Method and Apparatus for Publishing Hypermedia Documents Over Wide Area Networks
AssigneeAmerica Online, Inc.
InventorsLinda Dozier, George Williams, Dave Long, Douglas McKee, James Davidson, Karen Brady
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Abstract
The present invention addresses the critical needs of publishers seeking to create and publish hypermedia content in electronic form across the wide area networks (“WAN's”) such as the World Wide Web. Toward this end, a client-server development platform is provided for handling the important functions of document authoring, content-based indexing and retrieval of documents, management and control of proprietary assets, and a support for developing form-driven interactive services, all in a manner that is uniquely and seamlessly WAN-integrated.
Claims32
a method for editing electronic documents located remote from but accessible to a:
- client computer, the method comprising:
- browsing from a client computer to a document located remote from but accessible to the client computer;
- using the client computer to edit the document;
- and
- saving the document, as edited, to a location remote from but accessible to the client computer.
A computer program residing on a computer-readable medium, for editing electronic documents located remote from but accessible to a client computer, the computer program comprising instructions for causing a computer to:
- browse from a client computer to a document located remote from but accessible to the client computer;
- use the client computer to edit the document;
- and
- save the document, as edited, to a location remote from but accessible to the client computer.
A system for editing electronic documents located remote from but accessible to a client computer, comprising:
- means for browsing from a client computer to a document located remote from but accessible to the client computer;
- means for using the client computer to edit the document;
- and
- means for saving the document, as edited, to a location remote from but accessible to the client computer.
A computer program, residing on a computer-readable medium, for publishing electronic documents comprising one or more servers, said computer program for use by a user having a client computer operably coupled to a first server, said computer program comprising instructions for causing a computer to:
- access a source document located on a source server, the source document including at least one link addressing a target document located on a target server;
- access the target document by signaling the link using a cursor control device;
- edit the target document;
- and
- save the target document as modified on a destination server,
- wherein the foregoing instructions are performed regardless of whether the first, source, target, and destination servers are the same or different servers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.