Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
715207000 | Hyperlink display attribute (e.g., color, shape, etc.) | 35 |
20080229183 | RECORDING MEDIUM IN WHICH ACCESS OUTCOME FEEDBACK IS RECORDED, ACCESS OUTCOME FEEDBACK METHOD, ACCESS OUTCOME FEEDBACK APPARATUS, AND TERMINAL APPARATUS - An access outcome feedback method for determining a jump destination sorting ratio which is a ratio for jumping to each of plural sites, the plural sites becoming a jump destination of a specified hyperlink and storing identical contents, apparatus, and recording medium. The method includes acquiring a download outcome of the contents, the download being performed by the terminal apparatus jumping to the one site. The method also includes determining whether a site whose download failure frequency is equal to or higher than a predetermined threshold exists in the plural site based on the acquired download outcome. | 09-18-2008 |
20090132902 | Method to Reformat Regions with Cluttered Hyperlinks - A method for presenting a page, having a set of links, on a data processing system is provided. The page is preprocessed to form a processed page, wherein the processed page is unpresented within the data processing system. A determination is made as to whether or not the links within the page fall within a proximity policy. Responsive to a determination that the page falls outside of the proximity policy, the page is reformatted to fall within the proximity policy. The mechanism of the present invention includes a preprocessing process and a policy structure for reformatting an electronic document page. The policy structure of the present invention allows the user to specify the appearance of the electronic document page. The policy structure as defined by the user is stored such that when the user returns to the page, the page may be displayed according to the policy structure defined by the user. | 05-21-2009 |
20090172511 | Analysis of time-based geospatial mashups using AD HOC visual queries - An apparatus in one example has an analytical environment for mashup data having visual analysis metaphors, and linking and correlation functionality among the visual analysis metaphors. A system may have: at least one store having a predetermined floor plan layout; at least one predetermined location on the predetermined floor plan layout for displaying at least one product; analytical environment for mashup data having visual analysis metaphors, the mashup data formed from data indiciative of the predetermined floor plan layout, and data indicated of sales of the at least one product; and linking and correlation functionality among the visual analysis metaphors through a web browser. In one example, a plurality of products may be positioned on a plurality of shelves, and may be depicted in a geographical display. Sales of each product may be depicted in a in time line display that is linked to the geographical display. | 07-02-2009 |
20090199080 | ADAPTATION OF DISPLAY PAGES FOR CLIENT ENVIRONMENTS - An adaptation system adapts a web page, which is developed to be displayed by a web browser, to be displayed by client-side code of an application. When a web server receives a request for a web page, it determines whether the request was sent from a client device executing client-side code or from a non-client device executing a browser. If the request is from a client, then the web server uses the adaptation system to adapt the web page to the environment of the application. The adaptation system may modify the web page so that the menus of the web page are not displayed when the web page is displayed within a window of the application. The adaptation system may also modify links of the content of the web page to reference forms of the application, rather than other web pages. | 08-06-2009 |
20090222717 | SYSTEM FOR EXPLORING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN DATA PAGES - A system to explore connections between a current and other pages by stepping through and seeing connections by successive juxtaposition. Content links each represent a connection between a first and second pages, where such content links each include at least one departure point in the first page and arrival point in the second page. A current content link exists between a current (first) page and a companion (second) page. At least part of the current page including the current content link's departure point and at least part of the companion page including the current content link's arrival point, are shown spatially isolated in a display visually emphasizing the current content link. | 09-03-2009 |
20090235152 | LINKING VISUAL PROPERTIES OF CHARTS TO CELLS WITHIN TABLES - Tools and techniques are described for linking visual properties of charts to cells within tables. Methods provided by these tools enable users to select visual properties that are associated with graphical displays of chart data, and to link these visual properties to respective cells within the tables. User interfaces provided by these tools may provide representations of visual properties associated with the graphical displays of chart data, with these representations of the visual properties being responsive to user input to link the cells in the tables to the visual properties. These user interfaces may also include representations of the cells that are associated with the representations of the visual properties. | 09-17-2009 |
20100070842 | ONE-CLICK SHARING FOR SCREENSHOTS AND RELATED DOCUMENTS - According to an embodiment, an application comprises a sharing mechanism that allows a user to 1) quickly generate an image of information from a document, such as a screenshot of information displayed in a graphical user interface; 2) concurrently generate a link to the document, and 3) simultaneously paste the image with the associated link in another application. The image and link are generated in response to a single user input, such as a click on a “one-click sharing button.” The image and link are placed in a buffer, such as a clipboard, in such a manner that both may be retrieved via a single paste operation. Once pasted in another document, the image with the associated link may be shared with other users via email or any other suitable means. Techniques for pre-cropping and pre-annotating generated screenshots are also described. | 03-18-2010 |
20100107046 | MOBILE TERMINAL AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A mobile terminal and an operating method thereof are provided. The operating method includes bookmarking a plurality of websites using a touch screen of the mobile terminal, and storing a plurality of images respectively corresponding to the bookmarked plurality of websites; displaying on the touch screen an image array including the stored plurality of images in such a manner to create a sense of distance; and if a drag signal is input via a touch screen, changing at least one of the sizes of the images in the image array, at least one image in the image array, and an arrangement of the images in the image array, according to a direction and distance corresponding to the input drag signal. Therefore, it is possible to easily access and manage bookmarked websites. | 04-29-2010 |
20100180188 | MANAGEMENT OF ROTATING BROWSER CONTENT - A rotating content history controller detects a web page from a server over a network, wherein the web page comprises at least a portion of the web page specified for displaying a plurality of pages of rotating content within at least one rotating content space within the web page. The rotating content history controller stores the plurality of pages of rotating content. The rotating content history controller updates a history display interface to comprise a separate selectable option for each of the plurality of pages of rotating content. In addition, responsive to a user selection of a particular one of the separate selectable options, the rotating content history controller displays the particular page of rotating content within a web page display interface, such that a user may selectively access the rotating content independent of a web page display of the rotating content. | 07-15-2010 |
20100299586 | Open Theme Builder and API - Methods and system for customizing a webpage include generating a schematic representation of the webpage. The webpage includes a plurality of section elements that are customizable. The schematic representation identifies a plurality of schematic section elements corresponding to the plurality of section elements of the webpage. The schematic representation is rendered alongside the webpage and provides visual navigation through various section elements of the webpage. A schematic section element is identified and selected from the schematic representation, for customizing. The selection of the schematic section element triggers rendering of one or more navigation links associated with the selected schematic section element. The navigation links provide tools or options enabling customization. Changes to one or more attributes associated with the selected schematic section element representing customization are received and the attributes are updated at the schematic representation in real-time. The changes are cascaded to the corresponding section elements of the webpage in substantial real-time based on user interaction. | 11-25-2010 |
20110113318 | INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM RECORDING PROGRAM - An information processing device includes a display, an access unit for accessing a storage medium, and a display control unit referring to the storage medium and causing the display to display text. The storage medium stores at least one text data. Each of the text data includes at least one text for which a display attribute value is set. In a first mode, the display control unit causes the text to be displayed within a first display area of the display in a display manner in accordance with an associated display attribute value. In a second mode, the display control unit causes the text to be displayed within a second display area smaller than the first display area of the display in a predetermined display manner independent of the associated display attribute value. | 05-12-2011 |
20110197116 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTING HYPERLINKS - A method and apparatus for selecting a hyperlink are provided, including obtaining a coordinate corresponding to a touch or a click input when the touch or click input to a web page is sensed; searching for at least one candidate hyperlink existing near the coordinate; enlarging a region including the at least one candidate hyperlink; and changing the at least one candidate hyperlink to be distinguishable from other hyperlinks. | 08-11-2011 |
20110209040 | EXPLICIT AND NON-EXPLICIT LINKS IN DOCUMENT - Links may be added to a document in such a way that the links are displayed in response to a user behavior. In one example, a document has both explicit and non-explicit links. Explicit links may be highlighted by a browser at the time the page is rendered, while non-explicit links may be highlighted in response to a user's behavior, such as hovering over a linked word or phrase for some number of seconds. In one example, the non-explicit links may be included in the document through a script. The script may detect the user behavior that causes the non-explicit links to be activated, and may also identify the specific Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) to which the non-explicit links point. The addition of non-explicit links may help a user do further research on topics that arise in a document. | 08-25-2011 |
20110219291 | Systems and Methods for Embedded Internet Searching, and Result Display - Systems and methods allow a user of a text or graphics editor to quickly create multiple robust internet search queries by selecting and ranking groups or individual key words from a document. A user who is composing or reading a document can identify and link multiple sets of key words into separate search queries by highlighting and assigning either unique search numbers, colors or other readily ascertained indicators of their logical relation. Each individual search query is routed to selected internet search engines, and the results are returned to the user in the same viewed document. The user may select the form in which the results are displayed. For example, results may be listed within the document by way footnotes, endnotes, or separate hover or pull-down windows accessible from the search terms. In addition, the user can browse, sort, rank, edit or eliminate portions of the results. | 09-08-2011 |
20110225482 | MANAGING AND GENERATING CITATIONS IN SCHOLARLY WORK - A method of managing and generating citations in word processing software using hyperlinks to represent in-text citations and bibliographic citations in which the hyperlinks provide the means to locate the corresponding bibliographic data for generating in-text citations and bibliographic citations in accordance with a desired citation style. | 09-15-2011 |
20120110426 | Framework for providing visual context to www hyperlink - A method and a system for presenting Internet information to a user including providing to a user a visual image of a web page containing at least one hyperlink, and at least partially concurrently providing a visual image of another web page of at least one web site which is represented by the at least one hyperlink. | 05-03-2012 |
20120124459 | Predictive Cursor Interaction - Embodiments include providing multiple discernible indicia that provide an indication of behaviors associated with selection of a particular link. The multiple discernible indicia may include visually-discernible graphical icons configured to be displayed as a pictorial image that visually represents a behavior associated with selection of the particular link. The visually-discernible graphical icons may include a first icon that, when selected, causes a default behavior associated with the link selection to occur, and a second icon that, when selected, causes an alternative behavior associated with the link selection to occur. Also, responsive to receiving a user-provided modifier, the first or second icon may be replaced with a third icon that visually represents a different alternative behavior to occur that is different than both the default and alternative behaviors. | 05-17-2012 |
20120166926 | HYPERLINK DISPLAY METHOD BASED ON VISIT HISTORY ACCUMULATION - Provided is a hyperlink display method based on a visit history accumulation, which is capable of providing search convenience between web documents by providing a self-updating hyperlink through accumulation of a visit history. The hyperlink display method includes displaying a plurality of hyperlink included in a web document when the web document is selected, recording a weight value of a selected hyperlink when any one of the plurality of hyperlinks is selected, and displaying the weight value of the selected hyperlink on the web document. | 06-28-2012 |
20120179955 | PROVIDING DEEP LINKS IN ASSOCIATION WITH TOOLBARS - Computer-readable media, computer systems, computing methods, and computing devices for providing deep-link notifications is provided. In embodiments, the method includes identifying one or more deep links that correspond with a navigated to website. Such deep links may be identified using a search service. The deep links can be comprised of popular links within the website other than a main page of the website. Upon identifying deep links that correspond with a navigated to website, a deep-link notification is provided via a toolbar. The deep-link notification provides an indication that deep links are available for the website. | 07-12-2012 |
20120290912 | OBJECT CONTROL METHOD, OBJECT CONTROL PROGRAM, AND WeB SERVER - To direct the user's awareness towards a page linked from a specific element, a script (object control program) is embedded in a Web page to be transmitted from a Web server and then executed by a user terminal. It is assumed that a plurality of link elements (elements to which links to other Web pages are set up) are placed in the Web page. The computer terminal that executes the object control program places objects with a size covering the whole area of each link element in front of several link elements in a Web page containing a plurality of link elements and gradually scales down the displayed size of the objects. The link elements thereby gradually appear on the display. | 11-15-2012 |
20120297280 | Web Page Hot Spots - An image map designer creates an image map for use with an image. The image map contains one or more hotspots, each of which specifies a set of pixels which may be non-contiguous and non-polygonal. The image map designer may create the image map using image processing software that facilitates creation of non-contiguous and non-polygonal image maps. Multiple versions of the image map may be created, each for use with a different magnification of the image. The image maps are stored in a compact format, which may be transmitted efficiently from a server to a client. Data contained within the image map facilitates the process of determining whether the client user's mouse pointer is within any of the hotspots, and the process of applying the image map to the image when rendered at different magnifications. | 11-22-2012 |
20120317468 | NAVIGATING THROUGH CROSS-REFERENCED DOCUMENTS - An instruction is received to display a section of a referencing document on a screen. The section has at least one referencing link referencing a different section. The section of the referencing document is displayed on the screen. A selection of a referencing link is received. The different section referenced by the referencing link is displayed on the screen, at least partially at a same time of the displaying of the section of the referencing document. A visual indicator that associates the referencing link with the different section is displayed. Also in response to receiving the selection and in response to determining that the section of the referencing document includes multiple reference links of the at least one reference link to different section, other visual indicators that associate the multiple referencing links with the different section are displayed. | 12-13-2012 |
20130013992 | Handling Content Related to Digital Images - A computer implemented method including: receiving a link to a webpage to be associated with a visual object in an overlay element, identifying the link as a transmutable link, transmuting the link into an application link, receiving a request for content for an overlay element for the visual object, and providing, in response to said request, the application link as a designated source of content of the overlay element for said visual object. | 01-10-2013 |
20130061120 | Hyperlink Destination Visibility - Various embodiments utilize page scripting and parsing to identify the target destination of a hyperlink and provide a visual indication of the destination to the user without causing redirection to the target destination. In some embodiments, hyperlink color, highlighting, or icons are used to indicate the destination. Particular colors and/or icons selected to indicate the destination can, in some embodiments, be selected based on the domain hosting the target destination. In at least some embodiments, the destination of a link is determined by the page script run by a web browser on a user's device, while in other embodiments, information is transmitted to a web request handler on the server hosting the web site to determine the destination. | 03-07-2013 |
20130073936 | IDENTIFYING URL TARGET HOSTNAMES - Techniques are provided for displaying a uniform resource locator (URL) to assist a user in determining whether a URL destination is what the user expects. A link is presented for selection to a user, and a URL corresponding to the link is accessed. A portion of the URL that corresponds to a hostname component of the URL may be identified, and the URL may be displayed. The hostname component of the URL is visually distinguished from other components of the URL. In addition to or as an alternative to displaying the URL and visually distinguishing the hostname component, a warning message relating to the hostname portion of the URL may be displayed. The techniques may be implemented as a software plug-in or in any type of software application that is capable of recognizing URLs. | 03-21-2013 |
20130151937 | SELECTIVE IMAGE LOADING IN MOBILE BROWSERS - Methods for selectively viewing images in a web page on a mobile device are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a selection from a mobile device to download a web page without downloading images in the web page, and providing the web page with image placeholders in place of the images in the web page, wherein each image placeholder is the same height and width and in the original position of the image in the web page. The method also includes receiving a selection of one or more image placeholders prompting a request to provide and display the one or more corresponding images, and providing the one or more images for display in place of the one or more image placeholders in the web page. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided. | 06-13-2013 |
20130198597 | Systems and Methods for Displaying and Editing State-Specific Link Attributes - Systems and methods for displaying and editing state-specific link attributes during the development of electronic content. The states of HTML links, which can be defined by CSS pseudo classes, can be displayed and edited using visual interface features of a content creation application. Such features can provide convenient ways to view multiple links simultaneously in a selected state and to edit the appearance of a state that is applicable to multiple links used in a piece of content being developed. The user interface of a content creation application can provide a button, command, or other user-selectable option that sets the state in which link representations are displayed. This can be achieved, as an example, in the case of HTML links defined by CSS pseudo classes, by filtering links based on state so that all displayed links display in the selected state, e.g., in the :link, :visited, :hover, :active, or :focus state. | 08-01-2013 |
20130283140 | SNAPSHOT GENERATION FOR SEARCH RESULTS PAGE PREVIEW - Methods, systems, and programming for providing web page snapshots are disclosed. A URL is received. A snapshot of the web page associated with the URL is generated. A plurality of features is extracted from the snapshot. A determination is made regarding whether the snapshot is high quality based on the plurality of extracted features of the snapshot. The generated snapshot is provided as a viewable and actionable link to the URL. | 10-24-2013 |
20140164893 | ASSISTED PORTAL NAVIGATION AND CROWD-BASED FEEDBACK - The present disclosure describes methods, systems, and computer program products for assisted portal navigation and crowd-based feedback. One computer-implemented method includes processing, by operation of a computer, a hierarchy of container documents including a base-level container document and at least one active base-level content hyperlink and additional container documents associated with the at least one active base-level content hyperlink to: generate a site map specifying the hierarchy of container documents, and associate at least one generated graphical user interface (GUI) element with each container document in the hierarchy of container documents specified by the site map, receiving a hover detection event associated with the at least one active base-level content hyperlink, displaying a first-level pop-up container document including at least one first-level GUI element representing a particular additional container document associated with the one active base-level content hyperlink, and displaying a first-level detailed pop-up container document responsive to a detected hover event associated with one of the at least one first-level GUI element. | 06-12-2014 |
20140237338 | ADJUSTING LAYOUT SIZE OF HYPERLINK - Adjusting the layout size of a hyperlink includes displaying at least one hyperlink in a user interface; detecting a touch operation for the at least one hyperlink, and extracting position coordinates of a touch point formed by the touch operation on the user interface. Adjusting the layout size further includes determining a target hyperlink from the at least one hyperlink, and determining the precision of the touch operation with respect to the target hyperlink based on the position coordinates of the touch point; and adjusting layout size of the target hyperlink based on the determined precision. The hyperlink layout in a web page can be adapted to the touch precision of user's finger automatically, which facilitates the recognition of hyperlinks by the user's finger. | 08-21-2014 |
20140250358 | ENHANCED BROWSING WITH INDICATION OF PREFETCHING STATUS - A method of enhanced browsing involves a first web page displayed by a browser in a first browser window. The first web page has a target link to a second web page. A computer system automatically prefetches content from the second web page. The method causes display in the first browser window of a first indicator proximate to and associated with the target link and prior to the computer system receiving a selection of the target link. The first indicator visually conveys in real-time an initiation of the prefetching of content from the second web page. In response to completion of the prefetching, the method causes display in the first browser window of a second indicator in place of said first indicator to visually convey in real-time the completion of the prefetching. | 09-04-2014 |
20140304580 | ADJUSTING LAYOUT SIZE OF HYPERLINK - Embodiments include a method for adjusting layout size of a hyperlink. The method comprises: displaying at least one hyperlink in a user interface; detecting a touch operation for the at least one hyperlink, and extracting position coordinates of a touch point formed by the touch operation on the user interface; determining a target hyperlink from the at least one hyperlink, and determining the precision of the touch operation with respect to the target hyperlink based on the position coordinates of the touch point; and adjusting layout size of the target hyperlink based on the determined precision. A hyperlink layout in a web page can be adapted to the touch precision of user's finger automatically, which facilitates the recognition of hyperlinks by the user's finger. | 10-09-2014 |
20140337701 | Methods, Devices, and Computer Program Products for Exchanging Interactive Map Information - Map information is exchanged between communication devices. A map of a geographical area is received. The map includes embedded interactive links that graphically represent points of interest within the geographical area. An embedded interactive link that graphically represents at least one point of interest is highlighted within the map. Responsive to selection of another embedded interactive link within the map that graphically represents another point of interest within the geographical area, the other embedded link within the map is highlighted. The map is transmitted, with the other embedded interactive link that graphically represents the other point of interest highlighted. | 11-13-2014 |
20160085732 | CHECKING LINKS - A method of checking links in a message comprises detecting the creation of a new message, detecting the presence of one or more links in the message, determining if each link is invalid, and highlighting each link that is determined to be invalid. The highlighting of each link that is determined to be invalid occurs as the message is created or when a send message request is received. | 03-24-2016 |
20160162450 | Systems and Methods for Disabling or Expiring Hyperlinks - There is provided a client device including a memory storing a web browser and a processor executing the web browser to receive a selection of a hyperlink from a user for navigating to a web page addressed by the hyperlink, determine, after the selection, if the hyperlink is to be disabled, and disable the hyperlink, in response to determining. The memory further includes a disabled hyperlink database, and to determine if the hyperlink is to be disabled, the processor executes the web browser to request the web page from a web page server hosting the web page, receive from the web page server hosting the web page an error code, and store the hyperlink in the disabled hyperlink database, in response to receiving the error code. | 06-09-2016 |