DE10033548C2 - Procedure for previewing websites - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a method for previewing the Internet pages with their current content in a selection internet page.

It is from search engines on the Internet, such as B. www.web.de or www.yahoo.de generally known, based on search criteria (e.g. Keywords) select websites on a specific topic len. The Internet pages are hereby in a list with their Domain address as a link as well as with the content of the Website explanatory texts displayed. Only by selection len the link, the corresponding website from the Internet loaded and their current content for the user view bar.

The Internet pages are here as HTML text in a file deposited, the HTML text a programmed description to build a representation. The programmed description  usually has references to other graphics and other files used in the presentation of the website.

DE 198 55 357 A1 describes a method for reducing In Maintaining websites and preparing them for videophones and mobile devices. The content of websites is re reduced and prepared so that it is controlled by voice input can be.

DE 198 42 320 A1 describes a method and a device for content-related search of electronic documents disclosed. Around Unavailable amount of Information to be able to select the searched documents, who indexed the terms and other related ones in an index saved terms read out. Then the electronics documents with the input term and the assigned syn searches on onymen terms as a search argument.

EP 0 859 984 B1 describes a system for locating and displaying of information disclosed, in which the presentation and access resorted to information in hierarchical hierarchies Levels.

The preview of individual files is e.g. B. from conventional text processing programs such as B. Word for Windows from Microsoft, well known. When opening a document, this can be in a small window so that the user ver a picture of the content of the corresponding text document creates.  

However, the display of a preview of a website is not possible, since websites are not a document in the sense of a text file that can be represented as such. Rather, the HTML code to describe the website in a browser are performed, the associated files are also loaded and who is displayed at the corresponding positions in the browser the. A display of Internet pages in another Internet do document is currently not possible.

The object of the invention was to provide a method for previewing In ternetseiten with their current content in a selection inter to create a website.

According to the invention, the method for previewing Internet pages in a selection website has the steps:

• a) Generate the selection website with links to the Preview websites, the preview websites are each displayed as an image file,
• b) Generate the image files for displaying the preview Internet pages at the time of the request by the selection Internet page in real time
  • 1. Load the files belonging to the preview website;
  • 2. Creation of a computer-readable data structure of a preview website;
  • 3. converting the computer readable data structure into the image file;
• c) Display the selection website with the corresponding Image files for the links.

The preview website is thus currently an image file in displayed on the selection website. For this, the preview Website z. B. loaded into a browser, a view of Preview website created, and it becomes a so-called Snap shot to convert the view of the preview website performed in an image file. A snap shot is one under Windows known function, through which a window in a picture da part is converted. The image files can be created according to the Preview website static or dynamic images, such as animated GIF formats, Flash, SMIL, VRML or video formats etc. include. Browsers create HTML websites through In interpretation of the HTML code. According to the status of the Technique the HTML page in a first step into a computer Readable, browser-internal data structure transferred and then into egg In a second step, this internal representation in an image screen view converted.

It is irrelevant for the procedure whether this screen view serves as the basis for the graphic file created, above that internal representation is used to generate the graphic file gen. In this procedure described above, the Actual snap-shot are eliminated, which makes the process significant gets faster.

According to the list of Internet sites in the Aus election website through the image files for the selectable Preview internet pages added.  

The image files are advantageously reduced accordingly nert.

The creation of the selection website in step a) and the To show the same can be done in a first browser and that Generate the image files to display the preview websites through steps b), b1), b2) and b3), d. H. the conversion of the Preview website in one image file, can be in a second Browser, which is independent of the first browser in the background due to the applications of a computer system or in a center len server computer is operated. In the latter case, the first browser running in a decentralized server computer the.

This should involve operator interaction in the first browser follow and the second browser is controlled by the first browser become.

Likewise, the method can also be used in the first browser can be integrated as a so-called plug-in. However, it has the aftermath partly that the plug-in is platform-dependent.

The pro often occurs when displaying the preview website blem that in the header definition part of the HTML document Preview website program codes are included to internet pages to call up automatically or the address of the front redirect show website to another website. Then would be a snap shot from the wrong preview website be made.

It is therefore advantageous to put the program code in the header definition part of the preview websites to analyze such links to recognize and suppress exercises.

The search and selection of the preview internet pages displayed is preferably carried out on the basis of search criteria by the steps of:

• - Create an index database with a search word list and an address list for preview websites, the Search word list at least one index reference per search word has corresponding entries in the address list,
• - Compare the search criteria with the search word list and Save the corresponding index references if a Search criteria matches a search word,
• - Create a list with the addresses of the preview inter Web pages from the address list using the saved Index references.

According to the invention, an index database is thus built up in the search words are stored for corresponding Internet addresses. The search and selection of the preview website is done by corresponding comparison of the search criteria with the search word list. The search criteria can be legal and be left-truncated or in any combination (and / or- Links) can be used. Likewise, it is conceivable provide alternative characters for search criteria (X | Y) and one Compare the search criteria for both characters (e.g. (C | K) ola for cola and kola).

The comparison is preferably based on syllables, one Syllable list for the syllables contained in the search word list provides an index reference to corresponding entries for each syllable is generated in the search word list. The search criteria are set to finally compared with the syllable list.

The syllables are extracted to generate the syllable list preferably by selecting N consecutive letters the search terms, where N is an integer, and the letters follow starting from the first, second, third to (M - N) th Position of the search word is selected, where M is the letter length of a search word.

The invention is described below with reference to the accompanying drawings gene explained in more detail. Show it:

Fig. 1 sketch of the method according to the invention, wherein the conversion of the preview Internet files in the image files takes place in a central server;

Fig. 2 sketch of another embodiment of the method according to the Invention, wherein the conversion of the preview Internet files takes place in a decentralized client computer;

Fig. 3 sketch of an embodiment of the method according to the invention, the search for the preview Internet files being carried out in a central server;

Fig. 4 Detail sketch of an embodiment of the inventive method SEN, wherein the conversion of the preview In ternetseite in a computer-readable data structure, it follows;

Fig. 5 substructure for searching and selecting preview Internet pages.

Fig. 1 shows a sketch of the inventive method for preview of the web pages in a selection website 1, wherein the selection website 1 in a browser 2 of a remote client computer 3 is displayed. The selection website 1 contains addresses for other websites. According to the invention, the preview internet files 4 associated with the addresses are displayed as image files 5 such that the content can be recognized by the user of the corresponding selection internet page 1 . For this purpose, the preview web 4 is loaded at the time of the request by the selection website 1 in a central server computer 6 on the Internet 7 from the appropriate server 8 on which the preview website is stored. 4 The Internet pages consist of so-called HTML documents 9 a, in which the structure of the website is described as a special program code. The program code can refer to other files 9 b, such as. B. contain graphic files. These are loaded into the server computer 6 in addition to the HTML document 9 a. The website is displayed in a browser 10 on the server computer 6 and converted into the image file 5 by means of a so-called snap shot. A snap shot is a function with which an image window, ie a screen section of a computer monitor, is converted into a graphic file. It is possible for the browser 10 in the server computer 6 to run in the background so that it is not visible to a user. This can be a specialized program known to those skilled in the art. A browser is a program for loading the files necessary for a website, for executing the corresponding HTML code of the website and for displaying the website on the screen. The browser also enables access to the Internet, ie the interactive loading of documents or files over the Internet from other servers.

The Fig. 2 can be another embodiment of the erfindungsge MAESSEN method recognize in which takes place computer 3 generating the image file 5 from the preview web 4 in the remote client Com, is in the selection website 1 shows is. In this embodiment, the browser 2 can include a corresponding program function, a so-called plug-in, an additional browser 11 can be provided, or the browser 2 can be expanded by the corresponding functionality.

FIG. 3 allows for enhanced functionality of the process realize in a search 12 and a selection of preview web pages 4 using search criteria 13 takes place, preferably, the available web pages are checked to see whether thematic criteria 13 present in the address of the web pages are. The search can be truncated in a known manner. As is generally known, several terms with one and / or link can also be searched for. It is particularly advantageous if the search for several alternative letters or syllables is possible, in particular if there are several spellings for a search word (e.g. cola and cola).

The Fig. 4 reveals a detail sketch of an alternative embodiment of the inventive method, in which the image file 5, not by means of snap-shots from a view of the preview web 4 but obtained from a computer-readable data structure 14 is. Here, the internal computer-readable data structure 14 of the browser 10 , 11 is used to generate the graphic image file 5 . The conversion of HTML Internet pages takes place in browsers by interpreting the HTML code, the HTML Internet pages being converted in a first step into a computer-readable, browser-internal data structure 14 and then in a second step this internal representation being converted into a screen view and in the Window of the browser 10 , 11 is displayed. By dispensing with the presentation of the preview website 4 in the browser 10 , 11 and by directly converting the computer-readable data structure 14 into the image file 5 , the method can be carried out considerably faster.

Since a search on the Internet 7 can hardly be carried out with reasonable effort due to the almost unlimited number of documents, an index database is generated and searched. The index database contains the data record list for the preview Internet pages 4 and a search word list with search terms for the preview Internet pages 4 . The search word list has index references to corresponding entries in the data record list.

An advantageous structure of the index database is outlined in FIG. 5. A syllable list is generated from the search word list. The syllable list has index references to corresponding entries in the search word list or index references directly to corresponding entries in a complete data set list, which also contains additional information, such as, for. B. may include the owner of the preview website and other administrative information.

The syllables are extracted by first reading the first N book letters of a search word, such as B. a second-level domain, can be saved as a syllable. Where N is an integer, preferably N = 3. Then the next N book letters of the search word beginning with the second letter, then the next N letters starting from the third letter stored until the last N letters of the search word tes have been reached.

This leads, for example, to the following syllable list when N = 3:
Search word: patent
Syllable list: Pat - ate - ten - ent

The individual syllables refer to the corresponding syllable list relevant entries in the search word list in which the syllables to step. The search words in the search word list in turn have like derum index references and the Internet addresses in the record list.

Claims (15)

1. Procedure for previewing websites with their current contents in a selection website ( 1 ) with the steps:

• a) generating the selection website ( 1 ) with links to the preview Internet pages ( 4 ), the preview Internet pages ( 4 ) each being displayed as an image file ( 5 ),
• b) Generation of the image files ( 5 ) for displaying the preview Internet pages ( 4 ) at the time of the request by the selection website ( 1 ) in real time in each case
  • 1. Loading the files ( 9 a, 9 b) belonging to the preview Internet pages ( 4 );
  • 2. Generation of a computer-readable data structure ( 14 ) in each case a preview website ( 4 );
  • 3. converting the computer-readable data structure ( 14 ) into the image file ( 5 );
• c) Displaying the selection website ( 1 ) with the corresponding image files ( 5 ) for the links.

2. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the computer-readable data structure ( 14 ) is a graphical view. 3. The method according to claim 1, characterized in that the computer-readable data structure ( 14 ) is the internal browser representation. 4. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized marked by reducing the image files ( 5 ). 5. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the generation of the selection website ( 1 ) in step a) takes place in a browser ( 2 ), a browser for loading the files associated with Internet pages ( 9 a, 9 b ), for executing the loaded programs contained in the files for the construction of the Internet pages and for displaying the corresponding Internet pages, and that the image files ( 5 ) are generated in step b) in a second browser ( 10 , 11 ). 6. The method according to claim 5, characterized in that an operator interaction takes place in the first browser ( 2 ) and the second browser ( 10 , 11 ) is controlled by the first browser ( 2 ). 7. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized marked by selecting a database per preview Internet page ( 4 ), searching the owner data on the owner of the preview website ( 4 ) in the database and displaying the owner data in the selection website ( 1 ). 8. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized marked by analyzing the program code in the header definition part of the preview Internet pages ( 4 ) for recognizing links to Internet pages that are also automatically called up, and hiding recognized additional Internet pages when generating a view the preview website ( 4 ) in step b2) by suppressing the corresponding program code in the header definition part of the preview website ( 4 ). 9. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized marked by analyzing the program code in the header operating part of the preview website ( 4 ) to detect a redirection of the address of the preview website ( 4 ) on another website and delayed generation of the preview view -Internet side ( 4 ) in step b2) if a redirection is detected. 10. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized by
Generating the selection website ( 1 ) in step a) by a decentralized client computer ( 3 );
Requesting the image files by the client computer ( 3 ) from a server computer ( 6 ), steps b), b1), b2) and b3) being carried out by the server computer ( 6 );
Transfer the image files ( 5 ) from the server computer ( 6 ) to the client computer ( 3 ) and
Displaying the selection Internet pages ( 1 ) by the client computer ( 3 ). 11. The method according to any one of claims 1 to 9, characterized by performing steps a) to c) in a decentralized client computer ( 3 ). 12. The method according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized marked by searching and selecting preview Internet pages ( 4 ) based on search criteria before performing step a) to generate the selection Internet pages ( 1 ). 13. The method according to claim 12, characterized by searching and selecting preview Internet pages ( 4 ) by the steps of:

• - Creating an index database with a search word list and a data record list for preview websites ( 4 ), the search word list having at least one index reference for entries in the data record list,
• - comparing the search criteria with the entries in the search word list and storing the corresponding index references if a search criterion matches a search word,
• - Creation of a list with the addresses of the preview Internet pages ( 4 ) from the data record list by means of the stored index references.

14. The method according to claim 12, characterized by searching and selecting preview Internet pages ( 4 ), by the steps of:

• Generating an index database with a search word list and a data record list for websites, the search word list having at least one index reference for entries in the data record list,
• - Generating a syllable list from the search word list, where the syllable list comprises the syllables contained in the entries in the search word list and has an index reference to the corresponding entries in the search word list per syllable, and
• - Compare the search criteria with the entries in the syllable list and save the corresponding intex references if a search criterion matches a search word, and
• - Creation of a list with the addresses of the preview Internet pages ( 4 ) from the data record list by means of the stored index references.

15. The method according to claim 14, characterized by Extrahie Select the syllables to generate the syllable list of N consecutive letters of the search words, where N is an integer, and the sequence of letters starting from the first, second, third to (M - N) th position of the Search word is selected, where M is the letter length of a search word.