Hypermedia navigation using soft hyperlinks
May 6, 2016. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent ReferencesSystem for accessing a database with an iterated fuzzy query notified by retrieval response User interface system and method for traversing a database System for adjusting hypertext links with weighed user goals and activities Method and system for data retrieval in a distributed system using linked location references on a plurality of nodes Dynamic software version auditor which monitors a process to provide a list of objects that are accessed Database engine predicate evaluator Apparatus and methods for retrieving information by modifying query plan based on description of information sources Methods for hypertext reporting in a relational database management system System and method for a computer-based dynamic information clipping service System for linking hypermedia data objects in accordance with associations of source and destination data objects and similarity threshold without using keywords or link-difining terms InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 643330 filed on 05/06/1996US Classes:715/501.1, Hypermedia707/3Query processing (i.e., searching)ExaminersPrimary: Feild, Joseph H.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 017/30AbstractA hypermedia-based navigation system includes a plurality of information providers and one or more clients. Databases of available hyperlink targets are maintained by the information providers. Each of the databases is searchable by means of one or more query attributes supported by the database and relating to the available hyperlink targets. A hypermedia document might contain a soft hyperlink, consisting of a query formulation specified in terms of query attributes and of values for said query attributes. A client resolves a soft hyperlink by querying at least one of the databases with the query formulation to locate one or more hyperlink targets having attributes and attribute values that satisfy the query formulation. The soft hyperlink can additionally contain executable rules. The client executes these rules prior to submitting the query formulation to the database. Each rule, when it executes, potentially adds search predicates to the original query formulation. Execution of a particular rule is conditioned upon a set of mandatory attributes associated with the rule. The rule will be executed if and only if its mandatory attributes are bound to actual values by the particular client attempting to resolve the soft hyperlink.Other References
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