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US 10,289,278 · App. 14/948,478 · Granted May 14, 2019

Displaying webpage information of parent tab associated with new child tab on graphical user interface

Inventors: Luke Chen (Taipei, TW); Paige Chen (Taipei, TW); Ken Liu (Taipei, TW); Paul Yuan (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G06F3/0483G06F17/30899
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,289,278
App. No.
14/948,478
Filed
Nov 23, 2015
Granted
May 14, 2019
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2179
USPC
715/777
Abstract

Provided are a method, computer program product and computer system for displaying webpage information of a parent tab associated with a new child tab on a graphical user interface. The method includes the following steps: opening a link for identifying a new tab in a new webpage from a parent webpage; creating the new tab; recording a position of the link; capturing a screen of the parent webpage to generate a screenshot; highlighting the link in the screenshot; and saving the screenshot with the highlighted link to a tooltip attribute of the new tab.

Claims (28)

1. A method, said method comprising:

receiving, by a processor of a computer system, a click on a first link included in a parent webpage being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) on which a parent tab associated with the parent webpage is displayed;

in response to said receiving the click on the first link included in the parent webpage, said processor: (i) creating, on the GUI, a new tab corresponding to the first link that was clicked, (ii) displaying the new tab on the GUI, (iii) replacing the parent webpage by a new webpage associated with the first link resulting in the parent webpage no longer being displayed, and (iv) generating and saving a screenshot of the parent webpage to a tooltip attribute of the new tab, said generating and saving the screenshot comprising marking the first link for being highlighted during subsequent display of the saved screenshot;

after said generating and saving the screenshot, said processor detecting a cursor of a pointing device hovering above the new tab;

in response to said detecting the cursor hovering above the new tab, said processor retrieving the screenshot from the tooltip attribute and persistently displaying, on the GUI, the retrieved screenshot with the first link being highlighted; and

during said displaying the screenshot and with said hovering above the new tab no longer occurring, said processor receiving a click on the screenshot and in response, said processor reopening the parent webpage in the GUI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein said marking the first link comprises marking the first link for being circled by a slender frame during subsequent display of the saved screenshot.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein said marking the first link comprises marking the first link for being highlighted by a distinguishing color or font during subsequent display of the saved screenshot.

4. The method of claim 1 , said method further comprising:

in further response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor recording a position of the first link.

5. The method of claim 1 , said method further comprising:

in further response to said receiving the click on the first link, said processor recording a width/height of the first link.

6. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable hardware storage device having computer readable program code stored therein, said program code containing instructions executable by a processor of a computer system to implement a method, said method comprising:

said processor receiving a click on a first link included in a parent webpage being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) on which a parent tab associated with the parent webpage is displayed;

in response to said receiving the click on the first link included in the parent webpage, said processor: (i) creating, on the GUI, a new tab corresponding to the first link that was clicked, (ii) displaying the new tab on the GUI, (iii) replacing the parent webpage by a new webpage associated with the first link resulting in the parent webpage no longer being displayed, and (iv) generating and saving a screenshot of the parent webpage to a tooltip attribute of the new tab, said generating and saving the screenshot comprising marking the first link for being highlighted during subsequent display of the saved screenshot;

after said generating and saving the screenshot, said processor detecting a cursor of a pointing device hovering above the new tab;

in response to said detecting the cursor hovering above the new tab, said processor retrieving the screenshot from the tooltip attribute and persistently displaying, on the GUI, the retrieved screenshot with the first link being highlighted; and

during said displaying the screenshot and with said hovering above the new tab no longer occurring, said processor receiving a click on the screenshot and in response, said processor reopening the parent webpage in the GUI.

7. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein said marking the first link comprises marking the first link for being circled by a slender frame during subsequent display of the saved screenshot.

8. The computer program product of claim 6 , wherein said marking the first link comprises marking the first link for being highlighted by a distinguishing color or font during subsequent display of the saved screenshot.

9. A computer system, comprising a processor, a memory coupled to the processor, and a computer readable storage device coupled to the processor, said storage device containing program code executable by the processor via the memory to implement a method, said method comprising:

said processor receiving a click on a first link included in a parent webpage being displayed on a graphical user interface (GUI) on which a parent tab associated with the parent webpage is displayed;

in response to said receiving the click on the first link included in the parent webpage, said processor: (i) creating, on the GUI, a new tab corresponding to the first link that was clicked, (ii) displaying the new tab on the GUI, (iii) replacing the parent webpage by a new webpage associated with the first link resulting in the parent webpage no longer being displayed, and (iv) generating and saving a screenshot of the parent webpage to a tooltip attribute of the new tab, said generating and saving the screenshot comprising marking the first link for being highlighted during subsequent display of the saved screenshot;

after said generating and saving the screenshot, said processor detecting a cursor of a pointing device hovering above the new tab;

in response to said detecting the cursor hovering above the new tab, said processor retrieving the screenshot from the tooltip attribute and persistently displaying, on the GUI, the retrieved screenshot with the first link being highlighted; and

during said displaying the screenshot and with said hovering above the new tab no longer occurring, said processor receiving a click on the screenshot and in response, said processor reopening the parent webpage in the GUI.

10. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein said marking the first link comprises marking the first link for being circled by a slender frame during subsequent display of the saved screenshot.

11. The computer system of claim 9 , wherein said marking the first link comprises marking the first link for being highlighted by a distinguishing color or font during subsequent display of the saved screenshot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2015
From: CHEN, LUKE; CHEN, PAIGE; LIU, KEN; YUAN, PAUL
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 037114/0171 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 103146695 A · Dec 31, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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