Method and system for sending webpage content with browser bookmark uniform resource locator

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10019528-B2
Application number	US-201414458089-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	Mar 6, 2013
Publication date	Jul 10, 2018
Grant date	Jul 10, 2018

Abstract

Exemplary embodiments relate to a field of network information technology. Described are a method and a system for sending webpage content of browser bookmark uniform resource locator (URL). The method includes the following steps: receiving browser bookmark URL information sent from a client, the browser bookmark URL information comprising a browser bookmark URL and a message indicating whether the client starts a function of webpage content offline downloading; determining whether a function of webpage content offline downloading of the client is started according to the prompting message; when the function of webpage content offline downloading of the client is client is started, extracting key webpage content of the webpage corresponding to the browser book mark URL; and sending the key webpage content to the client. The exemplary embodiments of present disclosure can save network traffic and improve a reading efficiency of the webpage corresponding to the bookmark URL.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for sending webpage content of browser bookmark uniform resource locator (URL), comprising:
logging in, by a local browser application on a client of a user, a user to a favorites folder of the local browser application, wherein the favorites folder stores a bookmark favorited by the user;
triggering, by the local browser application, a browser bookmark URL synchronization function for synchronizing the bookmark with a cloud server after the user logins the favorites folder, wherein information being synchronized by the browser bookmark URL synchronization function includes a browser bookmark URL of the bookmark, and excludes content of a webpage corresponding to the bookmark;
receiving, by the cloud server, browser bookmark URL information, the browser bookmark URL information comprising the browser bookmark URL of the bookmark and a prompting message indicating whether a function of webpage content offline downloading is activated in the client;
determining whether the function of webpage content offline downloading of the client is activated according to the prompting message;
in response to determining that the prompting message indicates the function of webpage content offline downloading is activated, extracting, by the cloud server, key webpage content of the webpage corresponding to the bookmark; and sending, by the cloud server, the key webpage content corresponding to the bookmark to the client; and
in response to determining that the prompting message indicates the function of webpage content offline downloading is not activated, storing, by the cloud server, the browser bookmark URL of the bookmark to a bookmark database without extracting the key webpage content of the webpage corresponding to the bookmark.

2. The method according to claim 1 , before the step of sending the key webpage content to the client, the method further comprising:
typesetting the key webpage content.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the key webpage content comprises the following information:
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of forum, the key webpage content of the webpage is theme and posts of the webpage of forum;
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of e-commerce production, the key webpage content of the webpage are parameters of production of the webpage of e-commerce production;
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of article, the key webpage content of the webpage is title of the article and the text of the article;
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of video, the key webpage content of the webpage is video content of the webpage of the video.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the browser bookmark URL information further comprises device type information of the client and network environment information of the client.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the step of sending the key webpage content to the client comprises:
determining a device type of the client according to the device type information of client; when the device type of the client is determined to be a fixed device, sending the key webpage content to the client.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:
when the device type of the client is determined to be a mobile device, determining whether the client is in a connectable wireless network environment according to the network environment information of the client; when the client is determined to be in the connectable wireless network environment, sending the key webpage content to the client.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:
when the client is determined to be in the connectable wireless network environment, sending a notification message to the client; the notification message prompting whether downloading the webpage content is allowable; and
sending the key webpage content to the client, when receiving a response message from the client from the client.

8. A method for sending webpage content of browser bookmark uniform resource locator (URL), comprising:
receiving, by a cloud server, browser bookmark URL information sent from a local browser application on a client of a user, after the browser application logs in a user to a favorites folder of the browser application and triggers a browser bookmark URL synchronization function for synchronizing a bookmark stored in the favorites folder with the cloud server, the browser bookmark URL information comprising a browser bookmark URL of the bookmark and a prompting message indicating whether a function of webpage content offline downloading is activated in the client, wherein information being synchronized by the browser bookmark URL synchronization function includes the browser bookmark URL of the bookmark, and excludes content of a webpage corresponding to the bookmark;
extracting, by the cloud server, key webpage content of the webpage corresponding to the bookmark; and
after extracting the key webpage content, determining whether the function of webpage content offline downloading of the client is activated according to the prompting message;
in response to determining that the prompting message indicates the function of webpage content offline downloading is activated, sending, by the cloud server, the key webpage content corresponding to the bookmark to the client,
wherein in response to determining that the prompting message indicates the function of webpage content offline downloading is not activated, the cloud server does not send the key webpage content of the webpage corresponding to the bookmark to the client.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the key webpage content comprises the following information:
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of forum, the key webpage content of the webpage is theme and posts of the webpage of forum;
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of e-commerce production, the key webpage content of the webpage are parameters of production of the webpage of e-commerce production;
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of article, the key webpage content of the webpage is title of the article and the text of the article;
when the webpage corresponding to the browser bookmark URL is a webpage of video, the key webpage content of the webpage is video content of the webpage of the video.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the step of sending the key webpage content to the client comprises:
determining a device type of the client according to a device type information of client; when the device type of the client is determined to be a fixed device, sending the key webpage content to the client.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:
when the device type of the client is determined to be a mobile device, determining whether the client is in a connectable wireless network environment according to the network environment information of the client; when the client is determined to be in the connectable wireless network environment, sending the key webpage content to the client.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:
when the client is determined to be in the connectable wireless network environment, sending a notification message to the client; the notification message prompting whether downloading the webpage content is allowable; and
sending the key webpage content to the client, when receiving a response message from the client.

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Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lin Xiaodan

Classifications

• H04L67/2895

  Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies · CPC title

• G06F16/9562 Primary

  Bookmark management · CPC title

• G06F16/955

  using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL] · CPC title

• G06F16/9574

  of access to content, e.g. by caching · CPC title

• H04L67/1097 Primary

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title