EP0944009A2
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System and method for user-interactive bookmarking of information content
Assignee: Nortel Networks Ltd
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Filing: 1999-03-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-03-15
Abstract
Abstract A system and method for providing improved bookmarking of remotely provided user-interactive information such as WWW page content are provided. When a bookmark of a page is created, in addition to storing a remote file access pointer such as a universal resource locator, a locator element is stored which identifies a particular subset of the page. When the bookmark is subsequently accessed, only the updated particular subset is displayed, thereby eliminating the need for users to repeatedly scroll through material in which they are not interested. A super-bookmarking option is provided which provides for a bookmark which results in the display of a collage of previously created bookmarked material. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Michel A. Brisebois
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 19:52
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/955; G06F16/9558; G06F16/70; G06F16/74; G06F16/748; G06F16/9562
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
181 words
An enhanced bookmarking system for use in a
processing platform connectable to a service provider for
providing enhanced bookmarking of pages of user-interactive
information content, the processing platform being connected
to a display, the system comprising: a memory for storing enhanced bookmark records, each
record containing a remote access file pointer and at least
one locator element; a browser for accessing a page having a remote access
file pointer and displaying the page on the display, the
browser having a create enhanced bookmark option which when
selected stores the remote access file pointer of the
currently displayed page and at least one locator element in a
new bookmark directory record in said memory; the browser having an access bookmark option which
provides for the selection of a particular one or said
bookmark records in said memory, which upon selection of a
particular bookmark downloads into memory the page identified
in the file access pointer of the selected bookmark record and
displays on said display a subset of the downloaded page, the
subset being determined by said at least one locator element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
37 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein points in said
page each have an (X,Y) coordinate pair, and the at least one
locator element comprises a particular (X,Y) coordinate pair
of a particular point in the page.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
A system according to claim 1 wherein points in said
page each have an (X,Y) coordinate pair, and the at least one
locator element comprises a first (X,Y) coordinate pair of a
first point in the page, and a second (X,Y) coordinate pair of
a second point in the page.
Claim 4
Independent Claim
64 words
A system according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3
wherein said locator element comprises an item identifier
which is searchable within said page, said system further
comprising: a searching mechanism the downloaded page for said
item identifier; wherein the contents of the page starting with said
item identifier or the contents of the page immediately
following the item identifier are displayed.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
31 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 4
wherein the page is a world wide web page and the remote
access file pointer is a universal resource locator.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
21 words
A system according to any one of claims 1 to 5
wherein a display window is resized to accommodate said
subset.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
121 words
A super-bookmarking system for use in a processing
platform connectable to a service provider for providing
enhanced bookmarking of pages of user-interactive information
content, the processing platform being connected to a display,
the system comprising: a memory for storing a super-bookmark record, a selecting mechanism for selecting a plurality of user-interactive
information content pages, each page having a
remote access file pointer; the processing platform storing the remote access file
pointers in said super-bookmark record a browser having an access super-bookmark option which
provides for the selection of a super-bookmark record in said
memory, which upon selection downloads into memory the pages
identified in the file access pointers of the selected
superbookmark record and displays on said display each
downloaded page.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
68 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein: said selecting mechanism further comprises means for
selecting a portion of each selected page, and each portion
having at least one locator element; wherein said processing means stores the locator elements
in conjunction with the respective file access pointers; and wherein said browsing means only displays a subset of
each downloaded page, the subset being determined by the
respective locator element(s).
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
33 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein said selecting
mechanism comprises means for selecting previously created
enhanced bookmarks, each enhanced bookmark containing a remote
file access pointer and at least one locator element.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A system according to claim 7 wherein super-bookmark
also contains bookmark coordinates which identify a location
in the composite display where the respective subsets are to
be displayed, wherein said browser displays each subset at the
identified location.
Claim 11
Independent Claim
130 words
A method of providing enhanced user-interactive
information content bookmarking in the context of page access
form a remote service provider, comprising the steps of: a) in the process of creating a bookmark: i) accessing a page having a remote access file
pointer; ii) selecting a create enhanced bookmark option; iii) storing the remote access file pointer in a
bookmark directory record; iv) also storing in the bookmark directory record at
least one locator element; b) in the process of using a bookmark: i) selecting a previously created enhanced bookmark
record; ii) downloading into memory the page identified in
the remote access file pointer of the selected bookmark; iii) displaying in a display window a subset of the
downloaded page, the subset being determined by said at least
one locator element.
Claim 12
Independent Claim
93 words
A method of providing enhanced bookmarking in the
context of accessing a page of user-interactive information
content from a remote service provider comprising: a) creating a superbookmark by selecting a plurality of
enhanced bookmarks each containing a respective remote access
file pointer; b) in the process of using a superbookmark: i) selecting a previously created superbookmark; ii) downloading into memory a page identified in the
remote access file pointer of each of the bookmarks
identified by the superbookmark; iii) displaying in a display window a respective
subset of each of the downloaded pages.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
156 words
A method of providing enhanced bookmarking in the
context of accessing a page of user-interative information
content from a remote service provider comprising: a) a user selecting a create super-bookmark option; b) creating a superbookmark record; c) creating a plurality of enhanced bookmarks by
executing, for each enhanced bookmark, the steps of: i) accessing a respective page having a respective
remote access file pointer; ii) storing the remote access file pointer in the
superbookmark record; iii) also storing in the superbookmark record a
respective at least one locator element; d) in the process of using a superbookmark: i) selecting a previously created superbookmark; ii) downloading into memory the page identified in
the remote access file pointer of each of the remote
access file pointers identified by the
superbookmark; iii) displaying in a display window a respective
subset of each of the downloaded pages, the
respective subset being determined by said
respective at least one locator element.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
3 words
An enhanced bookmark.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
2 words
A superbookmark.
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