Displaying subheadings and hyperlinks in a scrollable long document
First Claim
1. A method for displaying portions of a long document in a limited viewing area of a display on a client machine, comprising:
- retrieving a requested long document from a server communicatively connected over a network to the client;
parsing the document for tags identifying headings;
displaying a portion of the document in conjunction with a scroll bar;
in response to receiving a designated user action, displaying a list of identified headings from the parsed tags; and
in response to receiving a user selection of one of the identified headings within the list, displaying another portion of the document containing the selected identified heading.
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Abstract
The system, method and program of the invention displays portions of a long document in a limited viewing area of a display on a client machine. As a Web browser retrieves a requested document from a server, the Web browser parses the document for tags identifying any headings, hyperlinks, images, or other document components. A portion of the document is displayed in conjunction with a scroll bar. In response to receiving a designated user action, such as a right mouse click within the scroll bar area, a list of the identified document components are displayed. In response to receiving a user selection of one of the document components within the list, another portion of the document containing the selected document component is displayed. The list is removed from the display when the other portion of the document is displayed in response to the user selection or if a user action outside of the list area is received.
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9 Claims
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1. A method for displaying portions of a long document in a limited viewing area of a display on a client machine, comprising:
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retrieving a requested long document from a server communicatively connected over a network to the client;
parsing the document for tags identifying headings;
displaying a portion of the document in conjunction with a scroll bar;
in response to receiving a designated user action, displaying a list of identified headings from the parsed tags; and
in response to receiving a user selection of one of the identified headings within the list, displaying another portion of the document containing the selected identified heading. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system having a limited viewing area display for displaying portions of a long document, comprising:
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a browser application having means for retrieving a requested long document from a server communicatively connected over a network;
means for parsing the document for tags identifying headings;
means for displaying a portion of the document in conjunction with a scroll bar;
in response to receiving a designated user action, means for displaying a list of identified headings from the parsed tags; and
in response to receiving a user selection of one of the identified headings within the list, means for displaying another portion of the document containing the selected identified heading. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A computer program having computer readable program code means on a computer usable medium, comprising:
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instruction means for parsing a document received over a network for tags identifying headings;
instruction means for displaying a portion of the document in conjunction with a scroll bar;
in response to receiving a designated user action, instruction means for displaying a list of identified headings from the parsed tags; and
in response to receiving a user selection of one of the identified headings within the list, instruction means for displaying another portion of the document containing the selected identified heading. - View Dependent Claims (9)
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