Method and apparatus for managing and presenting changes to an object in a data processing system

• US 20020069266A1
• Filed: 12/04/2000
• Published: 06/06/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lakhdhir, Mansoor Abdulali
• Granted Patent: US 6,934,734 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for presenting changes to data are provided. User input is received through a first program in a first instance of a browser. The user input is placed in a variable. The user input is retrieved from the variable through a second program. The user input is processed by the second program to form a result. The result is presented in a second instance of the browser.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system presenting changes to data, the method comprising:

receiving a user input through a first program in a first instance of a browser;

placing the user input in a variable;

retrieving the user input from the variable through a second program;

processing, by the second program, the user input to form a result; and

presenting the result in a second instance of the browser.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is an input changing display characteristics of a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a search query.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the variable is a class variable.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

saving data from the second instance of the browser in remote data processing system in response to a selected user received by the first instance of the browser.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first program is a first applet and wherein the second program is a second applet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the result is at least one of text, a graphical object, and a sound file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a query and wherein the processing step comprises:

sending the query to a server; and

receiving a result.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a change to a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser and wherein the processing step comprises:

altering a display of the graphical object in the second instance of the browser using the user input.

22. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the user input is an input changing display characteristics of a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser.

23. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the user input is a search query.

24. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the variable is a class variable.

25. The data processing system of claim 1 further comprising:

saving means for saving data from the second instance of the browser in remote data processing system in response to a selected user received by the first instance of the browser.

26. The data processing system of claim 1 wherein the first program is a first applet and wherein the second program is a second applet.

27. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the result is at least one of text, a graphical object, and a sound file.

28. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the user input is a query and wherein the processing means comprises:

sending means for sending the query to a server; and

receiving means for receiving a result.

29. The data processing system of claim 1, wherein the user input is a change to a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser and wherein the processing means comprises:

altering means for altering a display of the graphical object in the second instance of the browser using the user input.

10. A method in a data processing system for presenting data, the method comprising:

displaying a graphical user interface for receiving a user input;

placing the user input in a class variable in response to receiving the user input;

processing the user input to form a result; and

displaying the result in a second graphical user interface.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the first graphical user interface is presented using a first applet and the second graphical user interface is presented using a second applet.

13. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the bus system is a single bus.

14. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the bus system includes a primary bus and a secondary bus.

15. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the processing unit includes a plurality of processors.

16. The data processing system of claim 12, wherein the communications unit is one of a modem and Ethernet adapter.

18. The data processing system of claim 17, wherein the first program is a first applet and the second program is a second applet.

19. The data processing system of claim 17, wherein the first graphical user interface is a first instance of a browser and wherein the second graphical user interface is a second instance of the browser.

20. The data processing system of claim 17, wherein the user input is one of a search query, attribute for a graphical object, and a command.

31. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the first graphical user interface is presented using a first applet and the second graphical user interface is presented using a second applet.

12. A data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a communications unit connected to the bus system;

a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes as set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive a user input through a first program in a first instance of a browser;

place the user input in a variable;

retrieve the user input from the variable through a second program;

process the user input through the second program to form a result; and

present the result in a second instance of the browser.

17. A data processing system for presenting data, the data processing system comprising:

a first program, wherein the first program displays a first graphical user interface to receive a user input and places the user input in a class variable; and

a second program, wherein the second program retrieves the user input from the class variable, processes the user input to form a result, and presents the result in a second graphical user interface.

21. A data processing system presenting changes to data, the data processing system comprising:

receiving means for receiving a user input through a first program in a first instance of a browser;

placing means for placing the user input in a variable;

retrieving means for retrieving the user input from the variable through a second program;

processing means for processing, by the second program, the user input to form a result; and

presenting means for presenting the result in a second instance of the browser.

30. A data processing system for presenting data, the data processing system comprising:

displaying means for displaying a graphical user interface for receiving a user input;

placing means for placing the user input in a class variable in response to receiving the user input;

processing means for processing the user input to form a result; and

displaying means for displaying the result in a second graphical user interface.

32. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use in presenting changes to data, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for receiving a user input through a first program in a first instance of a browser;

second instructions for placing the user input in a variable;

third instructions for retrieving the user input from the variable through a second program;

fourth instructions for processing, by the second program, the user input to form a result; and

fifth instructions for presenting the result in a second instance of the browser.

33. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use in presenting data, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for displaying a graphical user interface for receiving a user input;

second instructions for placing the user input in a class variable in response to receiving the user input;

third instructions for processing the user input to form a result; and

fourth instructions for displaying the result in a second graphical user interface.