Patent ID: 6763496
Filing Date: 2004-07-13
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for promoting contextual information pertaining to a linked document to a display page containing a hyperlink to the linked document, wherein the contextual information comprises more information pertaining to the linked document than the hyperlink contained in the display page and the display page being viewable on a browser, which is capable of displaying the contextual information, comprising the steps of:(a) editing the linked document so that at least one parameter of the linked document has been changed, producing an edited linked document; (b) storing the edited linked document on a server; (c) generating meta-data that references said at least one changed parameter of the linked document; (d) storing the meta-data on the server; (e) determining the contextual information from the stored meta-data, wherein the contextual information comprises more information pertaining to the linked document than the hyperlink contained in the display page; and (f) automatically generating instructions for displaying in the display page the contextual information pertaining to the linked document, the instructions thus generated defining a part of the display page and being uploaded from the server to the browser so as to enable display of the contextual information pertaining to the linked document on the display page when the display page is viewed on the browser.