System and method for automatically adding informational hypertext links to received documents
CA 2191671 C · Owner: Van Hoff, Arthur A. · Inventors: Van Hoff, Arthur A.
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In a distributed computer system, an automated document annotation system and method adds hypertext cross-references to a set of known information sources into documents requested by a client computer in such a way that the merged document is displayable by existing Web browsers. The distributed computer network incorporates a plurality of servers to store documents. Each stored document has a unique document identifier and is viewable from a client computer having a browser configured to request and receive documents over the network. An annotation proxy which is a software procedure configured to merge a requested document from a first server with hypertext links to documents containing …
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- Filed November 29, 1996 and granted May 20, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 29, 2016.
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