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Method and system for implementing hypertext scroll attributes
Assignee: Oracle America Inc
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Filing: 1996-02-01
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Granted: 1997-08-19
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Expires: 2016-02-01
Abstract
Abstract Embodiments of the present invention use a new extension to the HTML language to support remotely specified named anchors. A remotely specified named anchor, when embedded within a source document, instructs a browser program to access a portion of a destination document indicated in the remotely specified named anchor. When the browser program reads a remotely specified named anchor such as <a href=http://foo.com/bar.html/SCROLL="Some Text"> from the source document, the browser program performs the following steps: 1) the browser retrieves the destination file "bar.html" from the server "foo.com", 2) the browser searches the file bar.html for "Some Text", and 3) if the browser finds the character swing being searched for, then the browser displays the file bar.html, scrolled to the line containing the first character of the character string being searched for.
Inventors
- 👤 Jakob Nielsen
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 18:17
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958; G06F16/986; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99931; Y10S707/99933; Y10S707/99939; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99942; Y10S707/99943; Y10S707/99944; Y10S707/99945
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
117 words
A method executed in a network computer system for facilitating access to a specified portion of data stored at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving a source document, the source document including hypertext links to other data on the network; displaying the source document; receiving input entered on the source document; determining whether the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor; when the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor, retrieving data indicated in the remotely specified named anchor and displaying a portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor, wherein the specified portion of the data does not have a position marker associated with it.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
117 words
A method executed in a network computer system for facilitating access to a specified portion of data stored at a remote location, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving a source document, the source document including hypertext links to other data on the network; displaying the source document; receiving input entered on the source document; determining whether the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor; when the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor, retrieving data indicated in the remotely specified named anchor and displaying a portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor, wherein the specified portion of the data does not have a position marker associated with it.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of determining further comprises the step of: examining the remotely specified named anchor to determine whether it contains an attribute indicating that a specified portion of the retrieved data should be displayed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
12 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the attribute is a SCROLL attribute.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the step of displaying the portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor further comprises the step of: examining the remotely specified named anchor to determine a character string to search for.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of claim 4 further comprising the steps of: searching the retrieved data for the character string; and displaying the portion of the data containing the character string.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
130 words
A network computer system for facilitating access to a specified portion of data stored at a remote location, the system comprising: a mechanism configured to retrieve a source document, the source document including hypertext links to other data on the network; a mechanism configured to display the source document; a mechanism configured to receive input entered on the source document; a mechanism configured to determine whether the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor; a mechanism configured to, when the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor, retrieve data indicated in the remotely specified named anchor and display a portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor, wherein the specified portion of the data does not have a position marker associated with it.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
130 words
A network computer system for facilitating access to a specified portion of data stored at a remote location, the system comprising: a mechanism configured to retrieve a source document, the source document including hypertext links to other data on the network; a mechanism configured to display the source document; a mechanism configured to receive input entered on the source document; a mechanism configured to determine whether the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor; a mechanism configured to, when the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor, retrieve data indicated in the remotely specified named anchor and display a portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor, wherein the specified portion of the data does not have a position marker associated with it.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
The system of claim 6 wherein the mechanism configured to determine further comprises: a mechanism configured to examine the remotely specified named anchor to determine whether it contains an attribute indicating that a specified portion of the retrieved data should be displayed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
The system of claim 7 wherein the attribute is a SCROLL attribute.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The system of claim 6 wherein the mechanism configured to display the portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor further comprises: a mechanism configured to examine the remotely specified named anchor to determine a character string to search for.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
34 words
The system of claim 9 further comprising: a mechanism configured to search the retrieved data for the character string; and a mechanism configured to display the portion of the data containing the character string.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
130 words
A computer program product for facilitating access to a specified portion of data stored at a remote location, the computer program product comprising: code that retrieves a source document, the source document including hypertext links to other data on the network; code that displays the source document; code that receives input entered on the source document; code that determines whether the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor; code that, when the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor, retrieves data indicated in the remotely specified named anchor and displays a portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor, wherein the specified portion of the data does not have a position marker associated with it, wherein the code resides on a tangible medium.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
130 words
A computer program product for facilitating access to a specified portion of data stored at a remote location, the computer program product comprising: code that retrieves a source document, the source document including hypertext links to other data on the network; code that displays the source document; code that receives input entered on the source document; code that determines whether the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor; code that, when the input comprises selection of a remotely specified named anchor, retrieves data indicated in the remotely specified named anchor and displays a portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor, wherein the specified portion of the data does not have a position marker associated with it, wherein the code resides on a tangible medium.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
41 words
The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the code that determines further comprises: code that examines the remotely specified named anchor to determine whether it contains an attribute indicating that a specified portion of the retrieved data should be displayed.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
14 words
The computer program product of claim 12 wherein the attribute is a SCROLL attribute.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
42 words
The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the code that displays the portion of the data specified in the remotely specified named anchor further comprises: code that examines the remotely specified named anchor to determine a character string to search for.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
32 words
The computer program product of claim 14 further comprising: code that searches the retrieved data for the character string; and code that displays the portion of the data containing the character string.
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