Patent ID: 6192383
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for uniformly indexing a network document displayed within a computer display screen in a computer network having a plurality of clients connected to one or more servers, wherein said network document includes at least one displayable component, said method comprising the steps of:identifying all displayable components within said network document;serially evaluating said displayable components against a profile list of particular displayable components within said network document, in response to identifying all displayable components within said network document; andautomatically inserting synchronization points at predetermined locations within said network document, in response to serially evaluating said displayable components against said profile list, wherein each synchronization point is associated with a particular displayable component contained within said profile list, thereby permitting users reviewing copies of the same network document in varying display formats to refer to identical locations within said network document relative to said synchronization points, regardless of the type of display format utilized to display said network document at each of said plurality of clients.