Data processing system for converting content relative to a space used as an advertising medium into a printable object

• US 7,196,806 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2001
• Issued: 03/27/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hamzy, Mark Joseph, Brown, Michael Wayne, Cooper, Michael Richard, VanderWiele, Mark Wayne
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams; Kimberly
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huntsinger; Peter K
• Application Number:
  US09/895,222
• Publication Number:
  US 20030002070A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,097 Days
• Field of Search: 358/1.15, 358/1.18, 707/517, 707/523, 715/517, 715/523, 345/157, 345/163
• US Class Current: 358/1.15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2216/17 Web printing
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or reproducing device, e.g. a facsimile reader or printer, as a local input to or local output from a computer image input to or image output from a computer via a network H04N1/00209
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00238 using an image reproducing device as a local output from a computer output via network, e.g. network printing H04N1/00233
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0067 Converting to still picture data

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product in a data processing system for printing a disjoint web object and content of a web page is provided. Responsive to presenting the web page by the browser, an embedded tag is presented as the disjoint web object. The disjoint web object is then printed based on the embedded tag, wherein content relative to the disjoint web object is printed along with content of the web page.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system for printing a content of a web page, comprising the steps of:

receiving the content of the web page, wherein the content comprises an embedded tag and instructions for changing an appearance of a disjoint web object presented on a display of the data processing system;

presenting the web page on the display;

responsive to presenting the web page, presenting the embedded tag as the disjoint web object using the received instructions when the disjoint web object is located in areas of the display over the web page while the web page is being presented, wherein the embedded tag is not presented as the disjoint web object in response to a movement of the disjoint web object off the web page; and

enabling a printing of the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag, wherein content relative to the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with the content of the web page.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the step of printing the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag, further comprises:

inserting a print command in the web page; and

printing content relative to the disjoint web object along with content of the web page utilizing the print command in the web page.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the print command is a button located in the web page.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to a determination that a “

format for print”

plugin is not installed, downloading the “

format for print”

plugin.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising:

printing the page based on the disjoint web object and the content of the web page.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a “

format for print”

plugin can override printing the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the disjoint web object is at least one of a pointer, content in a web frame, and content in a web window.

8. A method in a data processing system for printing a content of a web page, comprising the steps of:

receiving the content of the web page, wherein the content comprises an embedded tag and instructions for changing an appearance of a disjoint web object presented on a display of the data processing system;

presenting the web page on the display;

responsive to presenting the web page, presenting the embedded tag as the disjoint web object using the received instructions; and

enabling a printing of the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag, wherein content relative to the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with the content of the web page, wherein the embedded tag is a first embedded tag and further comprising;

embedding a second tag as the disjoint web object in the web page; and

responsive to an event, presenting the second embedded tag as the disjoint web object, wherein the event is a selected user input and wherein the selected user input is a movement of the disjoint web object over a selected portion of the web page.

9. A method for printing a content of a document in a data processing system, comprising the steps of:

receiving the document from a source on the data processing system, wherein the document includes a graphical object, wherein the graphical object is associated with an organization;

responsive to displaying the document in the data processing system, presenting the graphical object as a disjoint web object using the graphical object, wherein the disjoint web object is a pointer for a pointing device, and the graphical object is presented as the pointer for the pointing device in lieu of presenting a normal pointer for the pointing device; and

printing the disjoint web object based on the graphical object, wherein the disjoint web object is printed along with the content of the document.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the step of presenting comprises:

presenting the graphical object as the pointer for the pointing device when the disjoint web object is over the document and presenting the normal pointer as the pointer for the pointing device when the disjoint web object is not over the document.

11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the document is a web page.

12. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the graphical object comprises a set of tags and wherein the step of presenting the disjoint web object using the graphical object comprises:

presenting a tag from the set of tags as the disjoint web object in response to an event.

13. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the event is a periodic event.

14. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the event is a selected user input.

15. The method as recited in claim 14, wherein the selected user input is a movement of the disjoint web object over a portion of the document.

16. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the presenting step presents a tag from the set of tags in a selected order.

17. The method as recited in claim 12, wherein the presenting step presents a tag from the set of tags in a random order.

18. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the graphical object is a logo for a company.

19. A data processing system, comprising:

a network;

a server functionally connected to the network, wherein the server stores a document including an embedded tag for changing appearance of a pointing device cursor, wherein the server sends the document in response to a request for the document; and

a plurality of clients functionally connected to the network, wherein a client within the plurality of clients includes a graphical user interface and a disjoint web object, the client receives the document from the server in response to requesting the document, the client displays the document, the client displays the embedded tag as the disjoint web object in lieu of displaying a normal pointing device cursor as the disjoint web object, and the disjoint web object is printed based on the embedded tag, wherein content relative to the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with content of the web page.

20. The data processing system as recited in claim 19, wherein the embedded tag is displayed as the disjoint web object when the disjoint web object is located in an area of the display over the web page while the web page is being presented.

21. The data processing system as recited in claim 19, wherein the document is displayed within a browser.

22. A data processing system, comprising:

means for receiving content of a web page, wherein the content comprises a disjoint web object and instructions for changing an appearance of a disjoint web object presented on a display of the data processing system;

means for presenting the web page on the display;

presenting means, responsive to presenting the web page, for presenting an embedded tag as the disjoint web object using the received instructions when the disjoint web object is located in areas of the display over the web page while the web page is being presented, wherein the embedded tag is not presented as the disjoint web object in response to a movement of the disjoint web object off the web page; and

printing means for printing the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag, wherein content relative to the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with the content of the web page.

23. The data processing system as recited in claim 22, further comprising:

presenting means for presenting the embedded tag as the disjoint web object when the disjoint web object is located in areas of the display over the web page while the web page is being presented.

24. The data processing system as recited in claim 22, wherein the embedded tag is a first embedded tag and further comprising:

embedding means for embedding a second tag as the disjoint web object in the web page; and

presenting means, responsive to an event, for presenting the second embedded tag as the disjoint web object.

25. The data processing system as recited in claim 22, wherein the printing means for printing the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag further comprises:

inserting means for inserting a print command in the web page; and

printing means for printing content relative to the disjoint web object along with content of the web page.

26. The data processing system as recited in claim 22, further comprising:

downloading means, responsive to a determination that a “

format for print”

plugin is not installed, for downloading the “

format for print”

plugin.

27. A data processing system for printing a content of a document, comprising:

receiving means for receiving the content of the document, wherein the content comprises a graphical object and instructions for changing an appearance of a disjoint web object presented on a display of the data processing system;

means for displaying the document on the display;

presenting means, responsive to displaying the document, for presenting the graphical object as the disjoint web object using the graphical object when the disjoint web object is located in areas of the display over the document while the document is being presented, wherein the graphical object is not presented as the disjoint web object in response to a movement of the disjoint web object off the document; and

printing means for printing the disjoint web object based on the graphical object, wherein the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with content of the document.

28. The data processing system as recited in claim 27, wherein the graphical object comprises a set of tags and wherein the step of presenting the disjoint web object using the graphical object comprises:

presenting means for presenting a tag from the set of tags as the disjoint web object in response to an event.

29. A data processing system for printing a content of a document, comprising:

receiving means for receiving the content of the document, wherein the content comprises a graphical object and instructions for changing an appearance of a disjoint web object presented on a display of the data processing system;

means for displaying the document on the display;

presenting means, responsive to displaying the document, for presenting the graphical object as the disjoint web object using the graphical object, wherein the presenting means comprises presenting means for presenting the graphical object as a pointer for a pointing device when the disjoint web object is over the document and presenting a normal pointer as the pointer for the pointing device when the disjoint web object is not over the document; and

printing means for printing the disjoint web object based on the graphical object, wherein the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with content of the document.

30. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program product for use in a data processing system for printing a disjoint web object and content of a web page, comprising the steps of:

instructions for receiving the content of the web page, wherein the content comprises an embedded tag and instructions for changing an appearance of a disjoint web object presented on a display of the data processing system;

instructions for presenting the web page on the display;

instructions, responsive to presenting the web page, for presenting the embedded tag as the disjoint web object using the received instructions when the disjoint web object is located in areas of the display over the web page while the web page is being presented, wherein the embedded tag is not presented as the disjoint web object in response to a movement of the disjoint web object off the web page; and

instructions for printing the disjoint web object based on the embedded tag, wherein content relative to the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with the content of the web page.

31. A computer-readable medium storing a computer program product for use in a data processing system for printing a disjoint web object and content of a document, comprising:

instructions for receiving the document from a source on a data processing system, wherein the document includes a graphical object, wherein the graphical object is associated with an organization;

instructions, responsive to displaying the document in the data processing system, for presenting the graphical object as the disjoint web object using the graphical object, wherein the disjoint web object is a pointer for a pointing device, and the graphical object is presented as the pointer for the pointing device in lieu of presenting a normal pointer for the pointing device; and

instructions for printing the disjoint web object based on the graphical object, wherein the disjoint web object is enabled to be printed along with the content of the document.