Method for generating a group of page files formatted in a page markup language

• US 6,915,483 B1
• Filed: 02/11/1998
• Issued: 07/05/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Siemens AG
• Original Assignee: Siemens AG
• Inventors: Crusius, Friedbert
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): YUAN, ALMARI ROMERO
• Application Number:
  US09/341,207
• Time in Patent Office: 2,701 Days
• Field of Search: 707/513, 707/501.1, 707/530, 715/513, 715/501.1, 715/530
• US Class Current: 715/207
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

When drawing up a hierarchically structured document in an author file, a reference to a data record of a file already stored in the authoring system can be generated. The author file is sub-classified into individual data records which are respectively stored as pages on an internet server. The added reference is converted into an HTML page address.

Claims

1. A method for generating a group of page files formatted in a page markup language for storage in a data server device of a data networking system through which the page files are addressable by a multiplicity of data processing user systems and are transferrable to the user systems, comprising the steps of:

drawing up a data record-structured author file on a data processing authoring system which is connectable to the data server device via a data transmission line, in which author file text and graphic information is editable within a respective data record and reference information identifying data records of data record-structured files which are addressable in the data processing authoring system is insertable;

sending the author file to a format generator device of the authoring system, by which a respective page file is generated in the page markup language from the data records of the author file and from the data records which belong to the data record-structured files and are marked by reference information;

generating a respective page markup language-specific link control address addressing the page file associated with the identified data record from reference information inserted in the data records;

storing the respective page markup language-specific link control address in the page file associated with the data record containing the reference information; and

transmitting the generated page files that are provided with page markup language-specific link control addresses to the data server device via the data transmission line.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein reference information about other data records of data record-structured files which files are addressable in the authoring system is addable to data records of the data record-structured files which are addressable in the authoring system.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein reference information about other data records of the data record-structured author file is addable to data records of the data record-structured author file.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the author file is a data record-structured file which is already addressed in the authoring system.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein an item of reference information about files structured free of data records which is addressable in the authoring system is addable.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the information stored in data record-structured files is subdivided into information modules to which at least one individual structure address is assigned, wherein each information module is stored together with its individual structure address in a respective data record, and wherein an item of reference information about a data record of a reference file is added in that, by visualization of the structure addresses filed in the reference file, one of the structure addresses is selectable.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein when selecting a data record already stored in the data server device as a page file, a page markup language-specific link control address addressing this page file is generated and is temporarily stored in a data field of the data record holding the reference information.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the structure address is one of an item of text information or an item of numerical information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein a data record-structured file in the authoring system is addressable only if the page files assigned to data records thereof are already stored in the data server device, and wherein a page file is transmitted only if it is not yet stored or a change has been made to information content thereof, in particular of link control addresses.

10. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the stored page files are displayed in the user systems with navigation control fields which allow leafing through a group of page files to a logically next or preceding page file while avoiding activation of corresponding forward functions of a page access device.