Virtual navigator that produces virtual links at run time for identifying links in an electronic file
US6006236A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Dec 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S707/99944
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for identifying links in an electronic document provides an electronic file as a data structure having components and having base links that define the structural relationship between the components, traverses the data structure using the base links, and produces a virtual link between two components by recognizing a characteristic shared by the components. The virtual link is identified when needed at run-time. A function may be performed using the components as components are identified.
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