Method and system for accessing online applications using a web browser
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1. A graphical user interface displayable in a content window of a Web browser for accessing an online software application, comprising:
- a button, the button programmed with a URL of a start page of the online software application;
whereby, clicking on the button causes the start page of the online software application to be displayed in a display area.
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Abstract
A method and system for accessing online software applications using a Web browser. The system displays buttons linked to online software applications. Clicking on a button displays the start page of the online software application associated with that link in a display area in the content window of a Web browser. The user interface of the system can resemble a virtual Personal Digital Assistant.
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26 Claims
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1. A graphical user interface displayable in a content window of a Web browser for accessing an online software application, comprising:
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a button, the button programmed with a URL of a start page of the online software application;
whereby, clicking on the button causes the start page of the online software application to be displayed in a display area. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for interaction between a Web browser on a first computer and an online software application on a second computer, said method comprising the steps of:
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initiating an application on the first computer to open a graphical user interface in the content window of the Web browser, the interface including a button, the button programmed with a URL of a start page of the online software application; and
accessing the start page using the button, thereby causing the start page to be displayed in a display area to permit interaction with the online software application. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method of accessing an online software application under control of a server system, comprising the steps of:
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displaying in a Web browser, a button programmed with a URL of a start page of the online software application;
sending a request to the server system to access the start page of the software application in response to selection of the button; and
displaying the requested start page in a display area. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A system comprising:
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means for creating one or more button means associated with one or more start pages of one or more online software applications;
means for making available the button means via a Web page;
means for selecting one of the button means; and
means for displaying the start page of the online software application associated with the selected button means in a display area in response to selection of the button means. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of associating an online software application with a graphical user interface displayable in a content window of a Web browser, the graphical user interface comprising a button associable with a URL for a start page of the online software application, whereby selecting the button causes the online software application to be displayed in a display area, the method comprising the steps of:
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locating an instance of a first said online software application using the Web browser; and
causing the button to be associated with the URL of the start page of the instance of the first said online software application. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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