Locating and Identifying Controls on a Web Page
First Claim
1. A method implemented by a computer system, said method comprising:
- receiving, at the computer system, Web page data that includes a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) controls;
identifying each of the GUI controls included in the Web page data;
displaying a rendered image of the Web page data in a visible pane on a display device connected to the client computer system, wherein one or more of the GUI controls appears in the visible pane; and
applying a user-controlled highlight to an area on the visible pane proximate to each of the one or more GUI controls that appear in the visible pane, wherein the applied user-controlled highlight includes a first set of one or more visual characteristics that are different from a second set of one or more visual characteristics used to display the GUI controls.
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Abstract
An approach is provided that receives Web page data at the user'"'"'s computer system with the Web page data including graphical user interface (GUI) controls. A process running on the client computer system identifies each of the GUI controls included in the Web page data. A rendered image of the Web page data is displayed in a visible pane on a display device that is connected to the client computer system with some of the GUI controls appearing in the visible pane. A user-controlled highlight is applied to an area on the visible pane proximate to each of the GUI controls that appear in the visible pane in order to highlight the GUI controls. The applied user-controlled highlight includes various visual characteristics that are different from the visual characteristics that are used to display the GUI controls.
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1. A method implemented by a computer system, said method comprising:
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receiving, at the computer system, Web page data that includes a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) controls; identifying each of the GUI controls included in the Web page data; displaying a rendered image of the Web page data in a visible pane on a display device connected to the client computer system, wherein one or more of the GUI controls appears in the visible pane; and applying a user-controlled highlight to an area on the visible pane proximate to each of the one or more GUI controls that appear in the visible pane, wherein the applied user-controlled highlight includes a first set of one or more visual characteristics that are different from a second set of one or more visual characteristics used to display the GUI controls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A information handling system comprising:
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one or more processors; a memory accessible by at least one of the processors; a nonvolatile storage device accessible by at least one of the processors; a network adapter that connects the information handling system to a computer network; a display device accessible by at least one of the processors; a set of instructions which are loaded into the memory and executed by at least one of the processors in order to perform actions of; receiving, at the information handling system'"'"'s network adapter, Web page data that includes a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) controls; identifying each of the GUI controls included in the Web page data; displaying a rendered image of the Web page data in a visible pane on the display device, wherein one or more of the GUI controls appears in the visible pane; and applying a user-controlled highlight to an area on the visible pane proximate to each of the one or more GUI controls that appear in the visible pane, wherein the applied user-controlled highlight includes a first set of one or more visual characteristics that are different from a second set of one or more visual characteristics used to display the GUI controls. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product stored in a computer readable medium, comprising functional descriptive material that, when executed by an information handling system, causes the information handling system to perform actions that include:
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receiving, at the computer system, Web page data that includes a plurality of graphical user interface (GUI) controls; identifying each of the GUI controls included in the Web page data; displaying a rendered image of the Web page data in a visible pane on a display device connected to the client computer system, wherein one or more of the GUI controls appears in the visible pane; and applying a user-controlled highlight to an area on the visible pane proximate to each of the one or more GUI controls that appear in the visible pane, wherein the applied user-controlled highlight includes a first set of one or more visual characteristics that are different from a second set of one or more visual characteristics used to display the GUI controls. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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