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(19) INDIA (21) APPLICATION No:
1313/MAS/1997A
(22) Date of filing of Application:17/06/1997 (43) Publication Date: 09/06/2006
(54) Title of the invention:
A METHOD FOR ACCESSING A
LOCATION IN A NETWORK BY
ACTIVATING A LINK IN A FILE.
(51) International classification: G 06 F
17/30
(31) Priority Document No.9612627.1,
9613169.3, 9707736.6
(32) Priority Date: 17/06/1996, 24/06/1996,
16/04/1997.
(33) Name of priority country: U.K, U.K,
U.K .
(87) WIPO No. :
(61) Patent of addition to
Application No. :
Filed on:
(62) Divisional to
Application No.:
Filed on:
(71) Name of Applicant
BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS
PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY,
Address of Applicant:
81,NEWGATE STREET,
LONDON EC1A 7AJ,
ENGLAND.
(72) Name of the Inventor(s):
NICHOLAS HECTOR EDWARDS.
MARTIN RUSS.
PAUL GARNER.
(57) Abstract
An interface(105,125,120) for a World Wide Web (WWW) (110) browser is described which recognises HyperText
Markup Language (HTML) links embedded in WWW pages. Normally, such links are highlighted on a graphics
screen and are activated using a pointing device such as a computer mouse. When each HTML link is recognised by
the interface (105,125,120), it is assigned an identifier which can be selected by a user of a system incorporating the
interface by means defined by the interface other than a mouse,for example by a keypad 105.
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