Method and system for vertical acquisition of data from HTML tables

• US 20070240032A1
• Filed: 04/07/2006
• Published: 10/11/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Wilson, Jeff K.
• Application Number:
  US11/400,517
• Publication Number:
  US 20070240032A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/177 of tables; using ruled lines

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for performing equivalence checking of a circuit design are disclosed. The method includes receiving the hypertext markup language document to a system and displaying the hypertext markup language document in a display window in a browser. Responsive to a user selecting data within a table of the hypertext markup language document and dragging a cursor of the system in a vertical direction while depressing a button on a user input-output device of the system, content is passed from the table to a DOM interpreter and parsing of the selected data to a formatted data structure is performed. A cursor location of the cursor for an initial selection within the hypertext markup language document is identified and a specific column number of the location is noted. For one or more rows a user selects while dragging the cursor, a location of an entry on the row and the specific column is identified and vertical acquisition of data from tables in a hypertext markup language document is performed by passing the entry to the browser to identify and highlight as selected data.

Claims

1. A method for performing vertical acquisition of data from tables in a hypertext markup language document, said method comprising:

receiving said hypertext markup language document to a system;

displaying said hypertext markup language document in a display window in a browser;

responsive to a user selecting data within a table of said hypertext markup language document and dragging a cursor of said system in a vertical direction while depressing a button on a user input-output device of said system, passing content from said table to a DOM interpreter;

parsing said selected data to a formatted data structure;

identifying a cursor location of said cursor for an initial selection within said hypertext markup language document;

noting a specific column number of said location;

for one or more rows a user selects while dragging said cursor, identifying a location of an entry on said row and said specific column; and

performing vertical acquisition of data from tables in a hypertext markup language document by passing said entry to said browser to identify and highlight as selected data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising copying said data to a copy buffer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of navigating through one or more rows of said table further comprises said DOM navigating through one or more rows of said table.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of noting a specific column number further comprises said DOM noting a specific column number of said table within said hypertext markup language document.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of parsing data to a formatted data structure further comprises parsing data to an XML-formatted data structure.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising navigating up two parent nodes from said column number.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising navigating through one or more rows of said table at said column number.

8. A system for performing vertical acquisition of data from tables in a hypertext markup language document, said system comprising:

receiving said hypertext markup language document to a system;

displaying said hypertext markup language document in a display window in a browser;

responsive to a user selecting data within a table of said hypertext markup language document and dragging a cursor of said system in a vertical direction while depressing a button on a user input-output device of said system, passing content from said table to a DOM interpreter;

parsing said selected data to a formatted data structure;

identifying a cursor location of said cursor for an initial selection within said hypertext markup language document;

noting a specific column number of said location;

for one or more rows a user selects while dragging said cursor, identifying a location of an entry on said row and said specific column; and

performing vertical acquisition of data from tables in a hypertext markup language document by passing said entry to said browser to identify and highlight as selected data.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising copying said data to a copy buffer.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said step of navigating through one or more rows of said table further comprises said DOM navigating through one or more rows of said table.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said step of noting a specific column number further comprises said DOM noting a specific column number of said table within said hypertext markup language document.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein said step of parsing data to a formatted data structure further comprises parsing data to an XML-formatted data structure.

13. The system of claim 8, further comprising navigating up two parent nodes from said column number.

14. The system of claim 8, further comprising navigating through one or more rows of said table at said column number.

15. A machine-readable medium having a plurality of instructions processable by a machine embodied therein, wherein said plurality of instructions, when processed by said machine, causes said machine to perform a method, comprising:

receiving said hypertext markup language document to a system;

displaying said hypertext markup language document in a display window in a browser;

responsive to a user selecting data within a table of said hypertext markup language document and dragging a cursor of said system in a vertical direction while depressing a button on a user input-output device of said system, passing content from said table to a DOM interpreter;

parsing said selected data to a formatted data structure;

identifying a cursor location of said cursor for an initial selection within said hypertext markup language document;

noting a specific column number of said location;

for one or more rows a user selects while dragging said cursor, identifying a location of an entry on said row and said specific column; and

performing vertical acquisition of data from tables in a hypertext markup language document by passing said entry to said browser to identify and highlight as selected data.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, said method further comprising copying said data to a copy buffer.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein said step of navigating through one or more rows of said table further comprises said DOM navigating through one or more rows of said table.

18. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein said step of noting a specific column number further comprises said DOM noting a specific column number of said table within said hypertext markup language document.

19. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, wherein said step of parsing data to a formatted data structure further comprises parsing data to an XML-formatted data structure.

20. The machine-readable medium of claim 15, said method further comprising navigating up two parent nodes from said column number.