Method and apparatus for extracting web page content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9934206-B2
Application number	US-201414341446-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 25, 2014
Priority date	Mar 27, 2013
Publication date	Apr 3, 2018
Grant date	Apr 3, 2018

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for extracting web page content are provided herein. An exemplary method can be implemented by a mobile terminal. A request command to open a first web page can be received. Whether a source code contains text content tags can be determined. When the source code corresponding to the first web page contains the text content tags, text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags can be extracted by a reader. When the source code does not contain the text content tags, a start position and an end position to indicate the text content of the first web page can be identified in the source code. The text content tags can be respectively added after the start position and before the end position. The text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags can then be extracted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for extracting web page content, implemented by a mobile terminal, comprising:
receiving a request command to open a first web page;
determining whether a source code corresponding to the first web page contains text content tags; and
when the source code corresponding to the first web page is determined to contain the text content tags: extracting text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags by a reader; or
when the source code corresponding to the first web page is determined not to contain the text content tags:
identifying in the source code a start position and an end position to indicate the text content of the first web page;
respectively adding the text content tags after the start position and before the end position; and
extracting the text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags,

wherein, the method further comprises:
before extracting the text content of the first web page, extracting a title of the text content of the first webpage; and
simultaneously displaying the title and a reader button in a browser address bar of the first webpage, wherein the text content of the first web page is extracted in response to the reader button being triggered.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the text content tags include article tags.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the determining of whether the source code corresponding to the first web page contains the text content tags includes:
obtaining the source code corresponding to the first web page, when receiving the request command to open the first web page; and
determining, by a rendering engine of a browser installed in the mobile terminal, whether the source code contains the article tags.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the extracting of the text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags by the reader includes:
receiving request information to open the reader; and
opening the reader to extract the text content of the first web page enclosed within the article tags.

5. The method according to claim 4 , further including:
displaying the extracted text content of the first web page on a second web page, the second web page being different from the first web page.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the text content is displayed on a touch screen, the method further including:
when a last page of the text content is displayed, detecting a touch operation for continuously sliding the text content upward by a user; and
when the user is detected to be off from the touch screen, generating and displaying a first animation, the first animation including an animation bounced back from releasing of a continuous upward pulling of the last page of the text content.

7. The method according to claim 5 , wherein, after the displaying of the extracted text content of the first web page on the second web page, the method further includes:
receiving a request command to return to the reader; and
closing the second web page.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein:
the displaying of the extracted text content of the first web page on the second web page includes sliding upward the second web page displaying the text content of the first web page; and
the closing of the second web page includes sliding the second web page downward into the first web page.

9. An apparatus for extracting web page content, comprising: a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
when a request command to open a first web page is received, determine whether a source code corresponding to the first web page contains text content tags; and
when the source code corresponding to the first web page is determined to contain the text content tags:
extract text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags by a reader; or

when the source code corresponding to the first web page is determined not to contain the text content tags:
identify a start position and an end position to indicate the text content of the first web page in the source code;
respectively add the text content tags after the start position and before the end position; and
extract the text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags,

wherein the processor is further configured to:
before extracting the text content of the first web page, extract a title of the text content of the first webpage; and
simultaneously display the title and a reader button in a browser address bar of the first webpage, wherein the text content of the first web page is extracted in response to the reader button being triggered.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the text content tags include article tags.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
obtain the source code corresponding to the first web page, when the request command to open the first web page is received; and
determine, by a rendering engine of a browser installed in the mobile terminal, whether the source code contains the text content tags.

12. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive request information to open the reader; and
open the reader to extract the text content of the first web page enclosed within the text content tags.

13. The system according to claim 12 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
display the extracted text content of the first web page on a second web page, the second web page being different from the first web page.

14. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the text content is displayed on a touch screen, and the processor is further configured to:
detect a touch operation for continuously sliding the text content upward by a user, when a last page of the text content is displayed; and
when the user is detected to be off from the touch screen, generate a first animation for displaying, the first animation including an animation bounced back from releasing of a continuous upward pulling of the last page of the text content,
display the first animation.

15. The system according to claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive a request command to return to the reader; and
close the second web page.

16. The system according to claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
slide upward the second web page displaying the text content of the first web page; and
slide the second web page downward into the first web page.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein simultaneously displaying the title and the reader button in the browser address bar further comprising:
displaying, in a first space of the browser address bar, a preset number of characters in the title; and
displaying, in a remaining space of the browser address bar, the reader button.

18. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
when the title is being extracted, obtaining a title tag reference of the first webpage using a document object in an html specification; and
calling an innerHTML method of the title tag to obtain the title of the text content of the first webpage.

19. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
locally saving a standard html page as a reader template page in a browser, a structure of the reader template page including a title portion and a text content portion; and
after the title and the text content are

Assignees

• Tencent Tech Shenzhen Co Ltd

Inventors

• Tang Tingyong
• Liu Yulei
• Li Wei
• Wang Xi
• Hu Bo
• Zhang Kai
• He Bosen
• Huang Ying
• Yang Huijiao
• Xie Zhengkai
• Wang Zhipei
• Feng Cheng
• Liu Sirui

Classifications

• G06F16/9577

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F40/134

  Hyperlinking · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F3/0488

  using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures · CPC title