Multi-target links for navigating between hypertext documents and the like
US6751777B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 19, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/9562
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An apparatus, program product, and method utilize a multi-target link to selectively access data located at one or more of a plurality of storage locations associated with the link. Thus, when a user activates a particular multi-target link, a request may be forwarded to different storage locations in different circumstances to optimize utilization of the link, rather than the request being forwarded to the same single storage location as occurs with conventional hypertext links and bookmarks. A multi-target link may be implemented as a hypertext link defined by a hypertext link definition embedded in a hypertext document, or as a bookmark for use in a custom bookmark list for a user. Moreover, various types of data, including hypertext documents, files, and the like, may be accessed from one or more of the storage locations for a multi-target link.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.