Web Clip Using Anchoring
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsKevin Decker, John Sullivan, David Harrison
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Abstract
Methods, computer program products, systems and data structures for generating a signature for a portion or portions of a content source are described. The signature can be generated by identifying a portion or portions of a content source, and determining a signature that defines the portion or portions. If the source is updated, the signature can be retrieved and compared to elements in the updated source. If an element in the updated source matches information included in the signature, content corresponding to the matching element is displayed.
Claims20
A method comprising
- identifying a portion of a structure of a document;
- determining a signature associated with the portion;
- and
- storing the signature.
The method of claim 10, where displaying the corresponding key element in the portion includes:
- determining an offset between the key element in the document and the corresponding key element in the updated version of the document;
- and
- displaying the corresponding key element with the offset.
A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:
- identify a portion of a structure of a document;
- determine a signature associated with the portion;
- and
- store the signature.
A system comprising:
- means for identifying a portion of a structure of a document;
- means for determining a signature associated with the portion;
- and
- means for storing the signature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.