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US 8,621,364 B2Granted
Deleting a browser's history when a different web application is selected
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMario Ito
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMario Ito
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This invention provides an information processing apparatus capable of more reliably preventing inconvenience to the user, that may occur upon a transition of the Web page using the display history of a Web browser. The information processing apparatus can communicate with a Web server via a network and displays, in a Web browser, a screen provided by the Web server. A holding unit holds the display history of a Web page that is previously displayed in the Web browser. A determination unit refers to the display history held in the holding unit to determine whether a Web application different from that activated at the latest time via the Web browser is activated. A deletion control unit deletes the display history held in the holding unit if the determination unit determines that the different Web application is activated.
An information processing apparatus having a Web browser for displaying a screen provided by a Web server, the apparatus comprising:
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus having a Web browser for displaying a screen provided by a Web server, and a storage unit for storing information of a history of screens displayed by the Web browser, the method comprising the steps of:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing an executable program for causing a computer to execute a method for controlling an information processing apparatus having a Web browser for displaying a screen provided by a Web server, and a storage unit for storing information of a history of screens displayed by the Web browser, the method comprising the steps of:
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