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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 28, 2010
Judith H. Bank, Morrisville, NC (US);
Lisa M. W. Bradley, Cary, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);
Chunhui Yang, Durham, NC (US);
Judith H. Bank, Morrisville, NC (US);
Lisa M. W. Bradley, Cary, NC (US);
Lin Sun, Morrisville, NC (US);
Chunhui Yang, Durham, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, common functions of hyperlinks are listed and associated with alternative terms, which may be words and phrases that are commonly used to identify hyperlinks in web pages and other documents. A common icon is associated with each common function, and a predetermined position on a display screen is assigned to each common icon. The alternative terms for each common function are compared to each of the hyperlinks in a source document. If a hyperlink matches an alternative term of a common function, the target resource locator from that hyperlink, which points to a target document, is associated with that common function. The corresponding common icon is displayed at its predetermined position on a display screen in the form of a common function hyperlink, which includes the target resource locator. Activating the common function hyperlink redirects the application to the target document.