Method and apparatus for archiving hypertext documents

• US 6,199,071 B1
• Filed: 04/01/1997
• Issued: 03/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 04/01/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Nielsen, Jakob
• Primary Examiner(s): Choules, Jack
• Assistant Examiner(s): ALAM, SHAHID AL
• Application Number:
  US08/832,025
• Time in Patent Office: 1,435 Days
• Field of Search: 707/204, 707/506, 707/501, 707/512, 707/513, 707/101, 707/522, 707/526, 707/5, 707/10, 707/100, 709/225, 709/226, 713/151, 704/3
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99935 Query augmenting and refining, e.g. inexact access
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99942 Manipulating data structure, e.g. compression, compaction, compilation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99955 Archiving or backup

Abstract

Apparatus, methods and computer program products are disclosed for archiving a hypertext document that contains a hyperlink definition. Archiving is the process of rendering a hypertext document for storage in a noninteractive form (for example, printing a copy of the hypertext document). The archival copy of the hypertext document presents the reader with a URL, contained in the hyperlink definition, as an embedded note, a footnote, or an endnote. Thus a reader of the archived hypertext document knows the URL associated with the hyperlink definition.

Claims

1. A computer controlled method for archiving a hypertext document containing a hyperlink definition, wherein said method comprises:

detecting said hyperlink definition within said hypertext document; and

archiving a portion of said hyperlink definition, said portion consisting of less than the entirety of said hyperlink definition.

2. The computer controlled method of claim 1 wherein said portion is a path specification string.

3. The computer controlled method of claim 1 wherein said archiving further comprises:

printing said portion of said hyperlink definition.

4. The computer controlled method of claim 3 wherein said printing further comprises:

printing said portion of said hyperlink definition as a footnote.

5. The computer controlled method of claim 3 wherein said printing further comprises:

printing said portion of said hyperlink definition as a endnote.

6. The computer controlled method of claim 3 wherein said printing further comprises:

printing said portion of said hyperlink definition as a embedded note.

7. The computer controlled method of claim 1 wherein said detecting further comprises:

storing an image of said portion of said hyperlink definition in a filestorage mechanism.

8. An apparatus having a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory coupled to said CPU for archiving a hypertext document containing hyperlink definition, said apparatus comprising:

a hypertext detection mechanism configured to detect said hyperlink definition within said hypertext document; and

a hypertext archival mechanism configured to archive a portion of said hyperlink definition detected by the hypertext detection mechanism, said portion consisting of less than the entirety of said hyperlink definition.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein said portion is a path specification string.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the hypertext archival mechanism comprises:

a printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the printing mechanism further comprises a footnote printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition as a footnote.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the printing mechanism further comprises an endnote printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition as an endnote.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 wherein the printing mechanism further comprises an embedded note printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition as an embedded note.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 wherein the hypertext archival mechanism comprises:

a storage mechanism configured to store an image of said portion of said hyperlink definition in a filestorage mechanism.

15. A computer program product comprising:

a computer usable storage medium having computer readable code embodied therein for causing a computer to archive a hypertext document containing a hyperlink definition, said computer readable code comprising;

computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a hypertext detection mechanism configured to detect said hyperlink definition within said hypertext document; and

computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a hypertext archival mechanism configured to archive a portion of said hyperlink definition detected by the hypertext detection mechanism, said portion consisting of less than the entirety of said hyperlink definition.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein said portion is a path specification string.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the hypertext archival mechanism comprises:

computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition.

18. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the printing mechanism further comprises computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a footnote printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition as a footnote.

19. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the printing mechanism further comprises computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect an endnote printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition as an endnote.

20. The computer program product of claim 17 wherein the printing mechanism further comprises computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect an embedded note printing mechanism configured to print said portion of said hyperlink definition as an embedded note.

21. The computer program product of claim 15 wherein the hypertext archival mechanism comprises:

computer readable program code devices configured to cause said computer to effect a storage mechanism configured to store an image of said portion of said hyperlink definition in a filestorage mechanism.