Automatic development and display of context information in structured documents on the world wide web
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for presenting hypertext page context information comprising:
- retrieving a selected hypertext page of a structured document, the hypertext page being an HTML file; and
automatically developing information showing a context of said selected hypertext page within said structured document, including;
extracting information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a selected tag within said selected hypertext page; and
removing said selected tag from said selected hypertext page.
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Abstract
A system for retrieving a selected page of a structured document and for automatically developing context information about the selected page. This context information may include a table of contents showing the location of the selected hypertext page in relationship to other hypertext pages. In one embodiment, this context information is inserted into the hypertext page. The so-modified hypertext page may then be transmitted to a remote location for display. Since the context information is automatically developed after retrieval, it need not be manually generated and maintained. For WWW applications, the hypertext page with the context information inserted remains in the HTML format viewable by standard browsers. A powerful and convenient system for browsing through structured documents is thus provided.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for presenting hypertext page context information comprising:
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retrieving a selected hypertext page of a structured document, the hypertext page being an HTML file; and automatically developing information showing a context of said selected hypertext page within said structured document, including; extracting information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a selected tag within said selected hypertext page; and removing said selected tag from said selected hypertext page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product for presenting hypertext page context information, said product comprising:
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code that retrieves a selected hypertext page of a structured document, the hypertext page being an HTML file; code that automatically develops information showing a context of said selected hypertext page within said structured document, including code that extracts information identifying a parent of said selected hypertext page from a selected tag within said selected hypertext page and code that removes said selected tag from said selected hypertext page; and a computer-readable medium that stores the codes. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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