TIME-BASED VIEWING OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
- receiving a request to view a page of an electronic document based on a future publication date;
causing a version of the page of the electronic document to be displayed based on the future publication date; and
enabling navigation through other pages of the electronic document that correspond to the future publication date.
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Abstract
Various embodiments provide techniques for time-based viewing of electronic documents. Examples of electronic documents include websites, webpages, text documents, web-based documents, and so on. In at least some embodiments, a time-based viewer is provided that enables a user to select a particular date and/or time for which to view an electronic document. The user can then navigate through the electronic document and view how the document will appear or did appear at the selected date and/or time. In at least some embodiments, a page container is provided that can include definitions for different versions of a page of an electronic document. According to some embodiments, the different versions of the page can correspond to different publication dates for the page. In some implementations, the time-based viewer can access a page container to retrieve a particular version of a page for display.
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20 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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receiving a request to view a page of an electronic document based on a future publication date; causing a version of the page of the electronic document to be displayed based on the future publication date; and enabling navigation through other pages of the electronic document that correspond to the future publication date. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions for implementing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface comprising:
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a parameters region for receiving a date parameter; a content region for displaying a version of a page of a document that corresponds to the date parameter; and navigation buttons for navigating from the page to other pages of the document that correspond to the date parameter. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. One or more computer readable storage media embodying computer readable instructions, the instructions being configured to implement:
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a page container that includes an address for a page of a document; and page versions that each correspond to a different version of the page, each of the page versions including a respective collection of content for the page and being associated with a different publication date. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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