METHOD OF SEARCHING FOR TEXT IN BROWSER FRAMES
First Claim
1. A method of formatting an electronic document comprising at least two frames each containing searchable text, comprising:
- receiving a response containing the electronic document comprising the at least two frames each containing the searchable text;
automatically designating one of the at least two frames as a default search frame based on a pre-existing specification of the default search frame, wherein the designation is made irrespective of a listed order of the frames; and
rendering the electronic document for display;
wherein the designated default search frame of the displayed electronic document is available to a user for conducting a search of the searchable text contained in the designated default search frame and wherein, absent a command from the user to search a different one of the at least two frames, a user request to perform a search is, by default, automatically initiated in the designated default search frame.
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Abstract
Methods, systems and articles of manufacture for searching content in frames. In general, information located at one or more networked addresses may be displayed to a user in two or more frames. The content of a frame may be searched by designating one frame as a default search frame. Such a designation may be made according to a tag or other criteria, such as attributes of the frame itself or historical information pertaining to a previous search of one of the active frames. In any case, the designation of a default search frame eliminates the need for explicit selection by the user prior to a search.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of formatting an electronic document comprising at least two frames each containing searchable text, comprising:
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receiving a response containing the electronic document comprising the at least two frames each containing the searchable text;
automatically designating one of the at least two frames as a default search frame based on a pre-existing specification of the default search frame, wherein the designation is made irrespective of a listed order of the frames; and
rendering the electronic document for display;
wherein the designated default search frame of the displayed electronic document is available to a user for conducting a search of the searchable text contained in the designated default search frame and wherein, absent a command from the user to search a different one of the at least two frames, a user request to perform a search is, by default, automatically initiated in the designated default search frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 24)
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9. A computer readable storage medium, comprising a network navigation program which, when executed by a processor, causes steps comprising:
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parsing a response containing an electronic document formatted with at least two frames each containing searchable content; and
automatically designating one of the at least two frames as a default search frame based on a pre-existing specification of the default search frame. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 19. A computer readable storage medium comprising a digital document comprising (i) a format code segment which, when executed by a processor configured with a program, formats the digital document with at least two frames containing searchable content and (ii) a default search frame code segment which, when executed by the processor, designates one of the two frames as a default search frame based on a pre-existing specification of the default search frame.
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