HK1140273B - Method for customizing navigation page in local site, system and browser thereof - Google Patents

Description

Method, system and browser for customizing navigation page locally

Technical Field

The invention relates to a navigation page setting technology, in particular to a method, a system and a browser for customizing a navigation page locally.

Background

Browsing information on the internet has become more and more popular, and in order to achieve quick access to some commonly used websites, a user is usually provided with a page containing commonly used website links, so that the user does not need to input a website address in an address bar of a browser every time the user accesses the commonly used website, but only needs to click the website links in the page, and the page is called a navigation page. Currently, there are several methods for providing navigation pages:

the first, mainstream browser supports tab setting. Taking an IE browser as an example, after a user starts the IE browser and opens a common website, a 'favorite' menu is opened, a 'add to favorite' submenu is selected, a label setting interface is popped up, after the user inputs the name of the currently opened website in the interface and determines, the website address of the currently opened website is stored in a hard disk of a user computer in a file form, the input name is displayed in a pull-down list of the 'favorite' menu, when the user wants to open the website again next time, the 'favorite' menu can be opened, the name displayed in the pull-down list is clicked, and the 'favorite' menu is equivalent to a navigation page;

secondly, a plurality of navigation websites provide a great amount of commonly used website links for a user, and the user needs to open the navigation website first to see the provided navigation pages;

third, some specific websites provide navigation page customization services for users. Taking website a as an example, a server of website a acquires file data corresponding to a user's favorite menu to acquire the most visited websites of a user in a period of time, and then generates an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document and an Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) document according to the acquired data to generate a homepage component, and then sends the homepage component to the user.

In the first method, the user needs to click the favorite menu and select a name from the pull-down list each time the browser is started, and there is no visual and available convenience, and the information of each website is saved in the form of a file, which causes huge file amount and difficult data management.

For the second method, the navigation website is faced by all users accessing the internet, so the collected website links are very complicated, and the users cannot add or modify the navigation page according to personal preferences, i.e. cannot customize the navigation page.

For the third method, because the website server providing the customized service needs to acquire the data corresponding to the favorite menu of the user, some private data may be leaked, and in addition, the website server needs to adopt a complex encoding process and interact data with the computer on the user side, so that the response speed is slow.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention provides a method for customizing a navigation page locally, which can customize the navigation page meeting the requirements of a user locally, and the data corresponding to the navigation page is simple to store and easy to manage.

The invention provides a system for customizing a navigation page locally, which can customize the navigation page meeting the requirements of a user locally, and the data corresponding to the navigation page is simple to store and easy to manage.

The invention provides a browsing device, which can locally customize a navigation page meeting the requirements of a user, and the data corresponding to the navigation page is simple to store and easy to manage.

The technical scheme of the invention is realized as follows:

a method for customizing a navigation page locally is characterized in that a template containing navigation page attribute options is generated, and a source document containing default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions is generated; the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document;

acquiring website information input by a user and writing the website information into a website information filling position of a source document;

saving the updated source document;

and displaying a navigation page containing the customized navigation page attribute and the website link corresponding to the website information according to the updated source document.

A system for customizing a navigation page locally, comprising:

the preprocessing module is used for generating a template containing navigation page attribute options and generating a source document of default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions;

the updating module is used for acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document; acquiring website information input by a user and writing the website information into a website information filling position of a source document;

the storage module is used for storing the template and the source document generated by the preprocessing module and storing the source document updated by the updating module;

and the display module is used for displaying the navigation page containing the customized navigation page attribute and the website connection corresponding to the website information according to the updated source document.

A browsing device comprises the system for customizing the navigation page locally.

Therefore, the method, the system and the browsing device provided by the invention have the following advantages:

1. the user can freely customize the combination of different navigation page attributes according to the navigation page attribute options in the preset template and in combination with personal requirements, so that the navigation page is more personalized and closer to the requirements of the user;

2. no matter how many websites the website information input by the user corresponds to, the information is stored in one source document, so that the number of files to be stored is small, the data storage is simple, and the management is easy;

3. in the generation process of the navigation page, all processing is completely carried out locally, interaction with a remote server is not needed, personal privacy is guaranteed, and response speed is high.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a flow chart of a method of locally customizing a navigation page in accordance with the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a flow chart of a method for locally customizing a navigation page in an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a schematic illustration of a navigation page formed based on the process illustrated in FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart illustrating the addition of new website information to a customized navigation page in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic illustration of a navigation page formed based on the process illustrated in FIG. 4;

FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of a navigation page with links added for displaying more content;

FIG. 7 is a flowchart of deleting or modifying website information in a customized navigation page in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating dragging a website link in a customized navigation page according to an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for customizing a navigation page locally according to the present invention.

Detailed Description

To make the objects and advantages of the present invention clearer, the present invention will be described in further detail with reference to the accompanying drawings and examples.

First, several terms to be used later are briefly introduced.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is a Markup Language designed for web page creation and other information that can be viewed in a web browser.

Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) is a tool for designing pull-down menus in web pages.

The Javascript is a description language, and can be embedded in the HTML document, and can respond to the user's request event through the Javascript without any network transmission data, so that when a user inputs data using the local terminal, the data can be directly processed by the application software in the local terminal without interaction with a remote server.

In conjunction with the three languages or tools described above, a browser can display a source document based on the XTML specification, which when different content in the source document, will display different pages; the browser may also display various menus based on the CSS attributes; further, the browser can provide a pop-up interactive interface for a user on the local terminal based on the Javascript and receive data input by the user through the interactive interface.

Next, the method and the embodiment thereof provided by the present invention are described in detail.

Fig. 1 is a flowchart of a method for customizing a navigation page locally according to the present invention, wherein a template including navigation page attribute options is generated in advance before the process starts, and a source document including default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions is also generated. The pre-generation here includes the following cases:

1) if the steps in the method of the invention are integrated in the browser as additional functions, the template and the source document can be generated when the user starts the browser for the first time after installing the browser;

2) if the steps described in the method of the present invention are a plug-in independent of a browser, the template and the source document may be generated when the plug-in is installed or when a user starts the plug-in for the first time after the plug-in is installed;

3) for both cases 1) and 2) above, new templates and source documents may also be generated when the browser or plug-in is upgraded.

The three cases listed above are only specific examples of generating the template and source document described above.

The process shown in FIG. 1 comprises:

step 101: and acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template, and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document.

Step 102: and acquiring the website information input by the user and writing the website information into the website information filling position of the source document.

In the above steps 101 and 102, if the user is customizing for the first time, the source document refers to a pre-generated source document; if the user is not the first customization, the source document refers to the source document that the user formed after the last customization.

Step 103: and saving the updated source document.

The saving in this step means overwriting the currently saved source document with the updated source document. The saving described in the following of the present invention also refers to overwriting a currently saved source document with an updated source document.

Step 104: and displaying a navigation page containing the customized navigation page attribute and the website link corresponding to the website information according to the updated source document.

Therefore, the method provided by the invention has the following advantages:

1. the user can freely customize the combination of different navigation page attributes according to the navigation page attribute options in the preset template and in combination with personal requirements, so that the navigation page is more personalized and closer to the requirements of the user;

2. no matter how many websites the website information input by the user corresponds to, the information is stored in one source document, so that the number of files to be stored is small, the data storage is simple, and the management is easy;

3. in the generation process of the navigation page, all processing is completely carried out locally, interaction with a remote server is not needed, personal privacy is guaranteed, and response speed is high.

Specific examples of the method provided by the present invention are given below. In this embodiment, it is assumed that the steps in the method of the present invention are integrated as additional functions in a browser, and when a user starts the browser for the first time, a template and a source document are generated in two steps, which specifically include the following steps:

1) and generating a template containing the navigation page display effect attribute options and the navigation page display grouping attribute options.

In this step, the navigation page display effect attribute options include: the font, font size, color, background and the like of the navigation page display. The navigation page display grouping attributes include: the number of groups displayed by the navigation page and the name of each group.

Determining that the navigation page can be divided into several groups, firstly acquiring the size of a display screen of the local equipment through Javascript, wherein the acquisition process is a conventional method; then, the navigation page is divided into several groups, such as two groups, four groups, etc., according to the acquired size.

2) And generating a source document containing default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions.

In this step, a source document is generated using the HTML specification, an example of the source document is as follows, and it is assumed that default navigation page attributes include: the navigation page has no background and color, and the font is Song style and not grouped. The syntax format in this example is common knowledge and will not be described further here.

<HTML>

<HEAD>

< title > My first Page </title >

V. Add navigation Page Attribute based on template

</HEAD>

<BODY>

V. adding website information here +

</BODY>

</HTML>

Fig. 2 is a flowchart of a method for customizing a navigation page locally according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the process takes a user to customize a navigation page for the first time as an example, and includes:

step 201: and acquiring the attributes of the navigation page customized by the user according to the options in the template.

In this step, when the user sends an instruction for customizing the attributes of the navigation page through a menu of a browser or through a shortcut (right mouse button), an interactive interface containing options of the attributes of the navigation page is popped up according to a pre-generated template, and the attributes of the navigation page customized by the user can be obtained after the user selects some options.

In subsequent use, the user can re-customize the display attribute of the navigation page at any time according to the requirement, such as changing the font, background and the like of the navigation page.

Step 202: the default navigation page attributes in the source document are updated with the customized navigation page attributes.

In this step, assuming that the user customizes the background of the navigation page, the font is sons, the navigation page is divided into four groups, the names of the groups are "news", "military", "technical", and "sports", respectively, and the source document after updating the default navigation page attributes is as follows:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

< title > My first Page </title >

V. here add customized navigation page display effect attribute based on template +

</HEAD>

<BODY>

<DIV style＝″position:absolute；left：0px；top：0px；width：50px；height：50px；″>

< p > News (here, the name of the packet) </p >

V. website information under the packet +

</DIV>

<DIV style＝″position:absolute；left：50px；top：0px；width：50px；height：50px；″>

< p > military (here the name of the group) </p >

V. website information under the packet +

</DIV>

<DIV style＝″position:absolute；left：0px；top：50px；width：50px；height：50px；″>

< p > technique (here the name of the packet) </p >

V. website information under the packet +

</DIV>

<DIV style＝″position:absolute；left：50px；top：50px；width：50px；height：50px；″>

< p > sports (here the name of the group) </p >

V. website information under the packet +

</DIV>

</BODY>

</HTML>

The packets in the source document described above are implemented by the DIV tags of the HTML specification.

Step 203: and acquiring the website address, the website name and the belonged group input by the user.

In this step, when the user sends an instruction to input the website address, the website name and the belonging group through a browser menu or through a shortcut (right mouse button), an interactive interface including a website address input box, a website name input box and a belonging group input box is popped up, and the input website address, the website name and the belonging group can be obtained after the user finishes inputting.

Step 204: and converting the acquired website address and the website name into character strings, and writing the character strings into website information filling positions in the group to which the source document belongs.

In this step, assume that the user inputs the URL aswww.123.comIf the input website name is AAAA, the generated character string is "<a href＝“http://www.123.com”>AAAA</a>", the website information written in the" news "packet fills out the location.

Step 205: and saving the updated source document.

Step 206: and displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document.

In the step, after a user sends a refreshing instruction through a refreshing button on the browser, the navigation page can be displayed according to the updated source document; or, the user does not need to send a refreshing instruction, the updated source document is automatically refreshed after being stored, and the navigation page is displayed according to the updated source document.

According to steps 201 to 206, fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a navigation page formed based on the application scenario in the process, in the navigation page, the website link is the name of the website, which is more convenient for the user to select, and certainly in other application scenarios, the website link may also be directly set as the website.

Based on the flow shown in fig. 2, the user may need to add a new commonly used website further according to the change of the usage situation.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating adding a new website to a customized navigation page according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the flowchart includes:

step 401: and acquiring the website information input by the user and the group to which the website information belongs.

In this step, when the user sends an instruction to input the website address, the website name and the belonging group through a browser menu or through a shortcut (right mouse button), an interactive interface including a website address input box, a website name input box and a belonging group input box is popped up, and the input website address, the website name and the belonging group can be obtained after the user finishes inputting.

Step 402: and writing the acquired website information into the website information filling position in the corresponding group of the source document.

Step 403: and saving the updated source document.

Step 404: and displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document.

Suppose that the user further adds a common website to the sports group based on the website shown in FIG. 3, the website name of the common website is BBBB, and the website address is BBBBwww.456.comThen the navigation page after completing the addition according to steps 401 to 404 is shown in fig. 5.

For a special case, as the user continuously adds new websites, that is, the user inputs a plurality of websites in a group, so that the display area of the group in the navigation page cannot completely display all websites at once, the method may further include the following steps before step 402:

step 401 a: and judging whether the written content in the website information filling position in the packet exceeds the display area of the packet, if so, executing the step 401b, otherwise, directly executing the step 402.

Step 401 b: a link for displaying more content is generated within the grouped display area in the navigation page and step 402 is then performed.

In this step, the link for displaying more contents may be a function button, as shown in fig. 6, a "more" button is generated in the "news" packet, and a function is defined for the button to display more contents. When the user clicks the "more" button, the content not currently displayed in the "news" packet is read from the source document, a temporary XTML file is generated and stored in memory, and then a new page is generated to display the part of the content not displayed.

If the user has too many websites in a certain packet to be displayed completely when the user customizes the navigation page for the first time, the contents described in 401a and 401b above can also be used between step 203 and step 204 of the flow shown in fig. 2.

Based on the flow shown in fig. 2, the user may need to delete or modify some websites that have been added according to the change of the usage.

Fig. 7 is a flowchart of deleting or modifying a website in a customized navigation page according to an embodiment of the present invention, where the flowchart includes:

step 701: and determining the website link to be deleted or modified selected by the user on the navigation page.

In this step, if the user directly clicks the right mouse button on the website link to be deleted or modified to send the deletion or modification instruction, the website link to be deleted or modified by the user can be directly obtained.

Assuming that a user sends a deleting or modifying instruction through a menu in a browser, after the user selects a deleting or modifying option from the menu, an interactive interface comprising a list of all current website links pops up, the user can mark a website link to be deleted or modified on the interface and send the deleting or modifying instruction, and at the moment, the website link to be deleted or modified can be obtained.

Step 702: and reading the stored source document, and searching website information corresponding to the website link acquired in the step 701.

Step 703: and deleting the searched website information, or modifying the searched website information according to modification information input by a user.

In this step, if the user sends a delete instruction, the found website information is directly deleted from the source document, if the user sends a modify instruction, an interactive interface including the website address, the website name and the group to which the website address corresponds to the found website link is popped up, the modify information input by the user is obtained through the interface, and the modify information is converted into a character string and stored in the source document.

Step 704: and saving the updated source document.

Step 705: and displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document.

For the modification in the flow, sometimes the user may need to transfer a certain website from the current group to another group, which may be implemented by the above steps 701 to 705, but may also be implemented by a simpler method, where fig. 8 is a flow chart of dragging a website link in a customized navigation page, where the flow chart includes:

step 801: and determining the website link to be dragged and the group thereof selected by the user on the navigation page.

Step 802: and determining the group of the selected website links after the user drags the selected website links on the navigation page.

In the above steps 801 to 802, the user selects a website link to be dragged by the left mouse button, and executes the dragging, and releases the left mouse button after the dragging is completed.

Step 803: and in the currently stored source document, writing the website information corresponding to the selected website link into the website information filling position corresponding to the group in which the selected website link is dragged.

Step 804: and in the currently stored source document, deleting the website information corresponding to the selected website connection from the website information filling position corresponding to the group in which the selected website connection is dragged.

Step 805: and saving the updated source document.

Step 806: and displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document.

Finally, the system for customizing navigation pages locally provided by the invention is described in detail.

FIG. 9 is a schematic structural diagram of a system for locally customizing a navigation page according to the present invention, which includes: the device comprises a preprocessing module, an updating module, a storing module and a display module.

The preprocessing module is used for generating a template containing the navigation page attribute options and generating a source document of default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions. Before generating the template and the source document, the preprocessing module can further acquire the size of the display screen of the device, and the number of the groups in the display area of the navigation page can be determined according to the size.

The updating module is used for acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document; and acquiring the website information input by the user and writing the website information into the website information filling position of the source document.

The storage module is configured to store the template and the source document generated by the preprocessing module, and store the source document updated by the updating module. When the saving module performs saving, the source document generated by the source document coverage preprocessing module updated by the updating module can be saved according to the condition that a user customizes the navigation page for the first time, and the source document updated by the updating module can be saved according to the condition that the user does not customize the navigation page for the first time.

And the display module is used for displaying the navigation page containing the customized navigation page attribute and the website link corresponding to the website information according to the updated source document. Before the display, the display module can execute the refresh according to the refresh command input by the user, and can also automatically refresh.

Displaying each website link in groups on a navigation page customized for a user, wherein the updating module comprises: a first update unit and a second update unit.

The first updating unit is used for acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document.

The second updating unit is used for the website information input by the user and further acquiring the group to which the website information input by the user belongs; and generating a character string according to the input website and the website name, and writing in a website information filling position corresponding to the input website and the website name belonging to the group.

If the display area of a certain group on the navigation page is full, the update module needs to generate a link for displaying more contents, and for this purpose, the update module further includes: the judging unit is used for judging whether a display area of a group to which the newly input website information belongs on the navigation page is full, if so, generating a link for displaying more contents in the display area, and then triggering the second updating unit to execute operation; otherwise, the second updating unit is directly triggered to execute the operation.

In order to enable the user to modify or delete the customized website link after customizing the navigation page, the second updating unit is further configured to determine the website link to be deleted or modified selected by the user on the navigation page; and searching the website information corresponding to the website link in the source document, and deleting the searched website information or modifying the searched website information according to modification information input by a user.

In order to realize that the customized website links can be transferred from the current group to other groups after the user customizes the navigation page, the second updating unit is further used for determining the website links to be dragged and the groups thereof selected on the navigation page by the user; determining the group of the selected website links after the user drags the selected website links on the navigation page; in the currently stored source document, writing the website information corresponding to the selected website link into the website information filling position corresponding to the group in which the selected website link is dragged; and in the currently stored source document, deleting the website information corresponding to the selected website connection from the website information filling position corresponding to the group in which the selected website connection is dragged.

The system provided by the invention works according to the method provided by the invention, and details of working steps are not described herein.

The system provided by the invention can be integrated in the browser, so that the browser integrated with the system can locally customize the navigation page meeting the requirements of the user, and the data corresponding to the navigation page is simple to store and easy to manage.

In summary, the above description is only a preferred embodiment of the present invention, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present invention. Any modification, equivalent replacement, or improvement made within the spirit and principle of the present invention should be included in the protection scope of the present invention.

Claims (12)

1. A method for customizing a navigation page locally is characterized in that a template containing navigation page attribute options is generated, and a source document containing default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions is generated; the method further comprises the following steps:

acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document;

acquiring website information input by a user and writing the website information into a website information filling position of a source document;

saving the updated source document;

and displaying a navigation page containing the customized navigation page attribute and the website link corresponding to the website information according to the updated source document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the navigation page property options comprise: displaying effect attribute options of the navigation page, wherein the effect attribute options comprise fonts, font sizes, backgrounds and colors displayed by the navigation page; and a navigation page display grouping attribute option including the number of groupings displayed by the navigation page and the name of each grouping.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the website information comprises: a web address and a corresponding web site name; when the website information input by the user is obtained, the affiliated group of the website information input by the user is further obtained;

the website information filling positions written into the source document are as follows: and generating a character string according to the input website and the website name, and writing in a website information filling position corresponding to the input website and the website name belonging to the group.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein after said obtaining of the website information newly input by the user and said grouping thereof, and before said writing into the currently saved source document, further comprises:

and judging whether a display area of a group to which the newly input website information belongs on the navigation page is full, if so, generating a link for displaying more contents in the display area, and then executing the step of writing into the currently saved source document, otherwise, directly executing the step of writing into the currently saved source document.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein after displaying the navigation page in accordance with the updated source document, further comprising:

determining a website link to be deleted or modified selected by a user on a navigation page;

searching website information corresponding to the website link in the source document, and deleting the searched website information or modifying the searched website information according to modification information input by a user;

saving the updated source document;

and displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein after displaying the navigation page in accordance with the updated source document, further comprising:

determining website links to be dragged and groups thereof selected by a user on a navigation page;

determining the group of the selected website links after the user drags the selected website links on the navigation page;

in the currently stored source document, writing the website information corresponding to the selected website link into the website information filling position corresponding to the group in which the selected website link is dragged;

in the currently stored source document, deleting the website information corresponding to the selected website link from the website information filling position corresponding to the group in which the selected website link is dragged;

saving the updated source document;

and displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein prior to generating the template containing the navigation page property options, further comprising: and acquiring the size of the display screen of the equipment, and determining the number of the groups in the display area of the navigation page according to the size.

8. The method of any of claims 1 to 7, wherein prior to displaying the navigation page in accordance with the updated source document, further comprising: executing refreshing after receiving a refreshing command input by a user;

or, before displaying the navigation page according to the updated source document, further comprising: and (6) automatic refreshing.

9. A system for customizing a navigation page locally, the system comprising:

the preprocessing module is used for generating a template containing navigation page attribute options and generating a source document of default navigation page attributes and website information filling positions;

the updating module is used for acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document; acquiring website information input by a user and writing the website information into a website information filling position of a source document;

the storage module is used for storing the template and the source document generated by the preprocessing module and storing the source document updated by the updating module;

and the display module is used for displaying the navigation page containing the customized navigation page attribute and the website link corresponding to the website information according to the updated source document.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the update module comprises:

the first updating unit is used for acquiring the navigation page attribute customized by the user according to the options in the template and updating the navigation page attribute in the source document;

the second updating unit is used for acquiring the website information input by the user and further acquiring the group to which the website information input by the user belongs; and generating a character string according to the input website and the website name, and writing in a website information filling position corresponding to the input website and the website name belonging to the group.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the update module further comprises: the judging unit is used for judging whether a display area of a group to which the newly input website information belongs on the navigation page is full, if so, generating a link for displaying more contents in the display area, and then triggering the second updating unit to execute operation; otherwise, the second updating unit is directly triggered to execute the operation.

12. A browsing device comprising a system for locally customizing a navigation page according to any one of claims 9 to 11.