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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2011
Filed:
May. 05, 2004
Natasa Milic-frayling, Cambridge, GB;
Samuel Gavin Smyth, Huntingdon, GB;
Kerry Rodden, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rachel Jones, Cambridge, GB;
Alan Frank Blackwell, Cambridge, GB;
Natasa Milic-Frayling, Cambridge, GB;
Samuel Gavin Smyth, Huntingdon, GB;
Kerry Rodden, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Rachel Jones, Cambridge, GB;
Alan Frank Blackwell, Cambridge, GB;
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method includes storing one or more resource identifiers identifying one or more associated resources visited using a browser application, and presenting the resource identifiers in an order designated by one of a plurality of history presentation settings and resource navigation context specifications. The history presentation setting and navigation context can be selected by a user. Exemplary history presentation settings include chronological and domain-name grouped. Exemplary navigation context includes resource identifier, such as name, URI, or domain of the currently viewed resource. The method may further include presenting a thumbnail when a pointer icon is positioned over one of the resource identifiers. A system includes a navigation event capture module storing resource identifiers identifying associated visited resources in a navigation history and an overview module ordering the resource identifiers in an order designated by one of a plurality of history presentation settings and resource navigation context specifications.