Method and apparatus for generating linking means and updating text files on a wide area network
OwnerGregory Piccionelliinventor
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Abstract
Embodiments of the instant invention are directed to methods for automatically generating a link means in E-mail, web pages and other documents and files presented to users of wide area computer networks, and for automatically updating text and other types of files on a wide area network with linking means to data desired to be presented to such users. In embodiments of the present invention, selected key words are stored in a memory location or key word file. A comparison is made between the words in a downloaded text file and the key words stored in the key word file. If a word is detected in the textual data and the key word file or files, the key word displayed to the user is converted into a linking means.
Claims4
A method for converting a textual word in a document comprising a plurality of textual words into a linking means, comprising:
- identifying at least one textual word as a key word and storing the key word in a key word file;
- associating the key word with the linking means, wherein the linking means is associated with predefined data;
- comparing the textual words in the document with the key word in the key word file;
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- converting the textual word in the document corresponding to the key word to the linking means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.