WO2017214844A1

WO2017214844A1 - Apparatus and method for status indicating

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Publication number: WO2017214844A1
Application number: PCT/CN2016/085660
Authority: WO
Inventors: Zhenyu Xie
Original assignee: Beijing Chaozhuo Technology Co., Ltd.
Priority date: 2016-06-14
Filing date: 2016-06-14
Publication date: 2017-12-21

Abstract

A computing device for status indicating includes a display configured to display content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar has a content status indicator. The computing device also includes a memory device configured to stores instructions. The computing device further includes one or more processors configured to execute the instructions in the memory device to identify a page event. The one or more processors are also configured to generate notification information relating to the page event. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the display to change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape, display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator, and return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.

Description

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR STATUS INDICATING

The present disclosure generally relates to apparatuses and methods for page viewing on a computing device, and more particularly, to apparatuses and methods for status indicating on a computing device.

BACKGROUND

Computing devices, such as smart phones, PCs, and tablets, are widely used around the world. Many users use computing devices for reading content that is visually displayed therein. Conventional content view software always displays a static content. It is necessary to display a content status indicator to notify the users to improve user experience.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

One aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a computing device for status indicating. The computing device includes a display configured to display content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar having a content status indicator. The computing device also includes a memory device is configured to stores instructions. The computing device further includes one or more processors configured to execute the instructions to identify a page event. The one or more processors are also configured to generate notification information relating to the page event. The one or more processors are further configured to cause the display to change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape, display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator, and return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.

Another aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a method for status indicating. The method includes displaying, by a display, content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar having a content status indicator. The method also includes identifying, by one or more processors, a page event. The method also includes generating notification information relating to the page event. The method further includes causing the display to change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape, display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator, and return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.

Yet another aspect of the present disclosure is directed to a non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program product, the computer program product comprising instructions configured to cause a computing device to display, by a display, content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar having a content status indicator. The computer program product includes instructions also configured to identify, by one or more processors, a page event. The computer program product includes instructions also configured to generate notification information relating to the page event. The computer program product includes instructions further configured to cause the display to change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape, display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator, and return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The foregoing and other aspects of embodiments of this application are made more evident in the following detail description, when read in conjunction with the attached drawing figures, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an exemplary computing system according to some embodiments；

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary computing device used in the computing system illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments；

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an exemplary process of displaying a page according to some embodiments；

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of an exemplary process of displaying a page according to some embodiments；

FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are exemplary graphical interfaces of a browser page displayed on the computing device illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments；

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary user agent switch according to some embodiment；

FIG. 7A through FIG. 7C are exemplary graphical interfaces of a browser page displayed on the computing device illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments； and

FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B are exemplary graphical interfaces of a file manager page displayed on the computing device illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The following description is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention, and is provided in the context of a particular application and its requirements. Various modifications to the disclosed embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments and applications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Thus, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments shown, but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the claims.

It will be understood that when a module or unit is referred to as being “on” , “connected to” or “coupled to” another module or unit, it may be directly on, connected or coupled to the other module or unit or intervening module or unit may be present. In contrast, when a module or unit is referred to as being “directly on, ” “directly connected to” or “directly coupled to” another module or unit, there may be no intervening module or unit present. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular example embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. As used herein, the singular forms “a” , “an” and “the” may be intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises, ” “comprising, ” “includes, ” and/or “including” when used in this specification, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof.

FIG. 1 is a diagram of an exemplary computing system 100 according to some embodiments. Computing system 100 may include

computing devices

101, 102, and 103, a server 104, and a network 105. In some embodiments,

computing devices

101, 102, and 103 may communicate over network 105 to transmit information and/or data. For example, one or more of

computing devices

101, 102, and 103 may transmit and/or receive information and/or data for web browsing. In some embodiments,

computing devices

101, 102 and 103 may access server 104 over network 105.

In some embodiments,

computing devices

101, 102, and 103 may include various types of computing devices. Merely by way of example, computing device 101 may be a computer (e.g., a desktop computer, a laptop computer, etc. ) . Computing device 102 may be a mobile device (e.g., a mobile phone, a phablet, etc. ) . Computing device 103 may be a tablet device (e.g., a tablet computer, a Personal Digital Assistant (PDA) , etc. ) . In some embodiments, exemplary structures and functions of

computing devices

101, 102, and 103 are described elsewhere in the present disclosure. Other types of computing devices are also contemplated. For example, user device 101 may include a wearable device, a smart home device, a Global Positioning System (GPS) device, a Personal Media Player (PMP) , a gaming device, or a smart device embedded into a vehicle. Exemplary wearable device may include a smart bracelet, a smart watch, a smart glass, a smart helmet, a smart clothing, etc. Exemplary smart home device may include a smart television, a smart monitoring device, etc.

Server 104 may be a computing device configured to provide functionality for user device (s) 101. In some embodiments, server 104 may be implemented on a cloud platform. Merely by way of example, server 104 may include a private cloud, a public cloud, a hybrid cloud, a community cloud, a distributed cloud, an inter-cloud, a multi-cloud, or the like, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, server 104 may provide or host content (e.g., web pages, audio, video files, etc. ) for

computing devices

101, 102 and 103. For example,

computing device

101, 102 or 103 may access server 104 when a user enters a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying the web address of the content to access into a web browser at computing

devices

101, 102 or 103.

Network 105 may be any type of wired or wireless network that allows transmitting and/or receiving information and/or data. Merely by way of example, network 105 may include a cable, a wireline, an optical fiber, a tele communications network, a Local Area Network (LAN) , a Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) , a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN) , a Wide Area Network (WAN) , a Bluetooth, a ZigBee, a Near Field Communication (NFC) , or the like, or any combination thereof.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an exemplary computing device in the computing system illustrated in FIG. 1 (i.e.,

computing device

101, 102, or 103, and server 104) according to some embodiments. Computing device 200 may include a bus 201, a processor 202, a storage 203, a memory 204, an I/O 205, and a network interface 206. In some embodiments, computing device 200 may be a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a mobile phone, a phablet, a tablet computer, a PDA, a GPS device, a wearable device, or other computing device described elsewhere in the present disclosure.

Bus 201 may be configured to transfer information and/or data between numerous components of computing device 200. For example, bus 201 may connect processor 202 with storage 203 and memory 204 for exchanging information and/or data. In some embodiments, bus 201 may include a hardware component and/or a software. Exemplary hardware component may include a wire, an optical fiber, a cable, etc. Exemplary software may include one or more communication protocols.

Processor 202 may be configured to execute instructions and/or process information and/or data to perform one or more functions described in this application. Merely by way of example, processor 202 may execute instructions to identify a page event, generate a notification in response to the page event, generate an animation relating to the notification, and terminate the notification. In some embodiments, processor 202 may include one or more processors (e.g., single-core processor (s) or multi-core processor (s) or any combination thereof) . Merely by way of example, processor 202 may include a Central Processing Unit (CPU) , an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) , an Application-Specific Instruction-Set Processor (ASIP) , a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) , a Physics Processing Unit (PPU) , a Digital Signal Processor (DSP) , a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) , a Programmable Logic Device (PLD) , a controller, a microcontroller unit, a processor, a microprocessor, or the like, or any combination thereof.

Storage 203 may be configured to store one or more data and/or instructions. In some embodiments, storage 203 may include one or more mass storages, removable storages, or any combination thereof. Exemplary mass storage may include a magnetic disk, an optical disk, a solid-state drives, etc. Exemplary removable storage may include a flash drive, a floppy disk, an optical disk, a memory card, a zip disk, a magnetic tape, etc.

Memory 204 may be configured to store one or more data and/or instructions. In some embodiments, memory 204 may be operated at runtime. For example, memory 204 may be a volatile read-and-write memory, e.g., a Random Access Memory (RAM) . Exemplary RAM may include a Dynamic RAM (DRAM) , a Double Date Rate Synchronous Dynamic RAM (DDR SDRAM) , a Static RAM (SRAM) , a Thyristor RAM (T-RAM) , and a Zero-Capacitor RAM (Z-RAM) , etc.

In some embodiments, memory 204 may store one or more static data and/or instructions. For example, memory 204 may be a read-only memory (ROM) . Exemplary ROM may include a Mask ROM (MROM) , a Programmable ROM (PROM) , an Erasable Programmable ROM (PEROM) , an Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM (EEPROM) , a Compact Disk ROM (CD-ROM) , and a Digital Versatile Disk ROM, etc.

In some embodiments, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may be configured to store one or more programs and/or instructions that may be executed by processor 202 to perform exemplary methods described in the present disclosure. For example, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may be configured to store program (s) and/or instruction (s) that may be executed by processor 202 to identify a page event. For another example, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may be configured to store program (s) and/or instruction (s) that may be executed by processor 202 to generate a notification in response to the page event, and/or terminate the notification. As still another example, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may be configured to store program (s) and/or instruction (s) that may be executed by processor 202 to generate an animation relating to the notification. In some embodiments, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may also be configured to store data used by processor 202 in methods described in the present disclosure. For example, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may also be configured to store one or more notifications. Processor 202 may access the notification (s) stored in storage 203 and/or memory 204 and provide the notification (s) to I/O 205.

In some embodiments, storage 203 and/or memory 204 may provide or host content for computing devices 200. For example, computing device 200 may access storage 203 and/or memory 204 when a user enters a uniform resource locator (URL) identifying the web address of the content to access into a web browser at computing device 200.

I/O 205 may be configured to receive input information from and/or output information to a user. In some embodiments, I/O 205 may include one or more input devices configured to receive input from a user. Exemplary input device may include a keyboard, a mouse, a touch screen, a handwritten input device, an image input device, a voice input device, an electromagnetic wave input device, a gesture input device, a shake/rotate/tilt input device, or the like, or any combination thereof.

In some embodiments, I/O 205 may include one or more output devices configured to output information to a user. Output device may be a printer, a display device, a speaker, etc. Exemplary display device may include a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) panel, a Light Emitting Diode display (LED) panel, an Organic Light Emitting Diodes (OLED) panel, a cathode ray tube (CRT) display, a plasma display, a touchscreen, a simulated touchscreen, the like, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, I/O 205 may be configured to display the notification generated by processor 202. In some embodiments, I/O 205 may be configured to display an animation relating to the notification.

Network interface 206 may be configured to interface with network 105, other devices. In some embodiments, one or more components in computing device 200 described above may be implemented in a digital electronic circuitry, a software, a firmware, a hardware, a program, etc.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart of an exemplary process 300 of displaying a web page according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, process 300 may be implemented by computer device 200 in computing system 100 (i.e.,

computing device

101, 102, or 103, and/or server 104) .

At 301, processor 202 may detect a page event. The term “page” as used herein may refer to a composition of content to be displayed on the display (not shown) of computing device 200. The content may refer to any information that can be visually displayed on computing device 200, the information may include text, one or more images, graphics, video content, audio content, computer code, data content, or the like, or any combination thereof. Merely by way of example, a page may be any content view software page including but not limited to, a browser page, a folder page, a memory page, a file manager page, etc. The page may be displayed in the graphical interface of a content view software installed in the computing device. Content view software employed in the present disclosure may include a browser, a file manager, an audio player, a video player, etc. The term “page event” as used herein may refer to any event relating to a page that a user initiates and/or any event relating to a page that computer device 200 detects. For example, a page event may include a page address (e.g., a URL) that a user initiates, a clicking and/or touching somewhere through I/O 205 that a user initiates, one or more keywords that a user types, a voice/image that a user inputs, a movement (e.g., shaking, rotating, tilting, etc. ) that a user initiates, a requesting for a new page that computer device 200 detects, a refreshing for a current page that computer device 200 detects, a directing to a directory in a file manager that computer device 200 detects, etc.

Exemplary page event that the user initiates may include clicking/touching any button of a graphical interface of a content view software of computing device 200 (e.g., clicking/touching on a soft button, clicking/touching on a physical button, etc. ) , right clicking, typing in a keyword (e.g., typing through a keyboard, a touchscreen, etc. ) , scanning a two-dimensional code image, shaking computing device 200, etc. Exemplary page event that computing device 200 detects may include detecting a hyperlink within a graphical interface of a content view software (e.g., a mail graphical interface, a message graphical interface, a browser graphical interface, etc. ) of computing device 200, detecting a wrong URL (e.g., when a user types in a URL of “citiibank. com” (the right URL is “citibank. com” ) , computing device 200 may identify that the URL typed may be wrong, and may correct the wrong URL) , detecting a fake website, detecting a malicious website (e.g., a phishing website) , etc.

At 302, processor 202 may generate a notification in response to the page event detected. In some embodiments, the notification may be any action that can notify the user, including but not limited to, a touching, a feeling, a smelling, a hearing, a seeing, a taste, etc. Merely by way of example, the notification may include an icon (e.g., static icon, dynamic icon, etc. ) , an animation of an icon, a color, a popup, a window, a voice, a video, a vibration, a smell, or the like, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, the notification may be implemented as a content status indicator described elsewhere in the present disclosure.

At 303, processor 202 may provide the notification via I/O 205. Merely by way of example, in some embodiments, processor 202 may provide a piece of music to a speaker (not shown) of computing device 200. The speaker may play the piece of music. In some embodiments, processor 202 may provide a popup window to a display (not shown) of computing device 200. The display may display the popup window. The popup window may be displayed anywhere on the display. In some embodiments, processor 202 may provide a vibration to computing device 200. Computing device 200 may perform the vibration. In some embodiments, processor 202 may provide an animation to a display (not shown) of computing device 200. For example, the display may display the animation in an address bar of a graphical interface of a content view software (e.g., a web browser or file browser) .

At 304, processor 202 may terminate the notification. In some embodiments, the notification may be terminated after a predetermined period of time. The predetermined period of time may have any length between 0.1 second to 5 minutes. In other embodiments, the length of a predetermined period of time may be restricted to a subrange of 0.1-1 second, 1-5 second, 6-10 seconds, 11-20 seconds, 21-30 seconds, 31-60 seconds, or 1-5 minutes. Merely by way of example, in some embodiments, the speaker (not shown) of computing device 200 may stop the piece of music to terminate the notification. In some embodiments, the display (not shown) may close the popup window to terminate the notification. In some embodiments, computing device 200 may stop the vibration to terminate the notification.

In some embodiments, an animation as a notification may be provided based on an exemplary process 400 illustrated in FIG. 4. At 401, processor 202 may detect a page event. The page event may be initiated by a user, and/or detected by computing device 200 as described elsewhere in the present disclosure. At 402, processor 202 may generate an animation in response to the page event. The animation may be any visual change, including but not limited to, a process of a motion, a display process of a sequence of images, a change in shape, a change in position, a change in color, etc. In some embodiments, the animation may be a color change of a static image (e.g., an icon turning from a first color to a second color, an icon flashing with different colors, etc. ) . In some embodiments, the animation may be a change in shape of an icon (e.g., changing from a first shape to a second shape, increasing the diameter of a circle transversely to expand as a strip, retracting the length a strip, etc. ) . In some embodiments, the animation may be a position change of an image (e.g., an image moving from a first position to a second position in a graphical interface, an image jittering, etc. ) .

At 403, I/O 205 may display the animation. In some embodiments, the display (not shown) of computing device 200 may display the animation. The animation may be displayed with notification information on the animation. In some embodiments, the notification may be related to the page event. At 404, processor 202 may terminate the animation. In some embodiments, the display (not shown) of computing device 200 may stop the animation to terminate the notification. In some embodiments, the animation may be terminated by returning to the first color (e.g., returning the second color to the first color, stop the flashing with different color to the first color, etc. ) . In some embodiments, the animation may be terminated by returning to the first shape (e.g., returning from the second shape to the first shape, etc. ) . In some embodiments, the animation may be terminated by returning to the first position (e.g., moving the image from the second position to the first position, stopping jittering, etc. ) . The notification information may vanish.

In some embodiments, the animation may be displayed anywhere on the display (not shown) of computing device 200. Merely by way of example, the display (not shown) may display a web page. The animation may be displayed in an address bar, a search bar, a status bar, a bookmark bar, a popup window, or any other places of the browser display.

In some embodiments, a page event may be initiated by a user by manipulating a user agent switch menu, the user agent switch menu may be popped out when the content status indictor is touched and/or clicked by the user. The user may select a page indicating a user agent among various page viewing modes listed in the content status indicator. As a user agent is selected, the user agent switch menu may disappear in the display of computing device 200, and the content status indicator may be animated. Merely by way of example, the content status indicator may be expanded from a circle (representing the content status indicator) to an arc strip (representing the content status indicator with certain notification information) . Notification information may be displayed in the content status indicator, for example, displaying type of user agent, displaying name of page, etc. The animation of the content status indicator may be terminated after a predetermined period of time. The predetermined period of time may have any length between 0.1 second to 5 minutes. In other embodiments, the length of a predetermined period of time may be restricted to a subrange of 0.1-1 second, 1-5 second, 6-10 seconds, 11-20 seconds, 21-30 seconds, 31-60 seconds, or 1-5 minutes. The notification information may vanish in the display of computing device 200.

In some embodiments, a page event may initiated by a use by manipulating a file manager. For example, the user is in a current directory, and may direct to a subdirectory of the current directory or return to a previous directory. A page event may be initiated as the user leaves the current directory and directs to a new directory. The content status indicator may animate as the user leaves the current directory. Merely by way of example, when the user leaves a file/folder/hard disk for another file/folder/hard disk, the content status indicator may be expanded from a circle (representing the content status indicator) to an arc strip (representing the content status indicator with certain property information of the files and/or the folders in the current file folder) . In some embodiments, notification information may be displayed in the content status indicator. For example, the notification information may include the folder capacity of the new directory, the number of files of the new directory, the name of the new directory, etc.

In some embodiments, a page event may be initiated by a user by entering a new URL in the address bar of a graphical interface of a content view software (e.g., a web browser or file browser) . The content status indicator may animate as the new URL is being processed by the computing device. In some embodiments, notification information may be displayed in the content status indicator. The notification information may include the name of the page indicated by the new URL, the average reading time of the page indicated by the new URL, the words contained by the page indicated by the new URL, etc.

In some embodiments, a page event may be initiated by refreshing a current page. The content status indicator may animate as the current page is being refreshed. Notification information may be displayed in the content status indicator, the notification information may include displaying the current page is being refreshed, etc.

In some embodiments, the page may be a web page. FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are exemplary graphical interfaces of a browser displayed on the computing device illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments. As illustrated in FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B, web page 500 may be displayed in the graphical interface of the browser, the graphical interface of the browser may include a content status indicator 501 in an address bar 502. Content status indicator 501 may locate anywhere in address bar 502, including but not limited to next to the URL address, in front of the URL address, behind the URL address, etc. In some embodiments, content status indicator 501 may be an icon that can be animated and caused to display notification information to a user.

In some embodiments, the user may initiate and/or computing device 200 may detect a page event. For example, the user may type in a URL (e.g., www. acc. com) through I/O 205 in address bar 502. Processor 202 may detect the URL that the user types in. Processor 202 may cause content status indicator 501 to animate in response to the page event. I/O 205 may output animation and/or notification information of content status indicator 501. Content status indicator 501 may be changed from a first shape (e.g., a circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 5A) to a second shape (e.g., an arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 5B) . In some embodiments, the display (not shown) of computing device 200 may display notification information relating to the page event (e.g., display an animation with the notification information of “directing to acc” ) in content status indicator 501. Content status indicator 501 may be located in address bar 502 as illustrated in FIG. 5B. Processor 202 may terminate the animation. In some embodiments, content status indicator 501 may be returned from the second shape (e.g., the arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 5B) to the first shape (e.g., the circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 5A) after a predetermined period of time. The notification information of “directing to acc” may vanish as content status indicator 501 (the static icon) illustrated in FIG. 5A.

Merely by way of example, in some embodiments, content status indicator 501 displayed on computing device 200 may include notification information relating to page reading, information relating to security of the page, information relating to the user’s behavior, advertisement information, etc. Exemplary information relating to page reading may include the targeting page, an average reading time of the page, the source of the page, the total number of words in the page, whether the user has ever read the page before, etc. Exemplary information relating to security of the page (or the website) may include whether the page (or the website) is safe, whether there exists a risk to visit the page (or the website) , etc. Exemplary information relating to the user’s behavior may include an error message of a URL, a favorite web page of the user, a bookmark web page, etc. Exemplary advertisement information may include a game advertisement, a shopping advertisement, a news, a music, a video, etc.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram of an exemplary user agent switch 600 according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, one or more of server 104, storage 203, and memory 204 may store user agent switch 600. User agent switch 600 may provide or host a set of web pages, e.g., web page 1, web page 2, web page 3 …web page N, where N may be an integer. In some embodiments,

web pages

601, 602, and 603 may be web pages with different uniform resource locators (URL) . One or more web pages may include one or more different versions, e.g., version 1, version 2, version 3 …version X, wherein X may be an integer. Merely by way of example, web page 601 may include 26 versions, while web page 602 may include 24 versions. As another example,

webpages

601, 602, and 603 may all include 35 versions.

In some embodiments, one version of

web pages

601, 602, and 603 may include one or more versions based on a device type, a browser type, a system type, or the like, or any combination thereof. In some embodiments, device type may include a mobile device, a desktop device, a tablet device, a laptop device, a PDA device, a GPS device, a wearable device, etc. Browser type may include an Internet Explorer browser, a Google Chrome browser, a Safari browser, an Opera browser, a Firefox browser, a 360 browser, a Sogou browser, a QQ browser, and a Baidu browser, etc. System type may include an Android system, an iOS system, a Windows system, etc. Merely by way of example, one version of web page 601 may be an Internet Explorer 10 on an iPad version. Another version of web page 601 may be a Windows Phone 8 version.

In some embodiments, one or more web page versions displayed on computing device 200 may be self-adapted according to the device type, system type, and/or browser type of computing device 200. In some embodiments, one or more web page versions displayed on computing device 200 may be switched by a user when browsing a web page as described elsewhere in the present disclosure.

FIG. 7A through FIG. 7C are exemplary graphical interfaces of a browser displayed on the computing device illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments. As illustrated in FIG. 7A, web page 700 may be displayed in the graphical interface of the browser and the graphical interface may include content status indicator 501 in address bar 502. In some embodiments, content status indicator 501 may include a user agent switch menu 701, user agent switch menu 701 may be popped out from content status indicator 501 when touching and/or clicking content status indicator 501.

In some embodiments, user agent switch menu 701 may include a list of web page versions and/or one or more function buttons. In some embodiments, the function buttons may include an on-off switch, a help button, a default button, or the like, or a combination thereof. Merely by way of example, user agent switch menu 701 may include a desktop page version, an iPad page version, an Android tablet page version, and a disable button as illustrated in FIG. 7A.

In some embodiments, the user may initiate and/or computing device may detect a page event. For example, a user may type in a URL (e.g., www. acc. com) through I/O 205 in address bar 502. Processor 202 may detect the URL that the user types in. Processor 202 may cause content status indicator 501 to animate in response to the page event. In some embodiments, the user may click and/or touch content status indicator 501 to display user agent switch menu 701. The user may select a web page version (e.g., iPad page) included in user agent switch menu 701. Content status indicator 501 may be changed from a first shape (e.g., a circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 7A) to a second shape (e.g., an arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 7B) . In some embodiments, the display (not shown) of computing device 200 may display notification information relating to the page event (e.g., display an animation with the notification information of “directing to iPad page” ) in content status indicator 501. Content status indicator 501 may be located in address bar 502 as illustrated in FIG. 5B. Processor 202 may terminate the animation. In some embodiments, content status indicator 501 may be returned from the second shape (e.g., the arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 7B) to the first shape (e.g., the circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 7C) after a predetermined period of time. The notification information may vanish as content status indicator 501 (the static icon with the apple logo) illustrated in FIG. 7C.

In some embodiments, computing device 200 may be an iPad. A user may type in a URL (e.g., www. acc. com) through I/O 205 in address bar 502. Processor 202 may detect the URL that the user types in. Processor 202 may cause content status indicator 501 to animate in response to the page event. The page version that computing device 200 displays may be self-adapted to the iPad. Content status indicator 501 may be changed from a first shape (e.g., a circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 7A) to a second shape (e.g., an arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 7B) . In some embodiments, the display (not shown) of computing device 200 may display notification information relating to the page event (e.g., display an animation with the notification information of “directing to iPad page” ) in content status indicator 501. Content status indicator 501 may be located in address bar 502 as illustrated in FIG. 5B. Processor 202 may terminate the animation. In some embodiments, content status indicator 501 may be returned from the second shape (e.g., the arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 7B) to the first shape (e.g., the circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 7C) . The notification information may vanish as content status indicator 501 (the static icon with the apple logo) illustrated in FIG. 7C.

In some embodiments, the page may be a file manager page. FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B are exemplary graphical interfaces of a file manager displayed on the computing device illustrated in FIG. 1 according to some embodiments. As illustrated in FIG. 8A and FIG. 8B, file manager page 800 may be displayed in the graphical interface of the file manager. The graphical interface of the file manager may include a content status indicator 801 in an address bar 802. Content status indicator 801 may locate anywhere in address bar 802, including but not limited to next to the address, in front of the address, behind the address, on the top of the address, or beneath the address. In some embodiments, content status indicator 801 may be animated by changing from a first shape to a second shape.

In some embodiments, a page event may be detected by processor 202 as described elsewhere in the present disclosure. Merely by way of example, the page event may include typing in a file/folder/hard disk address, clicking on a file/folder/hard disk, clicking somewhere on the file manager page, etc.

Merely by way of example, the user may click on a “webserver” icon on the file manager page through I/O 205. The display (not shown) of computing device 200 may display the webserver’s address in address bar 802. Processor 202 may generate content status indicator 801 in response to the clicking. I/O 205 may output content status indicator 801. Content status indicator 801 may be changed from a first shape (e.g., a circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 8A) to a second shape (e.g., an arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 8B) . In some embodiments, the display (not shown) of computing device 200 may display notification information in content status indicator 801 (e.g., an animation with the words of “30 MB” ) in address bar 802 as illustrated in FIG. 8B. Processor 202 may terminate content status indicator 801. In some embodiments, content status indicator 801 may be returned from the second shape (e.g., the arc strip as illustrated in FIG. 8B) to the first shape (e.g., the circle icon as illustrated in FIG. 8A) after a predetermined period of time. The notification information of “30 MB” may vanish as content status indicator 801 (the static icon) illustrated in FIG. 8A.

Merely by way of example, content status indicator 801 of the graphical interface of the file manager displayed on computing device 200 may include information relating to a property of the file/folder/hard disk, information relating to alerting the user, etc. Exemplary information relating to the properties of the file/folder/hard disk may include a targeting directory, a size of the file/folder/hard disk, a type of the file/folder/hard disk, a creating time of the file/folder/hard disk, a modification time of the file/folder/hard disk, a access time of the file/folder/hard disk, an author or the file/folder/hard disk, a total space/free space/capacity of the folder/hard disk, etc. Exemplary information relating to alerting the user may include a color alert (e.g., content status indicator 801 may turn red when the drive space is nearly full) , an icon alert (e.g., content status indicator 801 may be a progress indicator indicating the occupied space of the file/folder/hard disk) , etc.

Having thus described the basic concepts, it may be rather apparent to those skilled in the art after reading this detailed disclosure that the foregoing detailed disclosure is intended to be presented by way of example only and is not limiting. Various alterations, improvements, and modifications may occur and are intended to those skilled in the art, though not expressly stated herein. These alterations, improvements, and modifications are intended to be suggested by this disclosure, and are within the spirit and scope of the exemplary embodiments of this disclosure.

Moreover, certain terminology has been used to describe embodiments of the present disclosure. For example, the terms “one embodiment, ” “an embodiment, ” and/or “some embodiments” mean that a particular feature, structure or characteristic described in connection with the embodiment is included in at least one embodiment of the present disclosure. Therefore, it is emphasized and should be appreciated that two or more references to “an embodiment” or “one embodiment” or “an alternative embodiment” in various portions of this specification are not necessarily all referring to the same embodiment. Furthermore, the particular features, structures or characteristics may be combined as suitable in one or more embodiments of the present disclosure.

Further, it will be appreciated by one skilled in the art, aspects of the present disclosure may be illustrated and described herein in any of a number of patentable classes or context including any new and useful process, machine, manufacture, or composition of matter, or any new and useful improvement thereof. Accordingly, aspects of the present disclosure may be implemented entirely hardware, entirely software (including firmware, resident software, micro-code, etc. ) or combining software and hardware implementation that may all generally be referred to herein as a "block, " “module, ” “engine, ” “unit, ” "component, " or "system. " Furthermore, aspects of the present disclosure may take the form of a computer program product embodied in one or more computer readable media having computer readable program code embodied thereon.

A computer readable signal medium may include a propagated data signal with computer readable program code embodied therein, for example, in baseband or as part of a carrier wave. Such a propagated signal may take any of a variety of forms, including electro-magnetic, optical, or the like, or any suitable combination thereof. A computer readable signal medium may be any computer readable medium that is not a computer readable storage medium and that may communicate, propagate, or transport a program for use by or in connection with an instruction execution system, apparatus, or device. Program code embodied on a computer readable signal medium may be transmitted using any appropriate medium, including wireless, wireline, optical fiber cable, RF, or the like, or any suitable combination of the foregoing.

Computer program code for carrying out operations for aspects of the present disclosure may be written in any combination of one or more programming languages, including an object oriented programming language such as Java, Scala, Smalltalk, Eiffel, JADE, Emerald, C++, C#, VB. NET, Python or the like, conventional procedural programming languages, such as the "C" programming language, Visual Basic, Fortran 2003, Perl, COBOL 2002, PHP, ABAP, dynamic programming languages such as Python, Ruby and Groovy, or other programming languages. The program code may execute entirely on the user's computer, partly on the user's computer, as a stand-alone software package, partly on the user's computer and partly on a remote computer or entirely on the remote computer or server. In the latter scenario, the remote computer may be connected to the user's computer through any type of network, including a local area network (LAN) or a wide area network (WAN) , or the connection may be made to an external computer (for example, through the Internet using an Internet Service Provider) or in a cloud computing environment or offered as a service such as a Software as a Service (SaaS) .

Furthermore, the recited order of processing elements or sequences, or the use of numbers, letters, or other designations therefore, is not intended to limit the claimed processes and methods to any order except as may be specified in the claims. Although the above disclosure discusses through various examples what is currently considered to be a variety of useful embodiments of the disclosure, it is to be understood that such detail is solely for that purpose, and that the appended claims are not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, are intended to cover modifications and equivalent arrangements that are within the spirit and scope of the disclosed embodiments. For example, although the implementation of various components described above may be embodied in a hardware device, it may also be implemented as a software only solution—e.g., an installation on an existing server or mobile device.

Similarly, it should be appreciated that in the foregoing description of embodiments of the present disclosure, various features are sometimes grouped together in a single embodiment, figure, or description thereof for the purpose of streamlining the disclosure aiding in the understanding of one or more of the various inventive embodiments. This method of disclosure, however, is not to be interpreted as reflecting an intention that the claimed subject matter requires more features than are expressly recited in each claim. Rather, inventive embodiments lie in less than all features of a single foregoing disclosed embodiment.

Claims

A computing device, comprising:

a display configured to display content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar having a content status indicator；

a memory device that stores instructions； and

one or more processors that are configured to execute the instructions to:

identify a page event；

generate notification information relating to the page event； and

cause the display to:

change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape；

display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator； and

return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.
The computing device of claim 1, wherein the display is a touchscreen.
The computing device of claim 1, wherein the page event is initiated by a user through at least one of a soft button, a physical button, or a keyboard.
The computing device of claim 1, wherein the content status indicator is returned from the second shape to the first shape after a predetermined period of time.
The computing device of claim 1, wherein the page event is initiated by a user by selecting a user agent from a user agent switch menu.
The computing device of claim 1, wherein the notification information includes at least one of folder capacity, reading time, targeting directory, targeting page, or page type.
The computing device of claim 1, wherein a uniform resource locator (URL) is displayed in the address bar, and the content status indicator is located next to the URL.
A method comprising:

displaying, by a display, content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar having a content status indicator；

identifying, by one or more processors, a page event；

generating , by one or more processors, notification information relating to the page event； and

causing, by one or more processors, the display to:

change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape；

display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator； and

return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.
The method of claim 8, wherein the display is a touchscreen.
The method of claim 8, wherein the page event is initiated by a user through at least one of a soft button, a physical button, or a keyboard.
The method of claim 8, wherein the content status indicator is return from the second shape to the first shape after a predetermined period of time.
The method of claim 8, wherein the page event is initiated by a user by selecting a user agent from a user agent switch menu.
The method of claim 8, wherein the notification information includes at least one of folder capacity, reading time, targeting directory, targeting page, or page type.
The method of claim 8, wherein a uniform resource locator (URL) is displayed in the address bar, and the content status indicator is located next to the URL.
A non-transitory computer readable medium embodying a computer program product, the computer program product comprising instructions configured to cause a computing device to:

display, by a display, content in a graphical interface having an address bar of a content view software, the address bar having a content status indicator；

identify, by one or more processors, a page event；

generate, by one or more processors, notification information relating to the page event； and

cause, by one or more processors, the display to:

change the content status indicator from a first shape to a second shape；

display notification information relating to the page event in the content status indicator； and

return the content status indicator from the second shape to the first shape.
The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the display is a touchscreen.
The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the page event is initiated by a user through at least one of a soft button, a physical button, or a keyboard.
The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the content status indicator is returned from the second shape to the first shape after a predetermined period of time.
The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein the page event is initiated by a user by selecting a user agent from a user agent switch menu.
The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15, wherein a uniform resource locator (URL) is displayed in the address bar, and the content status indicator is located next to the URL.