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US 2015/0317406 A1Published application
Re-Use of Web Page Thematic Elements
OwnerDavid P. Bortinventor
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Abstract
The subject matter of this specification can be embodied in, among other things, a computer-implemented method that includes electronically displaying a web page with a web browser to a user of a first computing device; receiving a selection from the user to capture formatting information from the web page; and automatically applying the formatting information to one or more applications associated with a user of the first computing device.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- electronically displaying a web page with a web browser to a user of a first computing device, the web page comprising a first set of content and formatting information applied by the web browser to format the first set of content;
- receiving a selection from the user in the web browser;
- extracting formatting information from the displayed web page based on the selection from the user;
- using the formatting information by automatically applying the formatting information to one or more applications associated with a user of the first computing device, wherein automatically applying includes automatically applying the captured formatting information to a second set of content that is selected by the user and is different from the first set of content;
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- in response to the selection from the user, adding one or more key words associated with content of the web page to a personal index for the user, wherein the personal index affects search results presented to the user.
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A computer-implemented system in a computing device, comprising:
- a web browser to display web pages and apply formatting information to the content of the web pages on the computing device;
- style sheet storage storing the formatting information for the displayed web pages;
- a web page format extractor to receive a user command to extract formatting information from a web page, to access the style sheet storage and identify values for formatting in the displayed web pages, and to automatically make the values available for use by applications other than the web browser, wherein the formatting includes automatically applying the extracted formatting information to content that is selected by the user and different from content in the web pages from which the formatting information is extracted;
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- a search application to determine content of the web page and to add one or more key words associated with the content to a personal index for the user, wherein the personal index affects search results presented to the user.
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A computer-implemented system in a computing device, comprising:
- a web browser to display web pages and apply formatting information to the content of the web pages on the computing device;
- style sheet storage storing the formatting information for the displayed web pages;
- means for receiving a selection from a user in the web browser;
- means for automatically extracting the formatting information from the style sheet storage based on the selection from the user, and making the formatting information available for use by applications other than the web browser;
- means for determining content of the selection;
- means for adding one or more key words associated with content of the selection to a personal index for the user wherein the personal index affects search results presented to the user;
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- an application programmed to re-use formatting information by automatically applying the formatting information to content that is selected by the user, and different from content in the web pages from which the formatting information is extracted.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.