Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system – Display driving control circuitry – Controlling the condition of display elements
Reexamination Certificate
1998-04-24
2002-11-19
Najjar, Saleh (Department: 2154)
Computer graphics processing and selective visual display system
Display driving control circuitry
Controlling the condition of display elements
C345S215000, C345S215000, C345S215000, C345S215000, C709S203000, C709S217000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06483525
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a browser apparatus connected to a server for providing information.
2. Description of Related Art
A browser apparatus such as a personal computer equipped with software for browsing homepages offered by multiple servers on a network, e.g. the Internet, is provided having a so-called bookmark function for saving the URL (uniform resource locator) address of each homepage of the server on the Internet.
When the address of a desired homepage to be accessed frequently has been registered by a user to his or her browser apparatus, the homepage can readily be viewed without manually entering the address through a keyboard. The name and address of the homepage once registered in advance can be selected and called for by the user easily operating a mouse.
Also, a list of classifications including various categories of sports, news, entertainments, and others is determined by a user for ease of the browsing of homepages and used for assigning a desired classification to the address of each homepage for registration.
A procedure of registering the address of a homepage to one of the classifications is now explained referring to
FIGS. 1
to
4
.
As shown in
FIG. 1
, the procedure starts with Step S
20
where a user accesses through a browser apparatus
12
to a desired homepage of a server. Then, the homepage of the server appears in a homepage display area
31
of a window
30
displayed on a display unit of the browser apparatus as shown in FIG.
2
. Simultaneously, the address of the homepage is displayed in an address display area
32
.
This is followed by Step S
21
where a homepage menu
34
on a menu bar
33
is selected by the user operating an input device which is a pointing device such as a mouse or a touchpanel pen. Then, a pulldown menu
35
appears at Step S
22
.
When an extra menu
36
in the pulldown menu
35
is selected at Step S
23
, a dialogue box
37
shown in
FIG. 3
is displayed over the window
30
at Step S
24
.
When a classification button
38
in the dialogue box
37
is enabled by the user at Step S
25
, a list of classifications
39
shown in
FIG. 4
appears at Step S
26
. The list of classifications
39
includes a number of the classifications
40
predetermined and registered as well as names or addresses of the homepages which have been unclassified and unregistered.
When a desired one of the classifications
40
in the list of classifications
39
is selected and an OK button
41
is clicked at Step S
27
, the address of the homepage being accessed and displayed in the address display area
32
, shown in
FIG. 2
, is registered to the classification at Step S
28
.
As understood, the above procedure of classifying and registering an address corresponding to each data supplied from a server requires a redundancy of steps.
The list of classifications
39
shown in
FIG. 4
is displayed in the form of a tree of classification levels and may extend downwardly in the window
30
as the items of classification are increased thus overlapping the other areas of the window
30
and impairing the appearance.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the present invention is to provide a browser apparatus, an address registering method, and a browser system in which the classification and registration of an address corresponding to data supplied from a server can be carried out by a user operating a simpler procedure without troublesome rules.
For achievement of the above object of the present invention, a browser apparatus for displaying data supplied from a server over a communication means is provided having a classification unit for assigning at least one of classifications to the data supplied from the server, a memory for storing an address corresponding to the data as well as the classification determined by the classification unit, a display unit for displaying the data supplied from the server in a first region of the screen and the classification of the data in a second region of the same, a command unit responsive to the action of a user for controlling the location of a pointer displayed on the screen of the display unit, and a control means responsive to shift of the pointer from the first region to the second region of the screen by the command unit for storing an address corresponding to the data displayed in the first region into the memory in association with its classification displayed in the second region.
For achievement of the above object of the present invention, an address registering method is provided comprising the steps of displaying data supplied from a server in a first region of the screen of a display unit and classifications for the data in a second region of the same, and carrying out a drag-and-drop action to shift from any desired point in the first region to one of the classifications displayed in the second region so that an address corresponding to the data displayed in the first region is stored into a memory in association with its classification.
For achievement of the above object of the present invention, a browser system is provided having a server for supplying data, a classification unit for assigning at least one of classifications to the data supplied from the server, a memory for storing an address corresponding to the data as well as the classification determined by the classification unit, a display unit for displaying the data supplied from the server in a first region of the screen and the classification of the data in a second region of the same, a command unit responsive to the action of a user for controlling the location of a pointer displayed on the screen of the display unit, and a control unit responsive to a shift of the pointer from the first region to the second region of the screen by the command unit for storing an address corresponding to the data displayed in the first region into the memory in association with its classification displayed in the second region.
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Maioli Jay H.
Najjar Saleh
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