KR101994933B1 - Apparatus, method and computer program for providing Web Browser - Google Patents

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of providing a web browser including one or more tabs for displaying a web page, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a display request for a tab; Extracting a color for use in the at least one block based on a color of the background image of the new tab, allocating a recommended web page to be displayed in each of the at least one block to the at least one block, A new tab editing step of assigning a new color; And providing a new tab for displaying information of the recommended recommended web page in each of the one or more blocks listed in the recommendation area displayed on the background image.

Description

[0001] Apparatus, method and computer program for providing a web browser,

Embodiments of the present invention relate to a method, apparatus and computer program for providing a web browser.

Web browser (Web browser) is an application software that interoperates with HTML documents or files that communicate in a bidirectional manner on a web server. Web browsers are also one of the typical HTTP user agents.

Although the initial web browser provided only the basic functions described above, according to the development of the technology, the web browser has recently provided a bookmark function, a cache function, and various media support functions through a plug-in. In addition, functions such as automatic completion of URL and form data, tab browsing function, and advertisement blocking function are provided for convenience of users and improving accessibility.

Among them, the tabbed browsing function means that a plurality of tabs can be created in one web browser and browse through each tab. According to the tab browsing function, it is possible to access a plurality of web pages from one web browser window, and the troubles of browsing and opening a plurality of windows of a conventional web browser are eliminated.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a web browser providing method, apparatus, and computer program for providing information of a recommended web page.

Embodiments of the present invention provide a web browser providing method, apparatus, and computer program capable of providing a new tab capable of providing information to a user, as well as general tabs for browsing a web page do.

One embodiment of the present invention provides a method of providing a web browser including one or more tabs for displaying a web page, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a display request for a tab; Extracting a color for use in the at least one block based on a color of a background image of the new tap, and assigning the extracted color to a recommended web page to be displayed in each block for each of the at least one block, ; And providing a new tab for displaying the recommendation area on the background image, the recommendation area including the assigned color and the one or more blocks displaying information on the recommended recommended web page. do.

In the present embodiment, the new tab includes a plurality of blocks. In the editing of the new tab, a plurality of colors may be extracted, and one of the extracted colors may be assigned to each of the plurality of blocks.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of blocks include a first block and a second block, and the first block and the second block may be displayed in different colors.

In the present embodiment, the plurality of blocks include a first block and a second block, and the first block and the second block may be displayed at different sizes.

In the present embodiment, the new tab editing step may allocate the recommended web page to each block in consideration of the size of each of the plurality of blocks.

In the present embodiment, the new tab editing step may include selecting a plurality of recommended web pages by referring to a user's web page visit record, and setting the recommended web page as a size of the plurality of blocks Can be assigned to a large block.

In the present embodiment, the editing of the new tab may extract the colors in the order of the use frequency of the colors included in the background image of the new tab in the background image.

In the present embodiment, the new tab includes a plurality of blocks. In the new tab editing step, a plurality of colors are extracted, a plurality of recommended web pages are selected with reference to a user's web page visit record, Wherein a color of one of the plurality of recommended web pages and one of the plurality of colors is assigned to the recommended web page, .

In accordance with the resolution change of the web browser, at least one of the size of the recommended region, the number of blocks, the size of at least a portion of the blocks, and the arrangement of the blocks is updated and provided The method further comprising the steps of:

In the present embodiment, the renewing and providing step provides an animation for switching the display of the recommendation area, and the animation includes an animation for moving a block whose position has been changed within the recommended area, an animation for adjusting transparency of the block , And an animation that changes the size of the block.

After the providing step in the present embodiment, receiving a user input that manually changes the arrangement of the blocks; And storing an array of manually modified blocks according to the user input.

Another embodiment of the present invention discloses a computer program stored on a medium for performing the above-described method using a computer.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for providing a web browser including one or more tabs for displaying a web page, the apparatus including a recommendation area for listing one or more blocks displaying information of a recommended web page, a tab request receiving unit receiving a display request for tabs; A new tab editor for extracting a color for use in the at least one block based on a color of a background image of the new tab, and allocating a recommended web page to be displayed in each of the at least one block and the extracted color; And a New Tab providing apparatus displaying the recommended area listing the allocated color and the one or more blocks displaying the allocated recommended web page information on the background image.

Other aspects, features, and advantages will become apparent from the following drawings, claims, and detailed description of the invention. These general and specific aspects may be implemented by using a system, method, computer program, or any combination of systems, methods, and computer programs.

The web browser providing method, apparatus and computer program according to the embodiments of the present invention not only provide a basic web page inquiry function but also provide useful information to the user such as recommended web page information, Contributing.

The web browser providing method, apparatus, and computer program according to embodiments of the present invention provide a new tab that can provide information to a user and display information of a recommended web page on a background image of a new tab By using the colors extracted from the background image, a unified interface can be provided.

1 is a block diagram of a web browser providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a new tab editor 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a method of providing a web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is an example of a web browser displaying a new tab according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 to 8 are views for explaining an adaptive recommendation area according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is an example of a New Tab screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.
10 is another example of a New Tab screen according to an embodiment of the present invention.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The present invention is capable of various modifications and various embodiments, and specific embodiments are illustrated in the drawings and described in detail in the detailed description. The effects and features of the present invention and methods of achieving them will be apparent with reference to the embodiments described in detail below with reference to the drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described below, but may be implemented in various forms.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals refer to like or corresponding components throughout the drawings, and a duplicate description thereof will be omitted .

In the following embodiments, the terms first, second, and the like are used for the purpose of distinguishing one element from another element, not the limitative meaning. In the following examples, the singular forms "a", "an" and "the" include plural referents unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the following embodiments, terms such as inclusive or possessive are intended to mean that a feature, or element, described in the specification is present, and does not preclude the possibility that one or more other features or elements may be added. In the drawings, components may be exaggerated or reduced in size for convenience of explanation. For example, the size and thickness of each component shown in the drawings are arbitrarily shown for convenience of explanation, and thus the present invention is not necessarily limited to those shown in the drawings.

1 is a block diagram of a web browser providing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, a web browser providing apparatus 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a display control unit 110, a new tab providing unit 120, a memory 130, and an input / output unit 140. Each of the display control unit 110 and the new tab providing unit 120 may correspond to one or more processors or may include one or more processors. Or the display control unit 110 and the new tab providing unit 120 may be included together in one processor. Since the web browser providing apparatus 100 shown in FIG. 1 shows the components necessary for explaining the embodiments of the present invention, other general components other than the components shown in FIG. 1 may be further included have.

The web browser providing apparatus 100 provided according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a web browser as an application program for providing an interface for searching a web page in the Internet network. The web browser provided according to one embodiment of the present invention provides one or more tabs, each of which can display a web page.

The web browser provided in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention provides a new tab. Hereinafter, a new tab is an example of a default tab provided by the web browser providing apparatus 100 when a user starts a web browser or inputs a command to add a tab during execution of the web browser it means. The web page providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can provide a new tab according to the setting of the user. According to an example, the web page providing apparatus 100 provides a new tab for displaying a home web page set by the user. According to one example, the web page providing apparatus 100 provides a new tab including one or more blocks displaying information of a recommended web page. In this example, the new tab may provide one or more additional functions. The additional function may be one or more of functions that contribute to user convenience, such as a search function, a clock function, a calendar function, and a weather forecast function. Hereinafter, an example in which the web page providing apparatus 100 provides a new tab including information of one or more recommended pages will be described in detail.

The display control unit 110 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention controls overall display of the web browser.

The new tab providing unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention provides a new tab in response to a new tab request received from a user. The display control unit 110 displays the new tab provided by the new tab providing unit 120 on a display device connected to the web browser providing device 100 (e.g., a display unit of the terminal, a monitor of the PC, or the like).

The memory 130 stores data used by the web browser providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. For example, memory 130 may store web browser programs, user logs, user configuration information, and the like. The memory 130 may include magnetic storage media or flash storage media, but the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto.

The input / output unit 140 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be an apparatus including hardware and software necessary to transmit / receive data to / from an external device connected to the web browser providing apparatus 100 through a wired or wireless connection.

The new tab providing unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a new tab request receiving unit 121, a new tab editing unit 122, and a new tab output unit 123.

The newtap request receiving unit 121 according to an embodiment receives a user input inputted to the input / The user input may be a display request for a new tab that includes a recommendation area that lists one or more blocks that display information of a recommended web page. Such user input may be a dependent request included in the execution request of the web browser or a sole request generated in response to the tab addition request during execution of the web browser.

The new tab editor 122 according to an embodiment determines display elements of one or more blocks displayed in a recommended area included in a new tab to display information of a recommended web page. The display element may include, for example, the color assigned to each block, the recommended web page, and the array information of each block. On the other hand, the new tab has a background image. The new tab according to an embodiment displays a separate recommendation area for displaying the information of the recommended web page on the background image. One or more blocks are listed in the recommendation area of the new tab. Each block displays information on a recommended web page. The new tab editing unit 122 determines a recommended web page to be displayed in the recommended area and allocates a recommended web page to be displayed in each block for each of the one or more blocks. The new tab editing unit 122 extracts a color for use in a block listed in the recommended area based on the color of the background image of the new tab. The new tab editing unit 122 assigns the extracted colors to each block.

The new tab output unit 123 provides the display control unit 110 with a new tab including a recommended region displayed according to the display elements determined by the new tab editing unit 122. [ In detail, the new tab output section 123 provides a new tab that displays one or more blocks that are listed in the recommended region displayed on the background image. At this time, one or more blocks are displayed in a color assigned to each block and display information of a recommended web page allocated to each block. The display control unit 110 displays the new tab on the web browser displayed on the screen.

2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a new tab editor 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The new tab editor 122 shown in FIG. 2 shows only the components related to the present embodiment in order to prevent the features of the present embodiment from being blurred. Accordingly, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that other general-purpose components other than the components shown in FIG. 2 may be further included.

2, a new tab editing unit 122 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a block arrangement unit 21, a recommended web page allocation unit 22, a color extraction unit 23, and a color allocation unit 24, .

The block arrangement unit 21 according to an embodiment of the present invention determines an arrangement of one or more blocks. The block arrangement unit 21 according to an embodiment may determine the block arrangement according to any one of the one or more predetermined block arrangement patterns. According to one embodiment, the New Tab screen includes a recommendation area, the recommendation area lists a plurality of blocks, and the block arrangement part 21 determines an arrangement of a plurality of blocks. The block arrangement unit 21 can determine the number of blocks by considering the size of the recommended area, and determine the arrangement of the corresponding number of blocks. The block arrangement unit 21 determines the arrangement of the blocks so that a plurality of blocks can be all displayed in the recommended area.

The block arrangement unit 21 may arrange a plurality of blocks so that the overall outline of the plurality of blocks is aligned with the shape of the recommended area when the plurality of blocks are arranged adjacent to each other. For example, when the recommended region is a rectangle, the block arrangement unit 21 can determine the block arrangement so that the entire outline when a plurality of blocks are arranged is a rectangle.

The block arrangement unit 21 can determine an arrangement of a plurality of blocks having different sizes. The block arrangement unit 21 may determine the block arrangement so that the block arrangement unit 21 is located at the upper left of the block, but it is not limited thereto. Or the block arrangement section 21 can determine the block arrangement so as to display the largest block at a fixed position.

The block arrangement unit 21 may determine a block arrangement so as to arrange a predetermined number of blocks according to a preset method. That is, the block arrangement information in which the number of blocks, the size of each block, and the display position of each block are all set in advance by a user or an administrator and stored in the memory 130 or an external device, The block arrangement information to be displayed in the new tab can be determined by referring to the block arrangement information stored in the memory 130 or an external device.

The recommended web page allocation unit 22 according to an embodiment of the present invention determines a recommended web page. The information of the determined recommended web page is displayed in each block included in the recommended area. The recommended web page allocation unit 22 allocates the determined recommended web page to the block. The recommended web page allocation unit 22 can determine a recommended web page by referring to a recommended web page list stored in the memory 130. [ The recommended web page allocation unit 22 can determine a recommended web page by referring to the user visited record stored in the memory 130. [ The recommended web page allocating unit 22 may determine a recommended number of web pages as many as the number of blocks, but not limited thereto, and may determine a predetermined number of recommended web pages. Each block can briefly display the information of the recommended recommended web page.

The color extracting unit 23 extracts one or more colors for use in the block based on the color of the background image of the new tab according to an embodiment of the present invention. The background image of the new tab may be preset by the user or stored in the memory 130 by the web browser providing apparatus 100 or may be provided from an external server through a communication network. The background image of the new tab may be a single fixed image, or one image may be selected regularly or randomly within a plurality of image pools.

The color assigning unit 24 according to an embodiment of the present invention assigns the color extracted by the color extracting unit 23 to each block.

The new tab provided according to an embodiment of the present invention displays a block in a color included in a background image in displaying a block in a recommended area displayed so as to be superimposed on the background image, . In addition, when the user selects the background image, the recommended region can be displayed on the background image corresponding to the user's taste, thereby enhancing the satisfaction of the user. In addition, It is possible to increase the satisfaction of the user by one dimension and further provide a new tab of the personalized design.

According to one embodiment, the new tab includes a plurality of blocks, and a plurality of blocks are listed in the recommended area of the new tab. The color extracting unit 23 extracts a plurality of colors from the background image of the new tap, and the color assigning unit 24 assigns any one of the plurality of extracted colors to each of the plurality of blocks. Each of the plurality of blocks may be displayed in the same color or in different colors. Or only a part of the plurality of blocks may be displayed in the same color, and some may be displayed in different colors. For example, the plurality of blocks may include a first block and a second block, and the first block and the second block may be displayed in different colors.

According to one example, the color extracting unit 23 can extract a color having the highest frequency of use in the background image of the color contained in the background image by referring to the pixel value of the background image. The color extracting unit 23 can extract a plurality of colors in the order of use frequency in the background image of the color included in the background image. The color extracting unit 23 may extract a predetermined number of colors or extract a color corresponding to the number of blocks. For example, when the background image is a photograph of a white background and a sea, the color extracting unit 23 will extract a blue-based color and a brown-based color having high frequency of use in the background image. However, when the background image occupies 80% of the sea, a plurality of colors included in the blue series can be extracted without extracting the colors of the brown series.

According to another example, the color extracting unit 23 can classify the hues included in the background image into a plurality of clusters, and extract the representative hues of each cluster. According to this example, the color extracting unit 23 can effectively extract a significant color in the background image. For example, when the background image is a photograph of a white background and a sea, the color extracting unit 23 extracts the first cluster of the blue sequence and the second cluster of the brown sequence, and extracts the representative color of the first cluster and the second cluster Can be extracted. According to this, even if the background image occupies 80% of the sea, both the colors included in the blue series and the colors included in the brown series can be extracted.

According to one embodiment, the plurality of blocks may have different sizes. The recommended web page allocation unit 22 may allocate a recommended web page to each block in consideration of the size of each of the plurality of blocks in accordance with a preset rule. For example, the plurality of blocks may include a first block and a second block, and the first block and the second block may have different sizes.

For example, the recommended web page allocation unit 22 may determine a recommended web page by referring to a list of recommended web pages stored in the memory 130. [ In this example, the recommended web page allocation unit 22 allocates a recommended web page having a high priority to each block having a large size among the recommended web pages included in the list of recommended web pages, Accordingly, it is possible to assign a recommended web page to each block.

For example, the recommended web page allocation unit 22 may determine a recommended web page by referring to the user's web page visit history stored in the memory 130. [ In this example, the recommended web page allocating unit 22 allocates a recommended web page to each block according to the frequency of user visits of the recommended web page, .

The recommended web page allocating unit 22 allocates a recommended web page to each block according to predetermined rules as described above, and may set an exception according to the user setting. For example, when the user designates a first web page to be displayed in the block having the largest size, the recommended web page allocator 22 first allocates the first web page to the largest block, The remaining recommended web pages can be allocated to the remaining blocks. Alternatively, a recommended web page manually added by a user may be first allocated to a block having a higher priority among a plurality of blocks, and then a recommended web page selected by the recommended web page allocator 22 may be allocated to the remaining blocks have. A block having a high priority may be a block having a large size, but the present invention is not limited thereto. The priority of a block may be higher as the block is located on the left side and / or the upper side in the recommended area.

According to an exemplary embodiment, the recommended web page allocator 22 and the color assigner 24 may associate colors of respective blocks with the recommended web page allocated to each block. For example, after the recommended web page assigning unit 22 assigns a recommended web page to each of the plurality of blocks, the color assigning unit 24 assigns the recommended frequency or priority to the recommended web page assigned to each block A color of a frequently used color in a background image or a color of a cluster which is frequently used in a background image can be allocated among a plurality of extracted colors.

However, the order of recommended web page allocation and color allocation may be changed. For example, after the color assigning unit 24 assigns a color to each of the plurality of blocks, the recommended web page assigning unit 22 assigns the color assigned to each block, the frequency of use of the color assigned to each block, The higher the frequency of use in the background image of the clusters of the clusters of the clusters of the clusters of the clusters, According to this, since the importance of the important recommended web page is displayed in a block displayed in a color with a large color in the background image, it can be recognized by the user so that the user can recognize the important recommended web page more quickly and easily.

Meanwhile, the display control unit 110 can change the resolution of the web browser according to the input of the user. For example, when the resolution of the web browser provided by the display control unit 110 is 1920 x 1080 and the user changes the resolution of the web browser using the input device, the display control unit 110 displays the web browser with the changed resolution . On the other hand, the web browser providing apparatus 100 can update the display of the recommended area of the new tab according to the changed resolution. For example, the web browser providing apparatus 100 can change the size of the recommended region so that the recommended region is displayed within the changed resolution range, and the size of the recommended region, the number of blocks displayed in the recommended region, Size, and arrangement of blocks may be updated and provided.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the new tab providing unit 120 may provide a new tab so that the recommended region is adaptively displayed according to the resolution of the web browser.

In this example, the block arrangement unit 21 determines the maximum number of displayable blocks in the recommended area, and the recommended web page allocation unit 22 allocates a recommended web page for each determined maximum number of blocks, The block 24 may assign a color to each of the determined maximum number of blocks. The block arrangement unit 21 can determine the arrangement change rule of the block when the type of the recommended area is changed. The type of the recommended region can be changed in response to the resolution change of the web browser. The maximum number of blocks may be determined according to the maximum size of the recommended area according to the maximum resolution of the web browser, or may be preset to a specific value by the user or the administrator.

The size of the recommended region is not continuously changed, and can be changed stepwise according to the range of the resolution of the web browser. The block arrangement unit 21 can determine a block arrangement change rule by using the information previously specified for the type of the recommended area and the arrangement of blocks for each resolution range of the web browser. For example, it is possible to set the form of the recommendation area to be displayed in any one of the first, second, and third forms according to the resolution range of the web browser, A second array of blocks to be displayed in the recommended area of the second type, and a third array of blocks to be displayed in the recommended area of the third type. The first array, the second array, and the third array may list different numbers of blocks.

As described above, the new tab providing unit 120 can determine the display elements for each of the maximum displayable blocks, and the block arranging unit 21 can recommend at least a part of the maximum number of blocks according to the resolution range of the web browser Area can be displayed. Newtap provider 120 may determine a display element for the maximum number of blocks and provide a new tab including an adaptive recommendation area that displays at least some blocks according to the resolution of the web browser. According to this embodiment, the data processing required for the recommended area update due to the resolution change is minimized.

In this example, the display control unit 110 variably controls the size of the recommended region according to the resolution of the web browser displayed on the display unit, and selects at least one of the plurality of blocks provided by the new tab providing unit 120 according to the size of the recommended region Some of them can be displayed in the recommendation area.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the display control unit 110 monitors the resolution range of the web browser and may request the new tab provider 120 to update the recommended region when the resolution range of the web browser is out of the current range . The new tab providing unit 120 may update the display elements of one or more blocks listed in the recommended region according to the resolution range of the changed web browser.

In this embodiment, the new tab providing unit 120 can change the block arrangement step by step according to the range of the web browser as in the above-described embodiment. However, in this embodiment, the new tab providing unit 120 can re-assign the recommended web page and color to each block whenever the block arrangement is changed by using the list of the selected recommended web page and the list of extracted colors. According to this embodiment, the data processing required for the recommended area update due to the resolution change slightly increases compared with the above-described embodiment, but it can visually emphasize that the display of the recommended area has been changed and can provide various display effects .

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the new tab providing unit 120 may apply an animation for switching the display of blocks in the process of changing the block arrangement according to the web browser resolution change. The animation may include at least one of an animation for adjusting the size of the recommended region, an animation for moving the position-changed block in the recommended region, an animation for adjusting the transparency of the block, and an animation for changing the size of the block.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the new tab providing unit 120 provides a new tab configured to adaptively display the recommendation area according to the resolution of the web browser and to apply the animation indicating the transition effect when the display of the recommendation area is changed can do.

According to another embodiment, the new tab providing unit 120 may provide a new tab configured to apply an animation indicating the display switching effect of the recommended region when updating the new tab according to the resolution change of the web browser.

According to one embodiment of the present invention, the new tab editor 122 may receive a user input for manually changing the arrangement of the blocks and store the manually changed block arrangement information in the memory 130 or an external device according to a user input. User input can be drag and drop. According to the present embodiment, a user can fix a block for displaying a specific recommended web page within a recommended region at a desired position, and the new tab editor 122 can store the information in the memory 130. The new tab editing unit 122 can arrange the blocks manually positioned by the user in preference and arrange the blocks in the remaining space to construct a recommended area.

3A, 3B, and 3C are flowcharts illustrating a method of providing a web browser according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

The flowcharts shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C are comprised of steps that are processed in a time-series manner in the web browser providing apparatus 100 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2. FIG. Therefore, it is understood that the contents described above with respect to the configurations shown in FIGS. 1 and 2 apply to the flow charts shown in FIGS. 3A, 3B, and 3C even if omitted from the following description.

First, referring to FIG. 3A, in step S31, the newtap request receiving unit 121 receives a display request for a new tab including a recommendation area for listing one or more blocks displaying information of a recommended web page.

In step S32, the new tab editor 122 extracts a color for use in one or more blocks based on the color of the background image of the new tab, allocates a recommended web page to be displayed in each block for each of the one or more blocks, The extracted color is assigned to the above blocks. In step S32, the new tab editing unit 122 can extract a plurality of colors based on the hue of the background image of the new tab, allocate a recommended web page to be displayed in each block to each of the plurality of blocks, And may assign any one of the plurality of hues. The plurality of blocks includes a first block and a second block, and the first block and the second block may be displayed in different colors. The first block and the second block may be displayed at different sizes. The new tab editing unit 122 may allocate the recommended web page to each block in consideration of the size of each of the plurality of blocks in accordance with a predetermined rule. The new tab editing unit 122 selects a plurality of recommended web pages by referring to the user's web page visit history and sets the recommended web page to a block of a larger size among the plurality of blocks Can be assigned. The new tab editing unit 122 can extract a predetermined number of colors in the order of higher frequency of use of the colors included in the background image of the new tab in the background image.

In step S32, the new-tab editing unit 122 extracts a plurality of colors, selects a plurality of recommended web pages referring to the user's web page visit record, and selects a recommendation web page assigned to the plurality of blocks It is possible to assign a color having a high frequency of use in the background image.

In step S33, the new tab output unit 123 provides a new tab that displays information of a recommended web page allocated to each of the one or more blocks listed in the recommended region displayed on the background image.

Next, referring to FIG. 3B, a method of providing a web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes step S34b.

In step S34b, the new tab providing unit 120 updates at least one of the size of the recommended region, the number of blocks, the size of at least a part of the blocks, and the arrangement of blocks according to the resolution change of the web browser. In step S34b, the new tab providing unit 120 provides an animation for switching the display of the block, and the animation includes an animation for moving the position-changed block in the recommended area, an animation for adjusting the transparency of the block, And at least one of animations that change the size.

Next, referring to FIG. 3C, a method of providing a web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention further includes steps S34c and S35.

In step S34c, the new tab providing unit 120 receives a user input for manually changing the arrangement of the blocks.

In step S35, the new tab providing unit 120 stores the arrangement of manually changed blocks in the memory 130 or an external device according to a user input.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with an example in which a web browser is displayed.

4 is an example of a web browser displaying a new tab according to an embodiment of the present invention.

4, a web browser WB provided by the web browser provision apparatus 110 is shown, and a new tab NT provided by the new tab provider 120 is displayed. Referring to FIG. 4, the web browser WB displays a new tab request button 41, an address input window 42, a bookmark bar BB, and a browsing area 40. A plurality of bookmarks (BM) are displayed on the bookmark bar (BB). In Fig. 4, an example in which a new tab is displayed in the browsing area 40 is shown. When the user moves to a specific web page, the corresponding web page will be displayed in the browsing area 40.

Referring to FIG. 4, a new tab NT provided by the new tab providing unit 120 includes a recommendation area RR that provides information of a recommended web page. In the example of FIG. 4, the new tab NT is shown to further include a search widget 43, a weather widget 44, and a clock widget 45. A plurality of blocks B are listed in the recommended area RR. The background of each block B is displayed in the extracted color corresponding to the background image displayed in the browsing area 40. [ One recommended web page is allocated to each block B, and each block B briefly provides the information of the recommended recommended web page.

Referring to FIG. 4, each block B displays an icon and text indicating information of the recommended recommended web page. The icon may be an image representative of a web page, such as a representative icon of a recommended web page, a favicon, a banner, or a compilation of the image. The new tab providing unit 120 according to an embodiment may edit an image representing a web page such as a representative icon, a favicon, a banner, etc. of a recommended web page and display the edited image on the block B. The editing method may be, for example, editing that simplifies the image using a pre-stored filter. Alternatively, the icon may be generated using a character included in the URL or the name of the recommended web page. For example, you can create an icon that displays the URL of the recommended web page or the first character of the name in a predetermined format. However, the icon generation method is not limited to the above-described example. The text may be the name of the recommended web page or the URL of the web page. The icons and text may be optionally stored by the user or by the administrator.

Referring to FIG. 4, a plurality of blocks B are displayed, and a plurality of blocks B includes blocks B of different sizes. In the example of FIG. 4, a plurality of blocks B are shown to include a first block B1 of a first size, a second block B2 of a second size, and a third block B3 of a third size . The new tab providing unit 120 according to an embodiment of the present invention can allocate a recommended web page to a block having a larger size in descending order of frequency of a user's web page visit. In the example of FIG. 4, the new tab providing unit 120 assigns the recommended web page having the highest frequency of the user's web page visit to the first block B1 having the largest size, and then the recommended web page having the highest visiting frequency And then allocated to the second block B2 having a larger size and the remaining recommended web pages are allocated to the remaining block B including the third block B3 having a third size. The block B having the same size may have a higher priority in the upper left corner. That is, the new tab providing unit 120 can allocate a recommended web page having a high frequency of user's visit in the order of the block located at the upper left of the block B of the third size to the block located at the lower right.

Referring to FIG. 4, the background of each block B is displayed in the color extracted from the background image of the new tab NT. The color most frequently used in the background image among the colors extracted from the background image is displayed as the background color of the first block B in which the recommended web page with the highest frequency of user visits is displayed.

5 to 8 are views for explaining an adaptive recommendation area according to an embodiment of the present invention. 5 to 8 show a new tab screen displayed at different resolutions. In FIGS. 5 to 8, the blocks displayed in the recommended region RR are indicated by any one of a plurality of colors extracted from the background image BG. The first block B1 having the largest size or being displayed at the upper left corner is displayed with the most frequently used color among a plurality of colors extracted from the background image BG.

The new tab providing unit 120 may provide a recommended region considering only one of the horizontal resolution and the vertical resolution of the web browser. 5 to 8 show an example in which the New Tab provider 120 provides a recommended region in consideration of the horizontal resolution of the web browser. In the example of FIGS. 5 to 8, the New Tab provider 120 displays the recommended length of the recommended region differently according to the range of the horizontal resolution of the web browser, and provides the fixed length of the recommended region to be fixed.

5 is an example of a New Tap screen provided when the horizontal resolution is in the first range (1536 or more). 6 is an example of a New Tap screen provided when the horizontal resolution is in the second range (1120 to 1536). 7 is an example of a New Tap screen provided when the horizontal resolution is in the third range (640 to 1120). 8 is an example of a New Tap screen provided when the horizontal resolution is in the fourth range (640 or less). The specific numerical values of the resolution ranges defined in the examples of FIGS. 5 to 8 are merely examples, and the present invention is not limited thereto. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the types and block arrangements of the recommended regions RR corresponding to the first range, the second range, the third range, and the fourth range may be stored in the memory 130. Here, the block arrangement means size and position information of each block in the recommended area RR.

The user can manually add a recommended website to be displayed in the recommended region RR by selecting the block addition button 51. [ The recommended web sites manually added by the user are stored in the memory 130 or an external device. The new tab providing apparatus 120 always displays information of a recommended website added manually by the user in the recommendation area RR.

First, referring to FIG. 5 and FIG. 6, when the web browser providing apparatus 100 changes the block arrangement in the recommended region RR when the horizontal resolution of the web browser is changed from the first range to the second range which is one level lower An example is given. 5 and 6, the web browser providing apparatus 100 reduces the horizontal length of the recommended region RR when the horizontal resolution of the web browser changes from the first range to the second range which is one level lower, RR) from the first array to the second array.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, as the block arrangement in the recommended area RR is changed from the first arrangement to the second arrangement, the size of the recommended area RR is reduced and the size of the blocks included in the recommended area RR The number of blocks is reduced, the display of some blocks disappears, and the size of at least some blocks is reduced. In this way, the position of at least some of the blocks can be changed in the process of changing the size of at least some of the blocks. Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, the number of blocks is reduced from 12 to 9 according to the change of the block arrangement. In addition, the size of the second block (B2) is reduced according to the change of the block arrangement, and the position of the right blocks of the second block (B2) is changed as the size of the second block (B2) is decreased.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, as the block arrangement is changed from the first arrangement to the second arrangement, the color assigned to each block can be changed.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, as the first arrangement is changed to the second arrangement, a recommendation website allocated to each block is maintained and the color assigned to each block is changed.

In the example of FIGS. 5 and 6, the web browser providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment may provide an animation in the process of switching the screen displayed on the web browser from FIG. 5 to FIG. For example, a moving animation of a block whose position has been changed within the recommended region RR, or an enlarged or reduced animation of a block whose size has been changed may be provided. In the examples of Figs. 5 and 6, animations in which the width of the second block B2 is reduced and moving animations of the repositioned blocks can be provided. The moving animation may be an animation that moves the block from the position shown in Fig. 5 to the position shown in Fig.

On the other hand, an animation indicating the size reduction of the recommended region may be provided together. For example, an animation may be provided in which the width of the recommended region is gradually reduced.

Next, referring to FIG. 6 and FIG. 7, when the web browser providing apparatus 100 changes the horizontal resolution of the web browser from the second range to a third range lower by one level, the block arrangement in the recommended region RR An example of the change will be described. 6 and 7, when the horizontal resolution of the web browser changes from the second range to the third range which is one level lower than the second range, the web browser providing apparatus 100 reduces the horizontal length of the recommended region RR, RR) from the second array to the third array.

Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, as the block arrangement in the recommended area RR is changed from the second arrangement to the third arrangement, the size of the recommended area RR is reduced and the size of the blocks included in the recommended area RR The number of blocks is reduced, the display of some blocks disappears, and the size of at least some blocks is reduced. The position of at least some of the blocks may be changed in the course of changing the size of at least some of the blocks. Referring to FIGS. 6 and 7, the number of blocks is reduced from 9 to 6 as the block arrangement is changed. As the size of the first block B1 is reduced and the size of the first block B1 is reduced, the positions of the right blocks of the first block B1 are changed in accordance with the change of the block arrangement, The positions of the blocks including the block B2 have been changed. The position of the second block B2 has been changed from the right side of the first block B1 to the lower side of the first block B1.

Next, an example of a New Tab screen provided by the web browser providing apparatus 100 when the horizontal resolution of the web browser is changed from the third range to the fourth range lower by one level will be described with reference to FIGS. 7 and 8. FIG.

The web browser providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment displays the scroll bar SB without changing the arrangement of the recommended region RR when the resolution of the web browser is changed to the fourth range having the lowest resolution range can do. The fourth range may include the lowest stored resolution as the upper limit value. For example, the pre-stored lowest resolution may be the lower limit of the third range 640-1120. When the resolution of the web browser is changed from 640 or more to less than 640, the web browser providing apparatus 100 does not change the arrangement of blocks in the recommended region RR displayed in the third arrangement as shown in Fig. 8, SB).

In FIG. 8, the resolution of the web browser is changed to the fourth range, which is the lowest resolution range. However, the present invention is not limited to this and other embodiments may be provided. For example, the web browser provision apparatus 100 may provide a web browser so that the resolution of the web browser is not adjusted to a predetermined minimum resolution or less. According to an example, when the width of the web browser is not adjusted to less than the minimum resolution of 640 pixels, and when the width of the web browser is adjusted to the minimum resolution, the apparatus 100 for providing web browsers displays It is possible to display the block array in the recommended area RR with the three arrays and not to display the scroll bar SB. On the other hand, the minimum resolution in the horizontal direction of the predetermined web browser may be set to be equal to the width of the recommended region RR in the third array.

As described in FIGS. 5 to 8, if the range to which the resolution belongs is changed according to the resolution change of the web browser, the block arrangement in the recommended region RR can be changed. On the other hand, when the resolution of the web browser is changed within the range of the preset resolution, the block arrangement in the recommended region RR is not changed, but the size of the recommended region RR can be scaled and displayed corresponding to the resolution change.

9 is an example of a New Tab screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example of Fig. 9, the first block B1 is assigned a recommended web page manually added by the user, and displays the information of the web page. The web browser providing apparatus 100 according to the embodiment may display the mark 91 as shown in Fig. 9 in a block for displaying information of a web page manually added by a user.

According to one embodiment, when the user places the mouse pointer P on a block, a button 92 may be displayed that provides a delete function for the block. 9, an example in which the delete button 92 of the first block B1 is displayed when the user places the mouse pointer P in the first block B1 is shown. When the user presses the button 92, the new tab providing unit 120 deletes the information of the recommended web page manually added by the user from the memory 130. When the user presses the button 92, the new tab providing unit 120 deletes the first block B1 and changes the display of the remaining blocks. For example, the new tab providing unit 120 deletes the first block B1, changes the positions of the remaining blocks, adds new blocks, and displays the blocks corresponding to the block arrangement shown in FIG.

Meanwhile, if a block having a small size is moved to a position where a block having a large size is not shown in the drawing, the moved block may be displayed in the same size as the deleted block, that is, in a large block. In this way, even if some blocks are deleted, the new tab providing unit 120 can add a new block to maintain the number of blocks displayed in the recommended region RR. Also, when another block is moved to the first position where the deleted block is displayed, the arrangement of blocks in the recommended area RR can be maintained by displaying the moved block at the same size as the deleted block.

10 is another example of a New Tab screen according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the example of FIG. 10, the second block B2 is allocated with a recommended web page selected by the recommended web page allocator 22, and displays the information of the corresponding web page.

The web browser providing apparatus 100 according to an embodiment may display one or more buttons for providing an additional function for the second block B2 when the user places the mouse pointer P on the second block B2 can do. Referring to FIG. 10, an example in which one or more buttons are displayed with the cutoff button 93 of the second block B2 is shown.

When the user presses the button 93, the new tab providing unit 120 adds the recommended web page assigned to the second block B2 to the blocked web page list stored in the memory 130 or the external device. The recommended web page allocation unit 22 does not select a web page as a recommended web page if the web page is included in the blocked web page list even if the web page satisfies the recommended web page selection criteria based on the user's visit frequency or the like. That is, the web page included in the blocked web page list is not displayed in the recommended area (RR) of the new tab. The user can edit the blocked web page list through the settings.

Meanwhile, a method of providing a web browser according to an embodiment of the present invention shown in Fig. 3 can be realized as a program that can be executed in a computer and is implemented in a general-purpose digital computer that operates the program using a computer- . The medium may be one that continues to store computer executable programs, or temporarily store them for execution or download. In addition, the medium may be a variety of recording means or storage means in the form of a combination of a single hardware or a plurality of hardware, but is not limited to a medium directly connected to a computer system, but may be dispersed on a network. Examples of the medium include a magnetic medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk and a magnetic tape, an optical recording medium such as CD-ROM and DVD, a magneto-optical medium such as a floptical disk, And program instructions including ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. As another example of the medium, a recording medium or a storage medium managed by a site or a server that supplies or distributes an application store or various other software to distribute the application may be mentioned.

The present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiments. While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. It will be appreciated that other equivalent embodiments are possible. Therefore, the disclosed embodiments should be considered in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense. The scope of the present invention is defined by the appended claims rather than by the foregoing description, and all differences within the scope of equivalents thereof should be construed as being included in the present invention.

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Claims (13)

A method for providing a web browser, the web browser providing apparatus including one or more tabs for displaying a web page,
Receiving a display request for a new tab including a recommendation area that lists one or more blocks representing information of a recommended web page;
Extracting a color for use in the at least one block based on a color of a background image of the new tap, and assigning the extracted color to a recommended web page to be displayed in each block for each of the at least one block, ;
Providing a new tab for displaying on the background image the recommendation area that lists the assigned color and the one or more blocks displaying information of the recommended recommended web page; And
Updating at least one of a size of the recommendation area, a number of the blocks, a size of at least a part of the blocks, and an arrangement of the blocks according to a resolution change of the web browser,
Wherein the renewing and providing step
And providing at least one of a size of the recommendation area and an arrangement of the blocks according to a change in resolution of the web browser,
A method of providing a web browser.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the new tab includes a plurality of blocks,
The new tab editing step may include a step of extracting a plurality of colors and assigning one of the plurality of extracted colors to each of the plurality of blocks
A method of providing a web browser.
3. The method of claim 2,
The plurality of blocks including a first block and a second block,
The first block and the second block are displayed in different colors
A method of providing a web browser.
3. The method of claim 2,
The plurality of blocks including a first block and a second block, the first block and the second block being displayed at different sizes,
A method of providing a web browser.
5. The method of claim 4,
The step of editing the new tab may include allocating the recommended web page to each of the blocks in consideration of the size of each of the plurality of blocks
A method of providing a web browser.
6. The method of claim 5,
The new tab editing step may include a step of selecting a plurality of recommended web pages by referring to a user's web page visit record, and setting the recommended web page to a block of a larger size among the plurality of blocks, Assign
A method of providing a web browser.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the editing of the new tab comprises:
Extracting the colors included in the background image of the new tab in descending order of use frequency in the background image
A method of providing a web browser.
8. The method of claim 7,
Wherein the new tab includes a plurality of blocks,
The new tab editing step may include a step of extracting a plurality of colors, selecting a plurality of recommended web pages referring to a user's web page visit record, and selecting one of the plurality of recommended web pages and the plurality And a color having a high frequency of use in the background image is assigned as the frequency of user visits of the recommended web page allocated to each block is high
A method of providing a web browser.
delete The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the updating and providing comprises:
Providing an animation for switching display of the recommended area,
Wherein the animation includes an animation for moving a block whose position has been changed in the recommendation area in accordance with at least one of a size of the recommendation area and an arrangement of the block, an animation for adjusting transparency of the block, ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 >
A method of providing a web browser.
The method according to claim 1,
After the providing step,
Receiving a user input that manually changes the arrangement of blocks; And
And storing an array of manually modified blocks according to the user input
A method of providing a web browser.
A computer program stored on a medium for carrying out the method of any one of claims 1 to 8 and 10 to 11 using a computer.
An apparatus for providing a web browser including one or more tabs for displaying a web page,
A new tab request receiving unit receiving a display request for a new tab including a recommendation area listing one or more blocks displaying information of a recommended web page;
A new tab editor for extracting a color for use in the at least one block based on a color of a background image of the new tab, and allocating a recommended web page to be displayed in each of the at least one block and the extracted color; And
And a new tab providing unit for displaying on the background image the recommendation area that lists the allocated color and the one or more blocks displaying the allocated recommended web page information,
The new tab providing unit
Wherein the size of the recommendation area and the size of the block are updated by providing at least one of a size of the recommendation area, a number of the blocks, a size of at least a part of the blocks, Arranging at least one of the arrangements in a stepwise manner,
A web browser provided device.

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