Determination and display of relevant websites
Various embodiments utilize certain events that occur within a Web browser to recognize an imminent intent, on the part of the user, to navigate to a website. Given such events, in combination with a user's past browsing patterns and history, an automated and personalized navigation solution can be provided to expedite navigation.
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
tracking site visits associated with a user's visits to multiple websites, individual tracked websites having an associated relevant visit count (RVC);
applying a decay algorithm to one or more relevant visit counts based at least in part on how much time has passed since a last time the relevant visit count was decayed, the decay algorithm comprising:
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RVC is a calculated Relevant Visit Count;
RVC old is a previously calculated Relevant Visit Count;
RVC new is a newly calculated Relevant Visit Count;
R is a number of relevant days being considered, where R is a value other than 0;
LV is a number of days between a current time and a last time an associated URL was visited; and
LD is a number of days between a current time and a last time the decay algorithm was applied; and
presenting a layout having visual indicia associated with relevant websites, as represented by the websites' associated relevant visit count.
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the decay algorithm utilizes a user's visit frequency.
3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said applying comprises applying the decay algorithm to a website's relevant visit count responsive to a user visiting the website.
4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said applying comprises applying the decay algorithm across a history store that stores information associated with visited websites.
5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said presenting comprises presenting no more than one visual indicia from a fully-qualified domain.
6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles.
7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles, each tile being associated with a different URL.
8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles, and wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website.
9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles, and wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website, wherein at least one image comprises a site-provided icon.
10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles, and wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website, wherein said at least some of the plurality of tiles further include visual indicia associated with a particular website's relevance relative to other tile-associated websites.
11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles, and wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website, wherein said at least some of the plurality of tiles further include visual indicia associated with a particular website's relevance relative to other tile-associated websites, wherein a visual property of the visual indicia associated with a particular website's relevance maps to the particular website's relevant visit count.
12. A system comprising:
one or more processors; and
a memory having instruction executable by the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
detecting an input associated with a navigation activity;
responsive to detecting said input, presenting a layout having visual indicia associated with relevant websites, wherein said layout's visual indicia includes a plurality of tiles, each of which being associated with a computed relevant website, wherein the visual indicia associated with a particular website's relevance maps to an associated website's relevance as represented by a decayable relevant visit count; and
applying a decay algorithm to the decayable relevant visit count based at least in part on how much time has passed since a last time the relevant visit count was decayed, the decay algorithm comprising:
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RVC is a calculated Relevant Visit Count;
RVC old is a previously calculated Relevant Visit Count;
RVC new is a newly calculated Relevant Visit Count;
R is a number of relevant days being considered, where R is a value other than 0;
LV is a number of days between a current time and a last time an associated URL was visited; and
LD is a number of days between a current time and a last time the decay algorithm was applied.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein said input is associated with a new tab being opened.
14. The system of claim 13 , the operations further comprising:
responsive to said input, placing a canvas on top of where the new tab will reside; and
performing processing associated with said opening the new tab in the background.
15. The system of claim 12 , wherein said input is associated with an input other than one associated with a new tab being opened.
16. The system of claim 12 , wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website.
17. The system of claim 12 , wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website, and wherein at least one image comprises a site-provided icon.
18. The system of claim 12 , wherein the visual indicia comprises a meter whose length maps to the associated website's relevance and is color-coded.
19. The system of claim 18 , wherein at least some of the plurality of tiles include a site title and an image associated with an associated website, and the color of the color-coded meter is extracted from a primary color of the image.
20. The system of claim 12 , wherein the computed relevant website comprises a fully-qualified domain.
21. The system of claim 12 , the operations further comprising:
providing an instrumentality in a tile of the plurality of tiles; and
removing the tile from the layout responsive to selection of the instrumentality.