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Granted Patent B2
US 9,146,675 · App. 13/283,904 · Granted Sep 29, 2015

Facilitating navigation of a webpage on computer device

Inventors: Li-Ju Chen (Taipei, TW); John J. Y. Hsu (Taipei, TW); Bor-Ping Pan (Taipei, TW); Rick M. F. Wu (Taipei, TW)
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
G06F3/04886H04L29/06H04L29/08072H04L67/04
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Patent No.
US 9,146,675
App. No.
13/283,904
Granted
Sep 29, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

Webpage navigation can include a computer device loading a Webpage having at least a first portion and a second portion, arranging the Webpage in order to present the first portion in the display area of the computer device and to place the second portion out of the display area, and presenting a navigation map corresponding to the Webpage in the display area. In response to a control command input with respect to the navigation map, the Webpage can be arranged in order to present the second portion in the display area.

Claims (17)

1. A computer program product for navigation of a Webpage, the computer program product comprising: a computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code causes a computer hardware system to perform portion and a second portion into a computer device; to present said first portion in said display area of said computer device and to place said second portion out of said display area; corresponding to said Webpage in said display area; and response to a control command input with respect to said navigation map in order to present said second portion in said display area, wherein the computer-readable storage medium is not a transitory, propagating signal per se, the presenting includes presenting a pointer corresponding to the second portion in the navigation map, the control command is inputted with respect to the pointer, and the pointer aims at a Webpage object in the second portion and wherein meta data of the Webpage object is embedded in the Webpage, a comparison is made between the meta data and a user preference data, and the pointer is arranged in the navigation map based upon the comparison.

2. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein

the arranging said Webpage in response to said control command to presenting said Webpage object at a predetermined position of said display area.

3. A computer device configured for navigation of a Webpage, said computer device comprising: a display having a display area; and a processor for configured to initiate executable operations comprising: loading a Webpage having at least a first portion and a second portion in said computer device; arranging said Webpage in order to present said first portion in a display area of said computer device and to place said second portion out of said display area; presenting a navigation map corresponding to said Webpage in said display area; and arranging said Webpage in response to a control command input with respect to a navigation map in order to present said second portion in said display area, wherein the executable operation of presenting said navigation map further comprises: presenting a pointer corresponding to said second portion in said navigation map, wherein, in the step of arranging said Webpage in response to said control command, said control command is inputted with respect to said pointer, and wherein said pointer aims at a Webpage object in said second portion wherein meta data of the Webpage object is embedded in the Webpage, a comparison is made between the meta data and a user preference data, and the pointer is arranged in the navigation map based upon the comparison.

4. The computer device of claim 3 , wherein

the executable operation of arranging said Webpage in response to said control command further comprises:

arranging said Webpage to present said Webpage object at a predetermined position of said display area.

5. The computer device of claim 3 , wherein

said display has a resolution of X*Y pixels, wherein both X and Y are less than 1024 or less than 800.

6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein

meta data of the Webpage object is embedded in the Webpage,

a comparison is made between the meta data and a user preference data, and

the pointer is arranged in the navigation map based upon the comparison.

7. The computer device of claim 3 , wherein

meta data of the Webpage object is embedded in the Webpage,

a comparison is made between the meta data and a user preference data, and

the pointer is arranged in the navigation map based upon the comparison.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE SECOND ASSIGNOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 027140 FRAME: 0224. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Aug 22, 2018
From: CHEN, LI-JU; HSU, JOHN J.Y.; PAN, BOR-PING; WU, RICK M.F.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047393/0842 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2011
From: CHEN, LI-JU; HSU, JOHN; PAN, BOR-PING; WU, RICK M.F.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 027140/0224 →
Priority Claims (1)
TW 99137352 A · Oct 29, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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