System and method for updating a table of contents in a frameset
US6769096B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 24, 1998 |
| Grant date | Jul 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/94
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A self-updating frameset having a target document in one frame and a Table-of-Contents (TOC) document in another frame hyperlinked to the target document. A reference document (RD) field is inserted into the TOC document to identify the target document as the target of the TOC. A TOC field in the TOC document scans the target document to identify selected headings as entries in the TOC document. When the selected headings are identified, the TOC field creates hyperlink entries in the TOC document, each hyperlink entry having a corresponding anchor at a selected heading in the target document. The hyperlink entries in the TOC document can be automatically updated each time the fields in the TOC document are recalculated.
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