(12) United States Patent ao) Patent No.: us 6,370,497 Bi
Knowles (45) Date of Patent: Apr. 9,2002
Corp., Armonk, NY (US)
( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 0 days.
(21) Appl. No.: 09/250,647
(22) Filed: Feb. 16, 1999
(30) Foreign Application Priority Data
Jun. 29, 1998 (CA) 2241836
(51) Int. CI.7 G06F 17/20; G06F 17/21
(52) U.S. CI 704/1; 707/501
(58) Field of Search 704/1, 8-9; 707/530,
707/531, 513, 500, 501; 345/352, 326
(56) References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
5,848,407 A * 12/1998 Ishikawa et al 707/2
In a page for computer display structured with labels for programmed navigational program links, such as a page programmed in HTML with hypertext link tags, a small amount of simple linguistic case information on contextual use of the label on the page presented can be stored as an extra property or attribute on the link itself. This programming data is then used during rendering of the link to resolve the text of the link label in its proper context on the page, even if a change has been propagated to the name of the link's destination.
27 Claims, 3 Drawing Sheets
