Navigating a resource browser session

Abstract

A resource browser session navigator includes a navigation manager module and a resource page manager module. The navigation manager module detects navigation events indicating visits to a resource pages. The resource page manager module populates a visit data structure representing the visits to the resource page and references in the visit data structure a page data structure that references content of the resource pages.

1 . A resource browser session navigator for recording browser navigation activity in a computer system including an archive memory, the resource browser session navigator comprising: 
 a navigation manager module detecting a navigation event indicating a visit to a resource page; and    a resource page manager module populating a visit data structure representing the visit to the resource page and referencing in the visit data structure a page data structure that references content of the resource page, the content of the resource page being persistent in the archive memory.    
   
   
       2 . The resource browser session navigator of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 a text search engine capable of searching for a text pattern in resource page content recorded in the archive memory.    
   
   
       3 . The resource browser session navigator of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 an image search engine capable of searching for an image characteristic in resource page content recorded in the archive memory.    
   
   
       4 . The resource browser session navigator of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 a trail generator module generating a linear representation of one or more visit nodes, each visit node corresponding to a visit to a resource page.    
   
   
       5 . The resource browser session navigator of  claim 1  further comprising: 
 a map generator module generating a tree representation of one or more visit nodes, each visit node corresponding to a visit to a resource page.    
   
   
       6 . A computerized system comprising: 
 detection means for detecting a navigation event indicating a visit to a resource page; and    populating means for populating a visit data structure representing the visit to the resource page and referencing in the visit data structure a page data structure that references content of the resource page, the content of the resource page being persistent in an archive memory.    
   
   
       7 . The computerized system of  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 text searching means for searching for a text pattern in resource page content recorded in the archive memory.    
   
   
       8 . The computerized system of  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 image searching means for searching for an image characteristic in resource page content recorded in the archive memory.    
   
   
       9 . The computerized system of  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 trail generating means for generating a linear representation of one or more visit nodes, each visit node corresponding to a visit to a resource page.    
   
   
       10 . The computerized system of  claim 6 , further comprising: 
 map generating means for generating a tree representation of one or more visit nodes, each visit node corresponding to a visit to a resource page.