Method and apparatus for combining truncated hyperlinks to form a hyperlink aggregate
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1. A computer controlled method for presenting information relating to each of a plurality of hyperlinks;
- said method comprising;
(a) creating a plurality of truncated hyperlink references by determining a truncated hyperlink for each of said plurality of hyperlinks;
(b) matching a first truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references with a second truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references;
said first and second truncated hyperlink reference referencing to a first information and a second information respectively;
(c) combining said first and second truncated hyperlink references to form a hyperlink aggregate having an aggregate information; and
(d) presenting said aggregate information in place of said first and second information.
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Abstract
Apparatus, methods, systems and computer program products are disclosed to provide a hypertext user with a history facility for displaying accessed hypernodes. The invention displays the history list to the user based on when the hypernode was accessed and based on the placement of the hypernode in the hyperlink hierarchy.
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1. A computer controlled method for presenting information relating to each of a plurality of hyperlinks;
- said method comprising;
(a) creating a plurality of truncated hyperlink references by determining a truncated hyperlink for each of said plurality of hyperlinks; (b) matching a first truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references with a second truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references;
said first and second truncated hyperlink reference referencing to a first information and a second information respectively;(c) combining said first and second truncated hyperlink references to form a hyperlink aggregate having an aggregate information; and (d) presenting said aggregate information in place of said first and second information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- said method comprising;
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6. An information presentation apparatus configured to present information relating to each of a plurality of hyperlinks;
- said apparatus having a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and a display device;
said apparatus comprisinga creation mechanism configured to create a plurality of truncated hyperlink references by determining a truncated hyperlink for each of said plurality of hyperlinks; a first matching mechanism configured to match a first truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references with a second truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references;
said first and second truncated hyperlink reference referencing to a first information and a second information respectively;a combination mechanism configured to combine said first and second truncated hyperlink references to form a hyperlink aggregate having an aggregate information; and a presentation mechanism configured to present said aggregate information in place of said first and second information. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- said apparatus having a central processing unit (CPU), a memory, and a display device;
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16. A computer program product comprising:
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(a) a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to present information relating to each of a plurality of hyperlinks on a display device;
said computer readable code comprising;(b) computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a creation mechanism configured to create a plurality of truncated hyperlink references by determining a truncated hyperlink for each of said plurality of hyperlinks; computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a matching mechanism configured to match a first truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references with a second truncated hyperlink reference from said plurality of truncated hyperlink references;
said first and second truncated hyperlink reference referencing to a first information and a second information respectively;computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a combination mechanism configured to combine said first and second truncated hyperlink references to form a hyperlink aggregate having an aggregate information; and computer readable code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a presentation mechanism configured to present, on a display device, said aggregate information in place of said first and second information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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