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Dynamic web object row count in hyper text markup language

  • US 6,671,854 B1
  • Filed: 11/05/1999
  • Issued: 12/30/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/05/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for converting fixed-count multi-row web objects in a web document to variable-count multi-row web objects in a web document for distribution to and display on a web browser computer, each row of said web object having a row format definition and row content definition;

  • said method comprising the steps of;

    scanning one or more lines of a web object for a row format definition which matches a definition in a system dictionary;

    extracting a matching row format definition from a fixed-count multi-row web object;

    storing said extracted row format definition into the values of a plurality of string variables embodied in a computer readable media;

    inserting content definition into each row format definition in each string variable value; and

    converting the values of the string variables into a variable-count multi-row web object in a computer readable medium such that said variable-count multi-row web object may be included or appended to a web document for distribution to and display by a web browser computer system.

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