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US 8,527,883 B2Granted
Browser operation with sets of favorites
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorMichael J. Sullivan
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Abstract
Methods, apparatus, and products for browser operation with sets of favorites, the browser supporting tabbed browsing, where the browser operation includes opening, by the browser, a first member of a set of favorites in a new tab and loading, by the browser, a Uniform Resource Locator (‘URL’) for each member of the set into navigation memory for back and forward navigation functions for the new tab.
Claims19
A method of browser operation with at least one set of favorites, the method comprising:
- opening, by a web browser, a first webpage member of a set of webpage favorites in a new tab of the web browser, the web browser supporting tabbed browsing;
- changing a functionality of each of a back and a forward navigation functions for the new tab by loading, by the web browser, a Uniform Resource Locator (‘URL’) for each webpage member of the set into navigation memory of the new tab, the navigation memory for the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab, defining a browsing order of the set of webpage favorites, such that the functionality of the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab are different from a standard functionality of the back and forward navigation functions of other tabs of the web browser in that, as changed, the back and forward navigation functions load a URL of a previous and a subsequent webpage favorite from the navigation memory respectively;
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- opening, by the web browser, second webpage member of the set in the new tab in response to a user-selection of a navigation function comprising one of the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab, wherein the second webpage comprises a webpage member ordered in navigation memory prior to the first webpage member in response to the user-selection comprising the back navigation function and wherein the second webpage comprises a webpage member ordered in navigation memory subsequent to the first webpage member in response to the user-selection comprising the forward navigation function;
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- opening, by the web browser, an original tab in the web browser, wherein opening the first webpage member of a set of webpage favorites in the new tab occurs after opening the original tab;
- maintaining the standard functionality of back and forward navigation functions for the original tab as the functionality is changed for the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab.
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An apparatus for browser operation with at least one set of favorites, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions capable of:
- opening, by a web browser, a first webpage member of a set of webpage favorites in a new tab of the web browser, the web browser supporting tabbed browsing;
- changing a functionality of each of a back and a forward navigation functions for the new tab by loading, by the web browser, a Uniform Resource Locator (‘URL’) for each webpage member of the set into navigation memory of the new tab, the navigation memory for the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab, defining a browsing order of the set of webpage favorites, such that the functionality of the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab are different from a standard functionality of the back and forward navigation functions of other tabs of the web browser in that, as changed, the back and forward navigation functions load a URL of a previous and a subsequent webpage favorite from the navigation memory respectively;
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- opening, by the web browser, second webpage member of the set in the new tab in response to a user-selection of a navigation function comprising one of the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab, wherein the second webpage comprises a webpage member ordered in navigation memory prior to the first webpage member in response to the user-selection comprising the back navigation function and wherein the second webpage comprises a webpage member ordered in navigation memory subsequent to the first webpage member in response to the user-selection comprising the forward navigation function;
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- opening, by the web browser, an original tab in the web browser, wherein opening the first webpage member of a set of webpage favorites in the new tab occurs after opening the original tab;
- maintaining the standard functionality of back and forward navigation functions for the original tab as the functionality is changed for the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab.
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A computer program product for browser operation with at least one set of favorites, the computer program product disposed in a recordable, non-transitory computer readable storage medium containing computer program instructions capable of:
- opening, by a web browser, a first webpage member of a set of webpage favorites in a new tab of the web browser, the web browser supporting tabbed browsing;
- changing a functionality of each of a back and a forward navigation functions for the new tab by loading, by the web browser, a Uniform Resource Locator (‘URL’) for each webpage member of the set into navigation memory of the new tab, the navigation memory for the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab, defining a browsing order of the set of webpage favorites, such that the functionality of the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab are different from a standard functionality of the back and forward navigation functions of other tabs of the web browser in that, as changed, the back and forward navigation functions load a URL of a previous and a subsequent webpage favorite from the navigation memory respectively;
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- opening, by the web browser, second webpage member of the set in the new tab in response to a user-selection of a navigation function comprising one of the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab, wherein the second webpage comprises a webpage member ordered in navigation memory prior to the first webpage member in response to the user-selection comprising the back navigation function and wherein the second webpage comprises a webpage member ordered in navigation memory subsequent
- to the first webpage member in response to the user-selection comprising the forward navigation function;
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- opening, by the web browser, an original tab in the web browser, wherein opening the first webpage member of a set of webpage favorites in the new tab occurs after opening the original tab;
- maintaining the standard functionality of back and forward navigation functions for the original tab as the functionality is changed for the back and forward navigation functions for the new tab.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.