Appeal No. 2006-2975
Application No. 09/794,742
there are no more internal links in the retrieved HTML
files (step 320), for each retrieved HTML file, web
browser 212 identifies external links that link the
retrieved HTML file to one or more external HTML files
residing on other websites, for example, websites 120b
and 120c (step 325). Furthermore, for each retrieved
HTML file, web browser 212 also identifies any
electronic mail addresses (step 330) and/or plug-ins
(step 335), which may be included in the HTML file.
Finally, web browser 212 creates a visual
representation of the webpages associated with the
retrieved HTML files, identified external links,
identified electronic mail addresses, and/or the
identified plug-ins (step 340). In the embodiment shown
in FIG. 4a, web browser 212 may display on display
device 250 a hierarchical representation of the
webpages. (Emphasis added).
2. Further, at column 5, lines 2 through 6, Roberts states
the following:
Web browser 212 identifies the title from the
retrieved HTML file associated with the webpage by, for
example, parsing the HTML file for an appropriate tag,
for example a <TITLE> tag, and displaying the text that
follows that tag. (Emphasis Added)
With the above discussion in mind, we find that Roberts
teaches a method and apparatus for presenting an overview of a
website by displaying a hierarchical layout of the links thereon.
Particularly, Roberts teaches parsing an HTML file to thereby
identify all links, including links to documents that are located
on the website (title, plug-ins e-mail addresses) as well as
those links to documents that stored externally. Further, Roberts
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