Automatic web page thumbnail generation
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1. A method for presenting content from a web page in a distributed database, comprising the steps ofpresenting a web page from the distributed database, wherein said web page includes a plurality of links to linked web pages in the distributed database, wherein the linked web pages are written in a markup language;
- retrieving at least one of the linked web pages;
parsing the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages;
creating a thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages, wherein the thumbnail image represents how the at least one of the linked web pages would be displayed by a browser which parsed the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; and
presenting the thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages proximate to the web page so that a user may examine a thumbnail image to determine whether to navigate to a corresponding linked web page.
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Abstract
A method for presenting content from the page in a distributed database. In a preferred embodiment, a page of data from the database is presented to a user. The page has a plurality of links to linked pages in the database. A set of thumbnail images of the linked pages in the database is presented to the user near the links to the linked pages.
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1. A method for presenting content from a web page in a distributed database, comprising the steps of
presenting a web page from the distributed database, wherein said web page includes a plurality of links to linked web pages in the distributed database, wherein the linked web pages are written in a markup language; -
retrieving at least one of the linked web pages;
parsing the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages;
creating a thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages, wherein the thumbnail image represents how the at least one of the linked web pages would be displayed by a browser which parsed the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; and
presenting the thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages proximate to the web page so that a user may examine a thumbnail image to determine whether to navigate to a corresponding linked web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product in a computer readable media for use in a data processing system for presenting content from a web page in a distributed database, comprising:
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first instructions for presenting a web page from the distributed database, wherein said web page includes a plurality of links to linked web pages in the distributed database, wherein the linked web pages are written in a markup language;
second instructions for retrieving at least one of the linked web pages;
third instructions for parsing the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages;
fourth instructions for creating a thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages, wherein the thumbnail image represents how the at least one of the linked web pages would be displayed by a browser which parsed the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; and
fifth instructions for presenting the thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages proximate to the web page so that a user may examine a thumbnail image to determine whether to navigate to a corresponding linked web page. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for presenting content from a web page in a distributed database, comprising:
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first means for presenting a web page from the distributed database, wherein said web page includes a plurality of links to linked web pages in the distributed database, wherein the linked web pages are written in a markup language;
second means for retrieving at least one of the linked web pages;
third means for parsing the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages;
fourth means for creating a thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages, wherein the thumbnail image represents how the at least one of the linked web pages would be displayed by a browser which parsed the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; and
fifth means for presenting the thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages proximate to the web page so that a user may examine a thumbnail image to determine whether to navigate to a corresponding linked web page. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer network, comprising:
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a network;
a server connected to the network for providing web pages; and
client connected to the network;
whereinthe network provides communications between the client and the server;
the client receives a web page from the server;
the client presents the web page from the server, wherein said web page includes a plurality of links to linked web pages, wherein the linked web pages are written in a markup language;
the client retrieves at least one of the linked web pages;
the client parses the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages;
the client creates a thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages, wherein the thumbnail image represents how the at least one of the linked web pages would be displayed by a browser which parsed the markup language of the at least one of the linked web pages; and
the client presents the thumbnail image of the at least one of the linked web pages proximate to the web page so that a user may examine a thumbnail image to determine whether to navigate to a corresponding linked web page. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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