Network navigation system and method
OwnerRoger T. Bairdinventor
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Abstract
A navigation system includes a Web browser having a feature for displaying a list of bookmarks or favorites. The Web browser includes the ability to generate and display a list of links that are part of the Web page corresponding to an entry on the list of bookmarks or favorites. The Web browser is configured to download the source code of the Web page corresponding to an entry on the bookmarks or favorites list, and to parse the source code to extract uniform resource locators (URLs) and identifying text associated with links in the source code.
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A method for network navigation, the method comprising:
- downloading to a computer system a page associated with a bookmark;
- determining non-local links within the page;
- and
- displaying, on the computer system, indicators associated with the non-local links.
A computer program, for network navigation, embodied in a computer readable medium, comprising:
- code that downloads a page associated with a bookmark;
- code that determines non-local links within the page;
- and
- code that displays indicators associated with the non-local links.
A system for network navigation, comprising:
- a processor coupled to a local interface;
- a memory coupled to a local interface;
- and
- processing logic stored on the memory and executable by the processor including:
- logic that downloads a page associated with a bookmark;
- logic that determines non-local links within the page;
- and
- logic that generates a display that includes indicators associated with the non-local links.
A system for network navigation, comprising:
- means for downloading to a computer system a page associated with a bookmark;
- means for determining non-local links within the page;
- and
- means for displaying, on the computer system, indicators associated with the non-local links.
A method for network navigation, the method comprising:
- downloading to a computer system a page associated with a bookmark;
- determining non-local links within the page, wherein the determining includes:
- parsing source code of the page, wherein the parsing includes:
- examining the source code for anchor tags;
- and
- examining the tags to determine whether links associated with the anchor tags are local links;
- and
- extracting text from the anchor tags for indicators associated with the non-local links;
- and
- displaying the indicators on the computer system, wherein the displaying includes:
- displaying the Indicators next to an entry on a bookmark list associated with the page;
- and
- selectively displaying the indicators in response to a selecting action by a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.