Translating data into HTML while retaining formatting and functionality for returning the translated data to a parent application
US6565609B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Grant date | May 20, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 15, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/258
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for enabling data generated in a parent application to be translated into another format, such as hypertext markup language (HTML), so that formatting functionality unique to the parent application is retained, and so that the data reintroduced into the parent application from an HTML document has all its original formatting and functionality restored. As the data are translated into the other format, formatting information specific to the parent application is included with the data, but in such a manner that the formatting information is ignored by applications such as web browsers that are compatible with the other format. While translating the data into the other format, any formatting commands in the data that are not fully supported in the other format are identified, and if found, are translated so as to emulate the form of the data in the parent application. Included in the translated data is a marker identifying changes in the formatting commands. When the translated data are reintroduced to the parent application, the parent application ignores the non-identical formatting indicated by the marker and instead uses the original formatting information that was inclu…
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