Automatic selection of web page objects for printing
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsPing Luo, Limei Jiao, Zhang-hui Chen, Huiman Hou
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Abstract
A method includes receiving a request to print a current web page. A set of records that represent web pages that are similar to the current web page are identified from a print log that includes at least one record, each record including an indication of a web page and indicating one or more objects that had been previously selected for printing from that web page. Based on the objects that are indicated by the identified set of records, one or more objects of the current web page are selected to be printed on a printer.
Claims15
A method comprising:
- receiving a request to print a current web page;
- identifying a set of records that represent web pages that are similar to the current web page from a print log that includes at least one record, each record including an indication of a web page and indicating one or more objects that had been previously selected for printing from that web page,
- based on said one or more objects that are indicated by the identified set of records, selecting one or more objects of the current web page to be printed on a printer.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed by a processor will cause the processor to perform the method of:
- receiving a request to print a current web page;
- identifying a set of records that represent web pages that are similar to the current web page from a print log that includes at least one record, each record including an indication of a web page and indicating one or more objects that had been previously selected for printing from that web page,
- based on said one or more objects that are indicated by the identified set of records, selecting one or more objects of the current web page to be printed on a printer.
A system comprising:
- a data storage device to store a print log, the print log including at least one record, each record including an indication of a web page and indicating objects that had been previously selected for printing from the indicated web page;
- and
- a processor unit to access that print log and in communication with a computer readable medium, wherein the computer readable medium contains a set of instructions wherein the processor is designed to carry out the set of instructions to:
- upon a request to print a current web page, identify from the print log a set of records that represent web pages that are similar to the current web page;
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- analyze the identified set to identify print-worthy objects of the current web page.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.