Document processor for processing a document in accordance with a detected degree of importance corresponding to a data link within the document

• US 6,446,095 B1
• Filed: 03/02/1999
• Issued: 09/03/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Mukai, Masaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Stephen S.
• Application Number:
  US09/260,053
• Time in Patent Office: 1,281 Days
• Field of Search: 707/501.1, 707/513, 707/515, 707/530, 707/526
• US Class Current: 715/201
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A document processor in which a document storage member stores link data and documents composed of texts and link information associated with the link data, comprising: a document gain member for gaining a specific document or a link data segment from the document storage member; a temporary document storage member for storing the specific document or the link data segment; a conditional storage member for storing degrees of importance of link data in association with attributes of the link data; a graphic producing member for producing a predetermined graphic in accordance with a degree of importance of the link data segment; a document display member for displaying texts in the specific document and the predetermined graphic; and a document display commanding member for instructing the document display member to display the texts in the specific document and the predetermined graphic simultaneously.

Claims

1. A document processor for use with a document storage device capable of storing link data and at least one document comprising texts and link information associated with the link data, the link information including a data link segment, said document processor comprising:

a document gain means for gaining at least one of a document and link data from the document storage device;

a temporary document storage means for storing the at least one of the document and the link data;

a conditional storage means for storing a degree of importance of the link data corresponding to a name of a link data segment corresponding to the link data;

a graphic producing means for producing a predetermined graphic in accordance with the degree of importance of the link data;

a document display means for displaying texts in the document and the predetermined graphic; and

a document display commanding means for providing an instruction that instructs the document display means to simultaneously display the texts and the predetermined graphic.

2. A document processor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a link data designating means for designating the predetermined graphic and providing a designation instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

3. A document processor as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a suspension commanding means for providing a suspension instruction to instruct the document gain means to suspend gaining of the link data segment when it has been determined, during gaining of the link data segment by the document gain means, that the attribute of the link data segment corresponds to a degree of importance of not more than a predetermined value.

4. A document processor as claimed in claim 2, further comprising a suspension commanding means for providing a suspension instruction to instruct the document gain means to suspend gaining of the link data segment when it has been determined, during gaining of the link data segment by the document gain means, that the attribute of the link data segment corresponds to a degree of importance of not less than a predetermined value.

5. A document processor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a document analysis means for providing an analysis instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device when the degree of importance of the link data segment is not less than a predetermined value;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

6. A document processor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a document analysis means for providing analysis instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device when the degree of importance of the link data segment is not more than a predetermined value;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

7. A document processor as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a document analysis means for providing analysis instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device when the degree of importance of the link data segment is equal to a predetermined value;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

8. A document processor for use with a document storage device capable of storing link data and at least one document comprising texts and link information associated with the link data, the link information including a data link segment, said document processor comprising:

a document gain means for gaining at least one of a document and link data from the document storage device;

a temporary document storage means for storing the at least one of the document and the link data;

a conditional storage means for storing a degree of importance of link data in association with at least one attribute of the link data segment;

a graphic producing means for producing a predetermined graphic in accordance with the degree of importance of the link data;

a document display means for displaying texts in the document and the predetermined graphic; and

a document display commanding means for providing an instruction that instructs the document display means to simultaneously display the texts and the predetermined graphic;

a decision data gain means for gaining data on conditions for determining a degree of importance of non-text data in response to gain of the non-text data from the document storage device;

a decision data storage means for storing information corresponding to gain of the data on conditions for determining a degree of importance of non-text data by said decision data gain means; and

a conditional change means for changing contents of the conditional storage means when contents of the decision data storage means have satisfied predetermined conditions.

9. A document processor as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

a link data designating means for designating the predetermined graphic and providing a designation instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

10. A document processor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a suspension commanding means for providing a suspension instruction to instruct the document gain means to suspend gaining of the link data segment when it has been determined, during gaining of the link data segment by the document gain means, that the attribute of the link data segment corresponds to a degree of importance of not more than a predetermined value.

11. A document processor as claimed in claim 9, further comprising a suspension commanding means for providing a suspension instruction to instruct the document gain means to suspend gaining of the link data segment when it has been determined, during gaining of the link data segment by the document gain means, that the attribute of the link data segment corresponds to a degree of importance of not less than a predetermined value.

12. A document processor as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

a document analysis means for providing an analysis instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device when the degree of importance of the link data segment is not less than a predetermined value;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

13. A document processor as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

a document analysis means for providing an analysis instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device when the degree of importance of the link data segment is not more than a predetermined value;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.

14. A document processor as claimed in claim 8, further comprising:

a document analysis means for providing an analysis instruction that instructs the document gain means to gain the link data segment from the document storage device when the degree of importance of the link data segment is equal to a predetermined value;

wherein the document display commanding means provides a display instruction that instructs the document display means to display the link data segment in place of the predetermined graphic.