Patent ID: 6671854
Filing Date: 2003-12-30
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for converting fixed-count multi-row web objects in a web document to variable-count multi-row web objects in a web document for distribution to and display on a web browser computer, each row of said web object having a row format definition and row content definition; said method comprising the steps of:scanning one or more lines of a web object for a row format definition which matches a definition in a system dictionary; extracting a matching row format definition from a fixed-count multi-row web object; storing said extracted row format definition into the values of a plurality of string variables embodied in a computer readable media; inserting content definition into each row format definition in each string variable value; and converting the values of the string variables into a variable-count multi-row web object in a computer readable medium such that said variable-count multi-row web object may be included or appended to a web document for distribution to and display by a web browser computer system.