EP0802491A2
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Structured documents on the WWW
Assignee: Sun Microsystems Inc
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Filing: 1997-04-11
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2017-04-11
Abstract
Abstract A system for retrieving a selected page of a structured document and for automatically developing context information about the selected page. This context information may include a table of contents showing the location of the selected hypertext page in relationship to other hypertext pages. In one embodiment, this context information is inserted into the hypertext page. The so-modified hypertext page may then be transmitted to a remote location for display. Since the context information is automatically developed after retrieval, it need not be manually generated and maintained. For WWW applications, the hypertext page with the context information inserted remains in the HTML format viewable by standard browsers. A powerful and convenient system for browsing through structured documents is thus provided.
Inventors
- 👤 Jakob Nielsen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 15:05
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958; G06F16/986
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 32
Claim 1
Independent Claim
38 words
A computer-implemented method for presenting hypertext page context information comprising the steps of: retrieving a selected hypertext page of a structured document; and automatically developing information showing a context of said selected hypertext page within said structured document.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
42 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said structured document comprises a tree structure wherein each page descends from a root page through one or more parents and said automatically developing step comprises: automatically developing information identifying parents of said selected hypertext page.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
48 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said structured document comprises a tree structure wherein each page descends from a root page through one or more parents and said automatically developing step comprises: automatically developing information identifying other hypertext pages descended from a parent of said selected hypertext page.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said automatically developing step comprises: developing a name of another hypertext page within said structured document.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
23 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said name is obtained by: retrieving said name from a document structure database of said structured document.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said name is obtained by: extracting a title from said another hypertext page.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
20 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said name is obtained by: extracting a file name of said another hypertext page.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said another hypertext page is in HTML format and said name is obtained by: extracting said name from a heading tag in said another hypertext page.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said automatically developing step further comprises: extracting information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a document structure database of said structured document.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
31 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said automatically developing step further comprises: extracting information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a selected tag within said selected hypertext page.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method of claim 10 further comprising: removing said selected tag from said selected hypertext page.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
69 words
The method of claim 2 wherein said hypertext page is stored as a file within a directory structure and wherein said automatically developing step further comprises: searching for an index file within said directory structure beginning with a directory of said hypertext page file and moving up said directory structure until said index file is found; and identifying said index file to be a parent of said hypertext page.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: inserting said information at the top of said selected hypertext page.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
24 words
The method of claim 13 further comprising the step of: transmitting said selected hypertext page as modified in said inserting step via a network.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said hypertext page is in HTML format.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
91 words
A computer system comprising: an electronic storage interface system having access to a structured hypertext document; a network interface system that receives a request for a selected page of said hypertext document; a processing system that is configured to respond to said request by virtue of being configured to: retrieve said page via said electronic storage system; automatically develop information showing a context of said selected page within said structured document; insert said information in said selected page; and transmit said selected page including said context information via said network interface.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
13 words
The computer system of claim 16 wherein said page is in HTML format.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
49 words
A computer program product for presenting hypertext page context information, said product comprising: code that retrieves a selected hypertext page of a structured document; code that automatically develops information showing a context of said selected hypertext page within said structured document; and a computer-readable medium that stores the codes.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
44 words
The product of claim 18 wherein said structured document comprises a tree structure wherein each page descends from a root page through one or more parents and said automatically developing code comprises: code that automatically develops information identifying parents of said selected hypertext page.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
50 words
The product of claim 18 wherein said structured document comprises a tree structure wherein each page descends from a root page through one or more parents and said automatically developing code comprises: code that automatically develops information identifying other hypertext pages descended from a parent of said selected hypertext page.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
24 words
The product of claim 18 wherein said automatically developing code comprises: code that obtains a name of another hypertext page within said selected document.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
25 words
The product of claim 21 wherein said name obtaining code comprises: code that retrieves said name from a document structure database of said structured document.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
21 words
The product of claim 21 wherein said name obtaining code comprises: code that extracts a title from said another hypertext page.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
22 words
The product of claim 21 wherein said name obtaining code comprises: code that extracts a file name of said another hypertext page.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
31 words
The product of claim 21 wherein said another hypertext page is in HTML format and said name obtaining code comprises: code that extracts a heading tag from said another hypertext page.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
32 words
The product of claim 19 wherein said automatically developing code further comprises: code that extracts information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a table-of-contents database of said structured document.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
33 words
The product of claim 19 wherein said automatically developing code further comprises: code that extracts information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a selected tag within said selected hypertext page.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
18 words
The product of claim 27 further comprising: code that removes said selected tag from said selected hypertext page.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
73 words
The product of claim 19 wherein said hypertext page is stored as a file within a directory structure and wherein said automatically developing code further comprises: code that searches for an index file within said directory structure beginning with a directory of said hypertext page file and moving up said directory structure until said index file is found; and code that identifies said index file to be a parent of said hypertext page.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
20 words
The product of claim 18 further comprising: code that inserts said information at the top of said selected hypertext page.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
23 words
The product of claim 30 further comprising: code that transmits said selected hypertext page as modified by said inserting code via a network.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
13 words
The product of claim 18 wherein said hypertext page is in HTML format.
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