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Methods and apparatus for evaluating aspects of a web page

A technology of web pages and web pages, which is used in network data retrieval, data processing applications, website content management, etc., and can solve problems such as difficult maintenance.

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-07-05
MICROSOFT CORP
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[0007] Some Web pages, such as those that provide complex functionality, can be difficult to maintain

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[0020] Aspects of the invention are directed to automated methods of identifying links contained in World Wide Web pages. For example, one embodiment provides an automated method for identifying links that are typically displayed only after the occurrence of an event, such as receipt of a particular user input. For example, a link provided as an item in a fly-out menu that typically appears after a particular user input is received may be displayed.

[0021] According to one embodiment, elements of a web page including tags, links and other elements may be loaded into a Document Object Model (DOM). In one embodiment, tags are loaded into an array provided by the DOM. A computer program entity may issue instructions to the DOM to simulate the occurrence of a particular event, such as the receipt of browser input regarding a particular page element, thereby causing the display of links contained in that page. For example, commands issued to the DOM can simulate the user moving...

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An automated method is provided for evaluating the validity of links included in a web page. The web page may contain commands, such as dynamic HTML or other embedded commands, which are configured for execution upon the occurrence of an event, such as a provision of input by a user. According to one embodiment, the method includes causing the links to be generated by simulating the occurrence of the event. Upon the generation of the links, their validity may be determined, and a report may be produced which indicates whether the links are valid.

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technical field [0001] This invention relates to computer software, and more particularly to software that can be used to identify aspects of World Wide Web sites. Background technique [0002] Many people use the Internet to use the World Wide Web ("web"). In a web environment, a server computer provides information requested by client computers in the form of World Wide Web pages. A World Wide Web page includes a set of instructions, or "tags," and other information presented in a markup language format such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) or Extensible Markup Language (XML). A browser program executing on the client computer receives and processes the tags to create a display for the user. Tags can define the appearance of page elements, such as the font of text elements. A tag can also define a hypertext link that identifies another web resource through a Uniform Resource Locator (URL). A user can invoke a link by "clicking" on it (for example, by using a mouse t...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/3089G06F16/958G06Q50/00
Inventor M·A·斯塔博德R·W·法伯
Owner MICROSOFT CORP
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