Hypertext information acquisition system and computer-readable recording medium storing hypertext information acquisition program

Abstract

There is provided a hypertext information acquisition system which enables a user to follow hypertext links by designating a link to document contents by entering a numerical value indicative of a location of the link. User command analysis unit recognizes a coordinate value entered by the user from his telephone set and outputs the same to linked contents request unit. Linked contents request unit outputs to contents acquisition unit a request for acquisition of linked document contents associated with a location on an image generated from link-embedded document contents, the location being indicated by the link coordinate value. Image generation unit generates an image from document contents acquired by the contents acquisition unit, with the image matrix coordinate scales added thereto. The generated image is transmitted to a user's FAX machine by image transmission unit. Thus, the user can obtain the linked document contents via facsimile transmission simply by designating the coordinate value by using the telephone set.

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