PRODUCTS AND PROCESSES FOR PROVIDING ONE OR MORE LINKS IN AN ELECTRONIC FILE THAT IS PRESENTED TO A USER

• US 20100131840A1
• Filed: 01/27/2010
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/08/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Daniel E. Tedesco, Dean P. Alderucci, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, John M. Packes, Keith Bemer, Marc D. Kessman, Stephen C. Tulley
• Original Assignee: Daniel E. Tedesco, Dean P. Alderucci, James Jorasch, Jay S. Walker, John M. Packes, Keith Bemer, Marc D. Kessman, Stephen C. Tulley
• Inventors: Packes, John M., Jorasch, James A,, Tedesco, Daniel E., Tulley, Stephen C., Bemer, Keith, Alderucci, Dean P., Walker, Jay S., Kessman, Marc D.
• Application Number:
  US12/694,886
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131840A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/748 Hypervideo linking data to content, e.g. by linking an URL to a video object in the context of video distribution systems H04N21/858
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus are described for providing a link in an electronic file being presented to a user in accordance with a set of one or more preferences, each preference providing an association between one or more data patterns and a computer network resource. According to some embodiments, one or more layers may be available and/or selectively activated (e.g., by a user) for modifying electronic files.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a web document;

determining a first layer and a second layer to apply to the web document,

each layer including at least one preference,

each preference defining an association between a respective network resource and each of one or more data patterns; and

simultaneously applying the first layer and the second layer to the web document.