Enhanced hyperlink
CA 2407984 A1 · Owner: Ingram, Gerald W. · Inventors: Mansfield, Stephen M.; Ingram, Gerald W.
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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An enhanced hyperlink and method for providing an enhanced hyperlink are provided. This invention permits the user to interact with a hyperlink in a variety of ways without necessarily having to open and/or follow the hyperlink. This is accomplished by detecting the presence of a cursor near a hyperlink. After detecting the hyperlink a toolbar is displayed containing , one or more link enhancements that the user may select. In response to the users' selection of a particular link enhancement that link enhancement , function would be performed without requiring any further action by the user.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed May 4, 2001. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended May 4, 2021.
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