Patent ID: 7774721
Filing Date: 2010-08-10
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for providing intelligent backward navigation between navigation points including a plurality of resources including a visited resource, the method comprising: first, detecting a user navigating to the visited resource, then second, detecting the user branching from the visited resource directly to a second resource, then third, detecting the user navigating from the second resource directly back to the visited resource, and then fourth, detecting the user branching from the visited resource directly to a third resource that is different than the second resource; after and based on the detecting the user navigating to the visited resource, and the user branching from the visited resource directly to the second resource, and the user navigating from the second resource directly back to the visited resource, and the user branching from the visited resource directly to the third resource: designating the visited resource as a hub node; detecting selection of an intelligent backward navigation control; in response to the detecting selection of the intelligent backward navigation control, determining that the visited resource is the hub node; in response to the determining that the visited resource is the hub node, determining that the hub node is an intelligent backward navigation target; and automatically navigating directly back to the intelligent backward navigation target from a current navigation point while skipping any intervening navigation points, the method being performed by a computing device.