Dropping hyperlink onto document object
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method of creating a document hyperlink, comprising the steps of:
- receiving from a user an input gesture selecting a first object having an associated hyperlink;
receiving from the user an input gesture dragging the hyperlink to a selected location on a document page;
receiving from the user an input gesture dropping the hyperlink onto the selected location;
determining, without further user input, whether the selected location includes a pre-existing document object or not, and;
if so, setting a property associated with the pre-existing document object to the value of the dropped hyperlink, thereby linking the pre-existing document object to the first object;
if not, copying at least part of the first object into the document page as a new document object and setting a property associated with the new document object to the value of the dropped hyperlink, thereby linking the new document object to the first object.
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Abstract
A method of creating document hyperlinks that allow a user to jump to another object or page within the same document or in another document all together—either on a local storage device, or on a remote storage device over a local area network, private wide area network, or the Internet. Hyperlinks that access a document from the Internet are called URL hyperlinks. A URL hyperlink in accordance with the present invention can be created as a new object (e.g., a graphics figure or text) or assigned to an existing object. With a figure-based hyperlink, a user can click anywhere within the figure'"'"'s bounding box area to invoke a jump to the designated destination. In the preferred embodiment, with a text-based URL hyperlink, a jump will be invoked only when the user clicks on the specific characters that are associated with the URL hyperlink.
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10 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method of creating a document hyperlink, comprising the steps of:
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receiving from a user an input gesture selecting a first object having an associated hyperlink;
receiving from the user an input gesture dragging the hyperlink to a selected location on a document page;
receiving from the user an input gesture dropping the hyperlink onto the selected location;
determining, without further user input, whether the selected location includes a pre-existing document object or not, and;
if so, setting a property associated with the pre-existing document object to the value of the dropped hyperlink, thereby linking the pre-existing document object to the first object;
if not, copying at least part of the first object into the document page as a new document object and setting a property associated with the new document object to the value of the dropped hyperlink, thereby linking the new document object to the first object. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer program, residing on a computer-readable medium, for creating a document hyperlink, comprising instructions for causing a computer to:
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receive a user input that selects a first object having an associated hyperlink;
receive a user input that drags the hyperlink to a selected location on a document page;
receive a user input that drops the hyperlink onto the selected location;
determine, without further user input, whether the selected location includes a pre-existing document object or not, and;
if so, set a property associated with the pre-existing document object to the value of the dropped hyperlink, thereby linking the pre-existing document object to the first object;
if not, copy at least part of the first object into the document page as a new document object and set a property associated with the new document object to the value of the dropped hyperlink, thereby linking the new document object to the first object. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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