Retrieving documents transitively linked to an initial document

• US 8,005,843 B2
• Filed: 05/20/2008
• Issued: 08/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Sweet, Richard Eric, Rowe, Edward Royce Warren
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee; Wilson
• Application Number:
  US12/124,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20080222091A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• Field of Search: 707741-747, 715/202, 715/205, 715/209, 715/236, 709/218, 709/250
• US Class Current: 707/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/10 Text processing natural language analysis G06F40/20; semantic analysis G06F40/30; processing or translation of natural language G06F40/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/12 Use of codes for handling textual entities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/959 Network
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99932 Access augmentation or optimizing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99933 Query processing, i.e. searching

Abstract

A method for creating a distinguishing identifier of a collection of data including a primary document and one or more auxiliary documents digests each auxiliary document to create a respective auxiliary document digest, and creates a distinguishing identifier by digesting a concatenation of the primary document with all auxiliary document digests.

Claims

1. A system for creating a distinguishing identifier of a collection of data comprising a primary document and one or more auxiliary documents, the system comprising:

a computer processor; and

a computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the computer processor to;

digest each auxiliary document to create a respective auxiliary document digest; and

create a distinguishing identifier by digesting a concatenation of the primary document with all auxiliary document digests.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein digesting comprises applying a digital digest algorithm.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the digital digest algorithm is the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the primary document includes one or more references to the auxiliary documents, and wherein interpretation of the references causes content from the auxiliary documents to be displayed as part of the primary document.

5. A computer program product, residing on a computer readable storage medium, for creating a distinguishing identifier of a collection of data comprising a primary document and one or more auxiliary documents, comprising instructions for causing a computer to:

digest each auxiliary document to create a respective auxiliary document digest; and

create a distinguishing identifier by digesting a concatenation of the primary document with all auxiliary document digests.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein:

the instructions for causing a computer to digest comprise instructions causing a computer to apply a digital digest algorithm.

7. The computer program product of claim 6, wherein the digital digest algorithm is the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm.

8. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein the primary document includes one or more references to the auxiliary documents, and wherein interpretation of the references causes content from the auxiliary documents to be displayed as part of the primary document.

9. A method for creating a distinguishing identifier of a collection of data comprising a primary document and one or more auxiliary documents, comprising:

digesting each auxiliary document to create a respective auxiliary document digest; and

creating a distinguishing identifier by digesting a concatenation of the primary document with all auxiliary document digests.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the steps of digesting comprise applying a digital digest algorithm.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the digital digest algorithm is the MD5 Message Digest Algorithm.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the primary document includes one or more references to the auxiliary documents, and wherein interpretation of the references causes content from the auxiliary documents to be displayed as part of the primary document.