Browser Thumbnail Start Page for Quick Web Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current web browsers are inefficient for frequent access to multiple frequently visited websites, requiring users to navigate through hierarchical bookmark lists or manually enter URLs, which is cumbersome and time-consuming.
Innovation Solution
A user interface that represents frequently accessed web pages as thumbnails in a browser window, allowing easy selection and access through mouse clicks or keystroke combinations, with the ability to associate URIs with these thumbnails for quick retrieval and display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If users navigate through hierarchical bookmark lists or manually enter URLs to access frequently visited websites, then they can reach the desired resources, but the process becomes cumbersome and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the bookmark system by creating a separate start page with frequently visited sites, distinct from the main hierarchical bookmark structure. This segmentation allows users to access frequently visited sites through a dedicated, simplified interface rather than navigating the entire bookmark hierarchy, thereby reducing access time while maintaining organizational structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a new dimensional approach by displaying frequently visited sites as visual thumbnails arranged in a grid layout on the start page. This visual dimension complements the traditional text-based URL and hierarchical navigation, providing an intuitive, picture-based access method that significantly speeds up site selection and reduces manual input requirements.
2Productivity
If a single home page is provided as the start page, then the browser startup is simple, but users cannot quickly access multiple frequently visited sites without additional navigation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the start page multi-functional by integrating both a single home page link and multiple frequently visited site thumbnails into one interface. This allows the start page to serve dual purposes: providing a default home page while simultaneously offering quick access to multiple frequently visited sites, thereby enhancing browsing efficiency without requiring separate interfaces.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces dynamics by allowing users to customize the start page according to their needs. Users can select which sites to display as thumbnails, adjust the number of sites shown, and choose between different display configurations. This dynamic customization capability enables the start page structure to adapt to individual user preferences and usage patterns while maintaining operational simplicity.
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is directed toward a computer implemented method and device for providing a user with easy access to a plurality of frequently accessed resources. The invention provides a user agent (e.g., web browser) in which certain data resources (e.g., web pages) are displayed as thumbnail images within particular locations of a window. A user invocable instruction (e.g., mouse click or a particular keystroke combination) may be associated with each of the thumbnail images or locations in the window. Accordingly, the user may access a desired data resource by performing the user invocable instruction associated with the corresponding thumbnail image or location.