Interactive document information storage and delivery

• US 8,055,701 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2005
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Trufinescu, Tudor M., Welcker, Brian Lee, Carlson, Jason D.
• Primary Examiner(s): JACOBS, LASHONDA T
• Application Number:
  US11/172,203
• Publication Number:
  US 20070006066A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,323 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/223, 709/224, 707/3, 707/10
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions

Abstract

Indexing and storage of context of a plurality of interactive points within an interactive document is provided. The context of the interactive points within the document is stored in a server such that it can be located by the server via the index. Furthermore, information may be received at the server identifying context data for an interactive point stored in the server upon a user activating the interactive point within the document. The server may then transmit to a client the context data stored by the server identified by the information received.

Claims

1. A method of accessing data over a data network comprising:

indexing context of a plurality of interactive points within an interactive document; and

storing, by a server, the context of the plurality of interactive points within the interactive document in the server such that it can be located by the server via the index, the indexing comprising organizing context information based on a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to an interactive point within the interactive document.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein all of the interactive points within the interactive document are indexed.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising first generating the interactive document.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the context information is target data of a link.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

receiving at the server information identifying context data for an interactive point stored in the server upon a user activating the interactive point within the interactive document; and

transmitting from the server to a client the context data stored by the server identified by the information received.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the information received is a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to the interactive point within the interactive document.

7. A method comprising:

activating a point of interaction within an interactive document;

sending to a server information identifying context data stored on the server for the point of interaction; and

receiving the context data from the server.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the context information is that of a link.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the information sent is a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to the point of interaction within the interactive document.

10. A system comprising a processor coupled to a memory, the memory having stored thereon instructions, the instructions when run by the processor cause the processor to:

index context of a plurality of interactive points within an interactive document; and

store the context of the plurality of interactive points within the interactive document in a server such that it can be located by the server via the index, the indexing comprises organizing context information based on a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to an interactive point within the interactive document.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein all of the plurality of interactive points within the interactive document are indexed.

12. The system of claim 10 further comprising first generating the interactive document.

13. The system of claim 10 wherein the context information is target data of a link.

14. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

receive at the server information identifying context data for an interactive point stored in the server upon a user activating the interactive point within the interactive document; and

transmit from the server to a client the context data stored by the server identified by the information received.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the information received is a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to the interactive point within the interactive document.

16. The system of claim 10 further comprising:

activate a point of interaction within the interactive document;

send to a server information identifying context data stored on the server for the point of interaction; and

receive the context data from the server.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the context information is that of an HTTP link.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the information sent is a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to the point of interaction within the interactive document.

19. A method of accessing data over a data network comprising:

indexing context data for a plurality of interactive points contained within a webpage, wherein the indexing comprises organizing context information based on a session identifier and an action identifier pertaining to an interactive point within the interactive document;

storing, by a server, the context data of the plurality of interactive points within the webpage in the server such that it can be located by the server via the index;

receiving at the server information identifying context data for a first interactive point stored in the server upon a user activating the first interactive point within the webpage; and

transmitting from the server to a client computing device the context data stored by the server for the first interactive point identified by the information received.