Automatic creation of hyperlinks
Patent 6256631 Issued on July 3, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date: 
September 30, 2017. 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.
September 30, 2017. 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 ReferencesAutomatic summary page creation and hyperlink generation Method for creating a hypertext language for a distributed computer network Converting documents, with links to other electronic information, between hardcopy and electronic formats Client-server system using embedded hypertext tags for application and database development System for categorizing documents in a linked collection of documents Patent #: 5895470 InventorApplicationNo. 940459 filed on 09/30/1997US Classes:707/10, Distributed or remote access707/104.1, Application of database or data structure (e.g., distributed, multimedia, image)715/501.1, Hypermedia715/513Structured document (e.g., HTML, SGML, ODA, CDA)ExaminersPrimary: Vu, HienAssistant: Alam, Shahid Attorney, Agent or FirmForeign Patent References
International ClassG06F 017/30AbstractCreating hyperlinks in a document is performed according to structural indicators within a set of documents. The documents are parsed for at least one structural indicator, preferably of a type of structural indicator which is likely to be present in the type of documents being parsed. Each time a structural indicator is found in a document, text proximate to, and possibly including, the structural indicator is converted to a hyperlink. In one preferred embodiment, each structural indicator is associated with its own rule for creating the hyperlink. The invention also resolves the terminus of the hyperlink as a target document, e.g., a web page on the World Wide Web. The web page may be one of the documents newly hyperlinked as the set of hyperlinked documents are stored in a directory in a web server connected to the Internet. The target document may be resolved by retrieving a set of candidate documents related in subject matter to the hyperlinks. Each hyperlink is resolved by matching the text which occurs in the hyperlink to text which occurs in selected fields of a set of candidate target documents, e.g., a title field.Other References
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