Patent ID: 8375287

Claim:
A method, comprising: storing, in a storage device of a data processing system, a common icon to represent a common function of a source hyperlink, wherein the source hyperlink comprises a target resource locator that points to a target document; storing a predetermined screen position at which to display the common icon on a display screen; associating the common function with a plurality of alternative terms suitable to identify the common function, wherein each of the plurality of alternative terms is a different term that describes a same function of the common icon; opening a source document comprising the source hyperlink; finding a match between a descriptive tag in the source hyperlink and one of the plurality of alternative terms; in response to finding the match between the descriptive tag in the source hyperlink and one of the plurality of alternative terms, forming a common function hyperlink from the common icon to the target document; displaying, on the display screen, the source document, the common function hyperlink, and the common icon, wherein the common icon is displayed at the predetermined screen position; and opening the target document in response to activation of the common function hyperlink.