Data processing terminal and method and program for causing the same to transfer to a desired tag

• US 20040004640A1
• Filed: 07/02/2003
• Published: 01/08/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Original Assignee: NEC Corporation
• Inventors: Iida, Yasuhiro
• Application Number:
  US10/610,874
• Publication Number:
  US 20040004640A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/810
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

A data processing terminal of the present invention is configured to perform transfer to a position where, among data provided by a data provider, a tag representative of control information buried in the data exists. The terminal includes a data acquirer for acquiring the data from the data provider via a communication network, a tag analyzer for analyzing tags included in the data acquired by the data acquirer, a display device for displaying the data on the basis of the result of analysis output from the tag analyzer, and a tag searcher for searching the data for a desired tag input from the outside. The display device displays part of the data corresponding to the tag searched for by the tag searcher.

Claims

1. A data processing terminal capable of performing transfer to a position where, among data provided by a data provider, a tag representative of control information buried in said data exists, said data processing terminal comprising:

acquiring means for acquiring the data from the data provider via a communication network;

analyzing means for analyzing tags included in the data acquired by said acquiring means;

displaying means for displaying the data on the basis of a result of analysis output from said analyzing means; and

searching means for searching the data for a desired tag input from an outside;

wherein said displaying means displays part of the data corresponding to the tag searched for by said searching means.

2. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tags searched for are displayed in a pop-up menu, and said searching means searches said pop-up menu for the desired tag.

3. The terminal as claimed in claim 2, wherein the tags are displayed in the pop-up menu in order of priority.

4. The terminal as claimed in claim 1, wherein the data acquired from the data provider are at least one of XML (extensible Markup Language) data, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) data and XHTML (extensible Hyper Test Markup Language) data.

5. The terminal as claimed in claim 4, wherein the tags searched for are displayed in a pop-up menu, and said searching means searches said pop-up menu for the desired tag.

6. The terminal as claimed in claim 5, wherein the tags are displayed in the pop-up menu in order of priority.

7. A method of causing a data processing terminal to transfer to a position where, among data provided by a data provider, a tag representative of control information buried in said data exists, said method comprising the steps of:

acquiring the data from the data provider via a communication network;

analyzing tags included in the data acquired;

displaying the data on the basis of a result of analysis; and

searching the data for a desired tag input from an outside;

wherein part of the data corresponding to the tag searched for is displayed.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7, further comprising displaying the tags searched for in a pop-up menu, and searching said pop-up menu for the desired tag.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising displaying the tags in the pop-up menu in order of priority.

10. The method as claimed in claim 7, wherein the data acquired from the data provider are at least one of XML (extensible Markup Language) data, HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) data and XHTML (extensible Hyper Test Markup Language) data.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising displaying the tags searched for in a pop-up menu, and searching said pop-up menu for the desired tag.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising displaying the tags in the pop-up menu in order of priority.

13. A program for practicing a method of causing a data processing terminal to transfer to a position where, among data provided by a data provider, a tag representative of control information buried in said data exists, said program causing a computer to execute:

processing for acquiring the data from the data provider via a communication network;

processing for analyzing tags included in the data acquired;

processing for displaying the data on the basis of a result of analysis; and

processing for searching the data for a desired tag input from an outside and displaying part of the data corresponding to the tag searched for.