Generating hyperlinks and anchor text in HTML and non-HTML documents
First Claim
1. A method for generating hyperlinks, comprising:
- locating a text reference in a source document;
identifying a target document relating to the text reference;
deriving an anchor text corresponding to the target document utilizing the source document;
generating a hyperlink to the target document; and
associating the hyperlink with the anchor text.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for generation of hyperlinks and anchor text from data such as reference text in HTML and in non-HTML documents are disclosed. The method generally includes locating a text reference in a source document, searching using a search engine for a target document relating to the text reference, computing anchor text from the text reference, generating a hyperlink to the target document, and associating the hyperlink with the computed anchor text. The locating and/or computing may be based on a respective statistical model of text formatting and/or lexical cues. The text reference may be parsed into pieces such that the searching, computing, generating, and associating are performed for each piece of text. The source document may be an HTML or non-HTML document. The text reference may be a reference to, for example, a paper, article, company, institution, product, search engine, image, object, and geographical location.
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1. A method for generating hyperlinks, comprising:
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locating a text reference in a source document;
identifying a target document relating to the text reference;
deriving an anchor text corresponding to the target document utilizing the source document;
generating a hyperlink to the target document; and
associating the hyperlink with the anchor text. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for generating hyperlinks, comprising:
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a text reference locator configured to locate a text reference in a source document;
a document identifier configured to identify a target document relating to the text reference;
an anchor text determining engine configured to compute an anchor text corresponding to the target document; and
a hyperlink generator configured to generate a hyperlink to the target document and to automatically associate the hyperlink with the anchor text. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A computer program product embodied on a computer-readable medium, the computer program product including instructions, which when executed by a computer system, are operable to cause the computer system to perform acts comprising:
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locating a text reference in a source document;
identifying a target document relating to the text reference;
deriving an anchor text corresponding to the target document utilizing the source document;
generating a hyperlink to the target document; and
associating the hyperlink with the computed anchor text of the text reference. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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