Tooltips on webpages

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1996-05-07

1999-08-10

Zimmerman, Mark K.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707501, 345337, 345338, G06F 1500

Patent

active

059374179

ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus that allows a Web page designer to specify tooltips for his Web page. Tooltips are text areas that display automatically when the user places the cursor over predetermined text on a display device. The invention also enables Web browser software to display the tooltips specified by the designer. The HTML format extension allows a Web page designer to specify the text over which the user must place the cursor to activate tooltips. The HTML extension also allows the designer to specify the tooltip text that will be displayed when the cursor reaches the specified text. Using the present invention, the designer only needs to specify tooltips for any given information once per page, even though the displayed information may appear multiple times on the Web page.

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