Extracting a portion of a document, such as a web page

A method comprising:

• determining, using scrolling adjusted coordinates, a location of a pointer in relation to nodes in a first formatted document, each node comprising a respective one or more formatting attributes defining a graphical representation of the node;
• identifying a first subtree of the nodes based on a first one of the nodes being nearer to the pointer than one or more others of the nodes;
• generating a second subtree of the nodes based on each node of the first subtree, each node of the second subtree having an identical one or more formatting attributes to a corresponding node of the first subtree;
• compressing the second subtree, the compressed second subtree capable of being stored on a storage device;
• extracting the compressed second subtree;
• and
• causing display of a presentation of the extracted second subtree in a second formatted document different from the first formatted document, the presentation of the extracted second subtree sharing characteristics of a presentation of the first subtree in the first formatted document.

A computer program product comprising computer-readable program code to be executed by one or more processors when retrieved from a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the program code including instructions configurable to cause:

• determining, using scrolling adjusted coordinates, a location of a pointer in relation to nodes in a first formatted document, each node comprising a respective one or more formatting attributes defining a graphical representation of the node;
• identifying a first subtree of the nodes based on a first one of the nodes being nearer to the pointer than one or more others of the nodes;
• generating a second subtree of the nodes based on each node of the first subtree, each node of the second subtree having an identical one or more formatting attributes to a corresponding node of the first subtree;
• compressing the second subtree, the compressed second subtree capable of being stored on a storage device;
• extracting the compressed second subtree;
• and
• displaying a presentation of the extracted second subtree in a second formatted document different from the first formatted document, the presentation of the extracted second subtree sharing characteristics of a presentation of the first subtree in the first formatted document.