Method and system in a computer network for automatically adding synchronization points to network documents

A system for uniformly indexing a network document displayed within a computer display screen in a computer network having a plurality of clients connectable to one or more servers, wherein said network document is composed of displayable components, said system comprising:

• means for identifying all displayable components within said network document;
• means for serially evaluating said displayable components against a profile list of particular displayable components within said network document, in response to identifying all displayable components within said network document;
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• means for automatically inserting synchronization points at predetermined locations within said network document, in response to serially evaluating said displayable components against said profile list, wherein each synchronization point is associated with a particular displayable component contained within said profile list, thereby permitting users reviewing copies of the same network document in varying display formats to refer to identical locations within said network document relative to said synchronization points, regardless of the type of display format utilized to display said network document at each of said plurality of clients.

A program product residing in a computer memory in a computer for uniformly indexing a network document displayed within a computer display screen in a computer network having a plurality of clients connectable to one or more servers, wherein said network document is composed of displayable components, said program product comprising:

• instruction means residing in a computer for identifying all displayable components within said network document;
• instruction means residing in a computer for serially evaluating said displayable components against a profile list of particular displayable components within said network document, in response to identifying all displayable components within said network document;
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• instruction means residing in a computer for automatically inserting synchronization points at predetermined locations within said network document, in response to serially evaluating said displayable components against said profile list, wherein each synchronization point is associated with a particular displayable component contained within said profile list, thereby permitting users reviewing copies of the same network document in varying display formats to refer to identical locations within said network document relative to said synchronization points, regardless of the type of display format utilized to display said network document at each of said plurality of clients.