Displaying the accessibility of hyperlinked files
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsTomoka Mochizuki, Tomonori Sugiura, Lianzi Wen
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Abstract
The accessibility of a hyperlinked files is displayed. A hyperlink that references a resource is extracted from a target file. An attempt to acquire the resource is made by performing a first authentication operation. A first object is received in response to performing the authentication operation. A second object is acquired by performing a second authentication operation using pre-determined authentication information. The first object and the second object are compared to determine if the first object is the same as the second object. Information indicating the accessibility of the resource is presented via a display apparatus.
Claims2
A system for displaying an accessibility of a hyperlinked file, the system comprising:
- an extracting unit for extracting a hyperlink from a target file, wherein the hyperlink references a resource displayable on a display apparatus;
- an accessibility determining unit for attempting to acquire the resource by performing a first authentication operation configured to fail and, in response, receiving a first object;
- the accessibility determining unit further configured for acquiring a second object by performing a second authentication operation using pre-determined authentication information;
- the accessibility determining unit further configured for comparing the first object and the second object to determine if the first object is the same as the second object;
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- a display controlling unit for presenting, via the display apparatus, information indicating the accessibility of the resource, wherein the information is based, at least in part, on the comparison between the first object and the second object and further based, at least in part, on the target file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.