US Patent:
20020188636, Dec 12, 2002
Inventors:
David Peck - San Francisco CA, US
Eliot Greenfield - San Francisco CA, US
Jesse Kocher - San Francisco CA, US
Matthew Lerner - San Francisco CA, US
Michael Morearty - San Francisco CA, US
International Classification:
G06F017/22
G06F017/24
Abstract:
A software package for editing Web-based documents, comprising an interface module for interfacing with a browser software and a receiving module for receiving from a user an indication of a selected portion of a Web-based document currently displayed by the browser software, and of a desired editing function to be performed on the selected portion in combination with an object tag detecting module detecting object tag elements within the selected portion and an insertion module inserting immediately prior to and after each object tag element within the selected portion editing tags corresponding to the desired editing function, the insertion module inserting editing tags immediately prior to the selected portion and immediately after the selected portion, wherein the editing tags are distinguishable from the object tag elements. A method for editing Web-based documents, comprising the steps of receiving from a user an indication of a selected portion of a Web-based document to be edited and of a desired editing function to be performed on the selected portion and inserting immediately prior to the selected portion a first tag corresponding to the desired editing function in combination with the steps of detecting object tag elements within the selected portion, inserting immediately prior to each object tag element within the selected portion a second tag object corresponding to the desired editing function and inserting the second tag at the end of the selected portion, and inserting immediately after each tag object within the selected portion the first tag, wherein the first and second tags are distinguishable from the object tag elements.
