Patent ID: 7349916
Filing Date: 2008-03-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of creating menus for a number of web pages, the method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a computing system, a number of hypertext markup language (“HTML”) files for a family of web pages, and storing the HTML files in a memory of the computing system; receiving a script file by the computing system and storing the script file in the memory, wherein the script file includes script functions for producing menu tables on the web pages to navigate among the web pages, wherein the HTML files have calls to ones of the script functions; and executing, by a browser of the computing system, a first one of the HTML files for one of a plurality of web pages in the family, including executing ones of the script functions for which the first HTML file has calls, wherein the executing includes: inserting highlighted text in one of said menu tables responsive to the first HTML file calling a menu-highlighted-item one of the script functions, including passing text in an argument of the call for the menu-highlighted-item function to insert with highlighting in the one of the plurality of web pages; and inserting a link in said menu table responsive to the first HTML file calling a menu-link-item one of the script functions, including passing, in arguments of the call, text and a URL for another one of the web pages in the family for the menu-link-item function to insert in the one of the plurality of web pages, so that the browser renders the one of the plurality of web pages having the table for the one of the plurality of web pages, so that the browser presents to a user highlighted text in the table for the one of the plurality of web pages and presents to the user text and a link in the table to another one of the web pages in the family.