Error checking web documents

• US 20070271510A1
• Filed: 05/19/2006
• Published: 11/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Griffin, William James, Lee, Shiu-Kai, Grigoriu, Victor
• Granted Patent: US 7,779,353 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/257
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/232 Orthographic correction, e.g. spell checking or vowelisation

Abstract

Error checking for web documents may be provided. Text errors within a web page are identified by determining text to be error checked within content used in generating a web page and by determining where the text is located within the web page. The text is sent to an error checking module, and errors are displayed to a user.

Claims

1. A method for identifying text errors within a web page, the method comprising:

determining text for error checking within content used in generating the web page;

determining where the text is located within the web page;

sending the text to an error checking module;

determining if errors exist within the text; and

displaying errors within the text to a user, wherein the user is permitted to edit the text based on the errors returned by the error checking module.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

assigning an identifier to the text; and

packaging the text using a schema, wherein the packaged text is sent to the error checking module.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein delimiters separate portions of the packaged text.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the errors are spelling errors.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the errors are grammatical errors.

6. A system for identifying text errors within a web page, the system comprising:

a memory storage; and

a processing unit coupled to the memory storage, wherein the processing unit is operative to;

determine editable text for error checking and assigning an identifier to the editable text;

remove text formatting from the editable text;

send the editable text to an error checking module;

determine if errors exist within the editable text received by the error checking module; and

display errors within the editable text to a user, wherein the user is permitted to edit the text.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the error checking module is associated with a web server.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the error checking module is associated with a client-side server.

9. The system of claim 6 further comprising packaging the text using a schema, wherein the packaged text is sent to the error checking module.

10. The system of claim 6 further comprising saving edits made by the user, wherein the saving of edits made by the user updates a visible field and a hidden field.

11. A computer-readable medium which stores a set of instructions which when executed performs a method for identifying text errors within a web page, the method executed by the set of instructions comprising:

determining text for error checking within content used in generating the web page;

sending the text to an error checking module;

determining if errors exist within the text; and

displaying errors within the text to a user, wherein the user is permitted to edit the text.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 further comprising:

assigning an identifier to the text; and

packaging the text using a schema, wherein the packaged text is sent to the error checking module.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 12, wherein delimiters separate portions of the packaged text.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, wherein the error checking module separates the packaged text using the delimiters.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 further comprising saving edits made by the user in response to the displayed errors.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the saving of edits made by the user updates a visible field and a hidden field.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16, wherein the visible field and the hidden field are associated using attributes.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the web page is formatted in at least one of the following formats:

plain text, HTML, XML and SGML.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user can review each error and replace the error with a correction suggested by the error checking module.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 11, wherein the user can review each error and replace the error with user-specified text.