Appeal No. 2002-0056
Application No. 08/868,201
1. A method for relating a hyper-text markup language (HTML) document to stored
information that is associated with the HTML document and with a non-browser application
program that is external of the browser, comprising the steps of:
computing the information associated with the HTML document utilizing the non-browser
application program;
storing the computed information in a location accessible by an index reference;
searching the HTML document for an association tag, wherein the association tag includes
the index reference;
reading the index reference;
retrieving the stored information that is associated with the HTML document and with the
non-browser application program that is external of the browser utilizing the index reference; and
providing the retrieved information that is associated with the HTML document and with the
non-browser application program that is external of the browser to an instance of the non-browser
application program for utilization by the non-browser application program that is external of the
browser to operate on the HTML document, such that the non-browser application program that is
external of the browser need not recompute the stored information that is associated with the HTML
document and with the non-browser application program that is external of the browser.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
Nielsen 5,659,729 Aug. 19, 1997
(filed Feb. 1, 1996)
Goldman et al. (Goldman) 5,684,951 Nov. 4, 1997
(filed Mar. 20, 1996)
Cordell et al. (Cordell) 5,893,915 Apr. 13, 1999
(filed Apr. 18, 1996)
Freivald et al. (Freivald) 5,898,836 Apr. 27, 1999
(filed Jan. 14, 1997)
Winter, “Microsoft Word 97 Quick Reference,” Que, Apr. 18, 1997, pages 1 through 30.
Lemay et al. (Lemay), “JavaScript,” Sams.net Publishing, (1996), pages 289 through 291.
Claims 1, 4 through 6, 8, 10, 12, 13, 16, 22, 24 and 26 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C.
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