Patent ID: 8204950
Filing Date: 2012-06-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of providing an in-page search of contents of a webpage, the method comprising: displaying, with a web browser, a visible portion of a webpage, the webpage comprising: reading the user's search criteria with the executable code; searching contents of the webpage with the executable code to identify text matching the search criteria; providing on the webpage, with the executable code, a set of user interface controls for the user to select text formatting options for text identified as matching the search criteria; modifying, with the executable code, a set of markup tags corresponding to the identified text in accordance with the text formatting options selected by the user, based on a determination that the identified text matches the search criteria, to change the appearance of the identified text relative to other text on the webpage, wherein the modified set of markup tags make the identified text a hyperlink allowing the user to jump to a next match on the webpage, wherein modifying the set of markup tags corresponding to the identified text comprises: redisplaying, with the executable code, the visible portion of the webpage with the modified set of markup tags.