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User-controlled web browser table reduction

  • US 8,271,866 B2
  • Filed: 08/19/2004
  • Issued: 09/18/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for reducing the display size of a table, rendered in a web page, comprising:

  • receiving the web page, having the table, at a web browser application being run on specifically a client computer connected to the Internet;

    identifying a table structure tag in a hyper text markup language in the web page, the table structure tag being for a column or a row in a table;

    determining whether the table structure tag meets a criteria for being hideable;

    responsive to determining that the table structure tag meets the criteria for being hideable, adding a control into the table structure tag, before the table is rendered by the web browser application being run on specifically the client computer;

    linking the control to an algorithm; and

    activating the control so that the algorithm causes the column or the row to not be rendered when the table is displayed on the web page;

    wherein the display size of the table on the web page is reduced by not rendering the column or row in response to the control and the algorithm.

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