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Method and apparatus for transmitting accessibility requirements to a server

  • US 7,401,288 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2003
  • Issued: 07/15/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method in a data processing system for transmitting accessibility requirements, comprising:

  • requesting a web page from a server;

    receiving the web page from the server;

    parsing content in the web page received from the server for a specified indicator, wherein the specified indicator is an object type that identifies a type of the server;

    responsive to the specified indicator being present, identifying accessibility requirements set for a client in the data processing system;

    generating an extensible markup language (XML) document that contains the identified accessibility requirements; and

    sending the XML document that contains the identified accessibility requirements to the server, wherein the identifying, generating and sending steps are performed by a plug-in to a browser program that is activated by receipt of the selected specified indicator contained in the web page received from the server.

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