Inventors:
Chip Alexander - Belmont CA
Robert Hoexter - Fremont CA
Assignee:
Oracle Corporation - Redwood Shores CA
International Classification:
G06F 1500
Abstract:
A display button for a web page integrating both a graphic pictorial image with character based textual information (with link) into a single iconic button. By providing a graphic image within a display button, the present invention provides the advantages of a graphic icon, e. g. , speed of location and user recognition as well as increased meaning. By providing a character based dynamic textual link, the present invention provides an iconic button whose information can be readily translated between various languages (e. g. , Italian, English, French, German, etc. ) without requiring the image to be redrawn using complex and time consuming means; e. g. , using an artist and a drawing tool. Instead, translation can be accomplished using automatic word and/or phrase conversion. Preferably, the display button of the present invention is represented in a table structure within HTML.