human-computer interaction is ensured and the browser performance is improved.

The detail implementation process of the apparatus of updating quick link information of the present disclosure will be described again with specific application scene.

FIG. 2a is a schematic view showing quick links displayed in an interface of a browser in accordance with an example of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2a, the interface of the browser has the following added quick links: Website1 such asTENCENT, Website2 such as Q zone, Website3 such as SINA, Website4 such as TAOBAO, and PATENT BRIEFING. When the information identifying module 01 identifies the state of the browser meets the information updating criterion, the browser sends a silent request to a server.

If the server allows the browser to access the database corresponding to the quick link, the server returns a response message corresponding to the request to the browser. The browser accesses the database of the server, and the information acquiring module 02 identifies whether the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link, and acquires the updated characteristic information of the quick link from the database of the server directly.

For example, if the backend of the browser such as the corresponding database of the server is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link on the, the information acquiring module 02 acquires the updated icon and name of the quick link from the database of the server directly based on the authorization from the server.

For the reason that no matter how the icon and name of each quick link change, the web address, namely the URL, of the quick link remains unchanged, the information acquiring module 02 can therefore search the updated icon and name corresponding to the URL of the quick link, thereby acquiring the updated icon and name corresponding to the quick link.

If the backend of the browser is not configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link, namely, the information acquiring module 02 searches no updated icon and name corresponding to the URL of the web address corresponding to the quick link, the browser sends the server an access request of accessing the web page corresponding to the web address mapped by the quick link.

When receiving a response to the request from the server, the information acquiring module 02 accesses the web page to which the URL corresponding to the quick link points and acquires real-time information of the web page. The information acquiring module 02 takes a screenshot of a preset area of the web page or captures the whole web page, zooms the screenshot image or the captured image according to a certain proportion to get a thumbnail of the current displayed content of the web page, and sets the thumbnail as the updated displayed icon of the quick link.

The information acquiring module 02 also acquires the name of the web page and sets this name to be the updated name of the quick link when acquiring the thumbnail of the current web page corresponding to the quick link. The displayed information of “Patent Briefing” in FIG. 2a is updated to be what is shown in FIG. 2b. The displayed icon and name of “Patent Briefing” shown in FIG. 2a are both updated. The updated icon and name are shown in FIG. 2b and the name is updated to be “Patents Introduction” .

FIG. 5 is a schematic functional block of an apparatus of updating quick link information, according to a second example of the present disclosure. All modules or units shown in FIG. 4 may be performed by one or more processors 4-10 to execute instructions stored in memory 4-12. The difference between this second example and the example illustrated by FIG. 4 is that an information setting module 04 is added. Only the information setting module 04 is described in detail in the present example, for other modules related to the apparatus of updating quick link information, please refer to the detail description of the above mentioned example.

Based on the detail description of the example illustrated by FIG. 4, as shown in FIG. 5, the apparatus of updating quick link information further includes:

an information setting module 04 configured for setting the information updating criterion corresponding to the quick link.

In the present example, that the information setting module 04 sets an information updating criterion corresponding to a quick link includes: the information setting module 04 only sets an information updating criterion which is suitable for all the added quick links； or the information setting module 04 sets different information updating criterions corresponding to different types of quick links.

For example, the information setting module 04 sets the information updating criterion to be: updating according to a preset cycle, or updating in wifi environment. This updating mechanism is applicable to all the added quick links.

Alternatively, to satisfy different types of quick links or according to user habits, the information setting module 04 sets quick links regarding instant messaging such as Weibo, Friends circle, and Q zone； since the above quick links are visited frequently, the information setting module 04 can set the updating mechanism of this type to be: receiving an access request triggered by the user.

As the information setting module 04 can set different information updating criterions according to different types of quick links or user habits, the present example thus does not limit the specific updating mechanism of the quick link of the browser.

It should be noted that in the present disclosure, the terms “include” , “comprise” or other similar expression means to contain other than consist of, so that the process, method, item, or device having a number of elements does not only has these elements, but also has other elements that is not clearly listed, or further has the inherent element/elements of this process, method, item, or device. Without any further limitation, the element limited by phase “includes a/an …” does not exclude other same element exists in this process, method, item, or device having this element.

Serial number of the examples of the present disclosure is only for description, without indicating advantages and disadvantages of corresponding example.

Based on the above described examples, those skilled in the art can understand that the above examples can also be realized through software and a corresponding hardware platform, or only hardware. But in most case, the former is better. Based on such understanding, the technical solution of the present disclosure essentially, in other words, the parts that contribute to the prior arts may be embodied in the form of a software product. This software product is saved in a storage media, like ROM/RAM, Disk, CD-ROM, of the apparatus of updating quick link information shown in Figs. 4 and 5. The software may be stored in any computer readable storage medium, either transitory or non-transitory. The apparatus of updating quick link information shown in Figs. 4 and 5 includes a number of instructions configured for having a terminal device (may be cell phones, computers, servers, or network equipment, etc. ) execute the examples of the present disclosure.

The above-mentioned is only preferred examples of the disclosure, and shall not be regarded as limitations of the patent range of the disclosure. All equivalent structures or flow transformations and modifications or direct or indirect applications.

Claims

A method of updating quick link information displayed on a terminal device, comprising:

identifying, by a processor, whether a browser state of a browser operating on the terminal device meets an information updating criterion for a quick link；

identifying, by the processor, whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion；

acquiring, by the processor, the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link； and

updating, by the processor, the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.
The method of claim 1, wherein the acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link comprises:

acquiring, by the processor, the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting real-time information of a web page mapped by the quick link when identifying that the browser backend is not configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link.
The method of claim 1, before the identifying whether the browser state of the browser meets the information updating criterion for the quick link, further comprising:

setting, by the processor, the information updating criterion corresponding to the quick link.
The method of claim 1 or 2 or 3, wherein the characteristic information of the quick link comprises:

displaying, by the processor, an icon and a name for the quick link.
The method of claim 4, wherein the acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link comprises:

accessing, by the processor, a current web page mapped by the quick link；

acquiring, by the processor, a current web page name mapped by the quick link and simultaneously capturing, by the processor, the current web page mapped by the quick link to obtain a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link； and

setting, by the processor, the acquired current web page name and the acquired current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link to be an updated name and an updated icon of the quick link.
The method of claim 5, wherein the capturing the current web page mapped by the quick link to obtain the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link comprises:

capturing, by the processor, the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link, zooming, by the processor, the captured image according to a preset proportion, and setting, by the processor, the zoomed image as the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link.
The method of claim 4, wherein the acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link comprises:

accessing, by the processor, a current web page mapped by the quick link；

acquiring, by the processor, a current web page name mapped by the quick link and simultaneously taking, by the processor, a screenshot of a preset area of the current web page mapped by the quick link, and setting, by the processor, the screenshot image to be a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link； and

setting the acquired current web page name and the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link to be an updated name and an updated icon of the quick link.
An apparatus of updating quick link information, comprising:

an information identifying module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for identifying whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link；

an information acquiring module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for identifying whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion, and acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link； and

an information updating module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for updating the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the information acquiring module is further configured for:

acquiring the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting real-time information of a web page mapped by the quick link when identifying that the browser backend is not configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link.
The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

an information setting module having one or more processors coupled with memory that is configured for setting the information updating criterion corresponding to the quick link.
The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the characteristic information of the quick link comprises an icon and a name of the quick link.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the information acquiring module is configured for:

accessing a current web page mapped by the quick link；

acquiring a current web page name mapped by the quick link and simultaneously capturing the current web page mapped by the quick link to obtain a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link； and

setting the acquired current web page name and the acquired current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link to be an updated name and an updated icon of the quick link.
The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the information acquiring module is configured for:

capturing the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link, zooming the captured image according to a preset proportion, and setting the zoomed image as the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link.
The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the information acquiring module is configured for:

accessing a current web page mapped by the quick link；

acquiring a current web page name mapped by the quick link and simultaneously taking a screenshot of a preset area of the current web page mapped by the quick link, and setting the screenshot image to be a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link； and

setting the acquired current web page name and the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link to be an updated name and an updated icon of the quick link.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions for updating quick link information that when executed by a processor cause the processor to:

identify whether a browser state of a browser meets an information updating criterion for a quick link,

identify whether a browser backend is configured with updated characteristic information of the quick link if the browser state meets the information updating criterion,

acquire the updated characteristic information of the quick link when the browser backend is configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link, and

update the quick link for the browser according to the acquired updated characteristic information of the quick link.
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the instructions to acquire the updated characteristic information of the quick link, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

acquire the updated characteristic information of the quick link by extracting real-time information of a web page mapped by the quick link when identifying that the browser backend is not configured with the updated characteristic information of the quick link.
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the characteristic information of the quick link comprises an icon and a name of the quick link.
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein instructions acquire the updated characteristic information of the quick link, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

access a current web page mapped by the quick link,

acquire a current web page name mapped by the quick link and simultaneously capture the current web page mapped by the quick link to obtain a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link, and

set the acquired current web page name and the acquired current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link to be an updated name and an updated icon of the quick link.
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein instructions to capture the current web page mapped by the quick link to obtain a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

capture the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link, zoom the captured image according to a preset proportion, and set the zoomed image as the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link.
The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein instructions acquire the updated characteristic information of the quick link, when executed by the processor cause the processor to:

access a current web page mapped by the quick link,

acquire a current web page name mapped by the quick link and simultaneously take a screenshot of a preset area of the current web page mapped by the quick link, and set the screenshot image to be a current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link, and

set the acquired current web page name and the current web page thumbnail mapped by the quick link to be an updated name and an updated icon of the quick link.