Method for inline variables management in a hypermedia display language

US6353839B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Openwave Systems Inc. · US

Inventors

• Peter F. King · Rue de l'Église, US
• Russell S. Greer · Los Gatos, US
• Bruce V. Schwartz · Hillsborough, US
• Bruce K. Martin, Jr. · Palo Alto, US
• Mark Lentczner · Mountain View, US
• Lawrence Stein · San Jose, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 30, 1998
• Grant date: Mar 5, 2002
• Expiry date: Apr 30, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F40/143
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To accept, store, and use dynamic information within a markup language, a markup language variable system is introduced. The markup language variable system allows variable scopes to be created within markup language user agents. Variables can then be assigned using static variable assignment via markup language tags or dynamic variable assignment via user requests. Variables can be used within markup language displays or within addresses such as Uniform Resource Locators (URLs). Automatic escaping ensures that variables are correctly modified for use within certain contexts such as URLs.