SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING FRAMES AND FORM DATA

• US 20090113290A1
• Filed: 10/26/2007
• Published: 04/30/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Boegelund, Flemming, Hicks, Steven Earl
• Granted Patent: US 7,975,214 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/240
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

A method, medium and implementing processing system are provided for book marking a combination of frame URLs within a frameset and allowing the sharing on multiple PCs the saved form data that may have been filled in. The system uses an image as a hotspot, containing a complex target destination in the form of an XML structure with multiple URLs for multiple frames as well as captured form data. This system combines file types such as XML and JPG, e.g. as in sample file name ‘MyCapturedFramesAndFormData.XML.JPG’ or ‘MyCapturedFramesAndFormData.XML.GIF’. This combination provides a surprising effect compared to the prior systems, namely, launching the image in an enhanced web browser or in a web browser containing a new plug-in displays the frame just as it was when saved.

Claims

1. A method for processing information displayed on a user display device, said information including at least one displayed frame, said displayed frame including both a displayed form for receiving user input data, and user data input to said form, said method comprising:

saving information defining said displayed form in a first file-type format;

saving said user input data in a second file-type format; and

combining said form information in said first file-type format with said user input data in said second file-type format into a single mixed format file, said single mixed format file including file-type designators for said first file-type and said second file-type.

2. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein one of said first and second file-type formats is a graphics file format.

3. The method as set forth in claim 1 wherein one of said first and second file-type formats is a text processing file-type.

4. The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said graphics file-type is a “

JPG”

file-type.

5. The method as set forth in claim 2 wherein said graphics file-type is a “

GIF”

file-type.

6. The method as set forth in claim 3 wherein said text processing file-type is an “

XML”

file-type.

7. The method as set forth in claim 1 and further including storing said single mixed format file on a user storage device whereby said single mixed format file is retrievable by said user storage device.

8. The method as set forth in claim 1 and further including transmitting said single mixed format file from a first computer system to a second computer system.

9. A storage medium, said storage medium being selectively coupled to processing circuitry, said storage medium containing indicia readable by said processing circuitry for providing program signals for processing information displayed on a user display device, said information including at least one displayed frame, said displayed frame including both a displayed form for receiving user input data, and user data input to said form, said program signals being effective for:

saving information defining said displayed form in a first file-type format;

saving said user input data in a second file-type format; and

combining said form information in said first file-type format with said user input data in said second file-type format into a single mixed format file, said single mixed format file including file-type designators for said first file-type and said second file-type.

10. The medium as set forth in claim 9 wherein one of said first and second file-type formats is a graphics file format.

11. The medium as set forth in claim 9 wherein one of said first and second file-type formats is a text processing file-type.

12. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein said graphics file-type is a “

JPG”

file-type.

13. The medium as set forth in claim 10 wherein said graphics file-type is a “

GIF”

file-type.

14. The medium as set forth in claim 11 wherein said text processing file-type is an “

XML”

file-type.

15. The medium as set forth in claim 9 wherein said program signals are further effective for storing said single mixed format file on a user storage device whereby said single mixed format file is retrievable by said user storage device.

16. The medium as set forth in claim 9 wherein said program signals are further effective for transmitting said single mixed format file from a first computer system to a second computer system.

17. A system for processing information displayed on a user display device, said information including at least one displayed frame, said displayed frame including both a displayed form for receiving user input data, and user data input to said form, said method comprising:

means for saving information defining said displayed form in a first file-type format;

means for saving said user input data in a second file-type format; and

means for combining said form information in said first file-type format with said user input data in said second file-type format into a single mixed format file, said single mixed format file including file-type designators for said first file-type and said second file-type.

18. The system as set forth in claim 17 wherein one of said first and second file-type formats is a graphics file format.

19. The system as set forth in claim 17 wherein one of said first and second file-type formats is a text processing file-type.

20. The system as set forth in claim 17 and further including means for transmitting said single mixed format file from a first computer system to a second computer system.