System and method to provide information corresponding to hyperlinked text in an online HTML document

• US 20020152238A1
• Filed: 04/17/2001
• Published: 10/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Todd R. Hayes
• Original Assignee: Todd R. Hayes
• Inventors: Hayes, Todd R.
• Application Number:
  US09/835,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152238A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/513
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A system and method to provide information corresponding to hyperlinked text in an online hypertext markup language (HTML) document for a plurality of customers and users. The system is made up of a client computer means for the plurality of users to access the system, a server computer means for providing the plurality of users with the online HTML document and the client computer means communicating with the server computer means over a computer network, such as the Internet. There is also an interactive interface made up of a display frame with a static HTML layer for pop-up footnotes, graphics and banners; a scrolling text frame for holding a text of the document and hyperlinks to activate pop-up footnotes and ad banners in the display frame; a title navigation frame, which includes links to other chapters and segments of the document and a custom client frame, which is a frame that is designed to a customer'"'"'s specification and includes links to a customer'"'"'s Web pages. Methods are also described to roll over a hyperlink and to click onto a hyperlink to gain access to additional information and a Web site.

Claims

1. A system to provide information corresponding to hyperlinked text in an online hypertext markup language (HTML) document for a plurality of customers and users, comprising:

a client computer means for the plurality of users to access the system;

a server computer means for providing the plurality of users with the online HTML document, said client computer means communicating with said server computer means over a computer network, such as the Internet; and

an interactive interface comprising;

a display frame with a static HTML layer for pop-up footnotes, graphics and banners;

a scrolling text frame for holding a text of the document and hyperlinks to activate pop-up footnotes and ad banners in the display frame;

a title navigation frame, which includes links to other chapters and segments of the document; and

a custom client frame, which is a frame that is designed to a customer'"'"'s specification and includes links to a customer'"'"'s Web pages.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein an identifying HTML address code comprises a document identifier, a chapter and segment identifier and a custom client identifier.

3. A method to provide information corresponding to hyperlinked text in an online hypertext markup language (HTML) document for a plurality of customers and users, comprising:

displaying a dormant title image in the display frame;

rolling a cursor from a pointing device over a hyperlink in the scrolling text frame;

displaying a footnote and an ad banner in the display frame;

rolling a cursor from a pointing device off of a hyperlink in the scrolling text frame; and

displaying a dormant title image again in the display frame.

4. A second method to provide information corresponding to hyperlinked text in an online hypertext markup language (HTML) document for a plurality of customers and users, comprising:

displaying a dormant title image in the display frame;

rolling a cursor from a pointing device over a hyperlink in the scrolling text frame;

displaying a footnote and an ad banner in the display frame;

clicking on the hyperlink in the scrolling text frame; and

opening a new window over the interactive interface containing a Web site providing supplementary information.