Generalized system for automatically hyperlinking multimedia product documents

A generalized automatic hyperlinking system comprising a computer on which software modules are executed, the system comprising:

• a source identifier;
• a source anchor generator connected to said source identifier;
• an initial serial-link generator connected to said source anchor generator;
• and
• a link manager connected to said initial semi-link generator;
• wherein the source identifier, the source anchor generator, and the initial semi-link generator support incremental hyperlinking and dynamic hyperlinking.

A generalized automatic hyperlinking system comprising a computer on which software modules are executed, the system comprising:

• a source identifier;
• a source anchor generator connected to said source identifier;
• an intermediate destination identifier connected to said source anchor generator;
• a destination identifier connected to said intermediate destination identifier;
• a final link generator connected to said destination identifier;
• and
• a link manager connected to said final link generator;
• wherein the source identifier and the source anchor generator support incremental hyperlinking and dynamic hyperlinking at different hyperlinking a stages for extracting information from accessible documents at each of the different hyperlinking stages.

A computer-implemented method for automatic hyperlinking comprising the steps of:

• identifying a source;
• generating a source anchor;
• generating an initial semi-link;
• utilizing link management;
• utilizing a document browser, said document browser for viewing and following links from one document to another;
• and
• wherein the source and the source anchor support incremental hyperlinking and dynamic hyperlinking at different hyperlinking stages for extracting information from accessible documents at each of the different hyperlinking stages.

A computer-implemented method for automatic hyperlinking comprising the steps of:

• identifying a source;
• generating a source anchor;
• identifying an intermediate destination based on user-defined criteria;
• identifying a destination based on user-defined criteria;
• generating a final link;
• and
• utilizing link management;
• wherein the source and the source anchor support incremental hyperlinking and dynamic hyperlinking.

A generalized automatic hyperlinking system comprising a computer on which software modules are executed, the system comprising:

• a source identification module;
• a source anchor generation module connected to said source identification module;
• an initial semi-link generation module connected to said source anchor generation module;
• an intermediate destination identification module connected to said source anchor generation module;
• an intermediate anchor generation module connected to said intermediate destination identification module;
• an intermediate link generation module connected to said intermediate anchor generation module;
• an intermediate semi-link generation module connected to said intermediate anchor generation module;
• a destination identification connected to said intermediate link generation module;
• a final semi-link generation module connected to said destination identification module;
• a final link generation module connected to said destination identification module;
• a link management module connected to said initial semi-link generation module, said source anchor generation module, said intermediate semi-link generation module, said intermediate link generation module, said final semi-link generation module and said final link generation module;
• a link database connected to said link management module;
• a link browser connected to said link management module and said source identification module;
• a link interpretation module connected to said link browser, said link browser invoking the link interpretation module for determining actions to be taken when a link is selected;
• and
• a document browsing module connected to said link browser;
• wherein the source identification module and the source anchor generation module support incremental hyperlinking and dynamic hyperlinking.