Dynamic image display
First Claim
1. A computer readable medium containing executable code that executes procedures of:
- downloading from a server in network communication with a client during rendering a web page for display in a graphic user interface at said client a plurality of indicia, each of said indicia corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of text entries in a database in data communication with said server;
displaying in a first region of said web page a predetermined number of said indicia;
enhancing one of said indicia currently displayed at a selected location within said first region;
downloading from said database to said client said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region;
displaying in a second region of said web page said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region; and
replacing each one of said indicia currently displayed in said first region with another one of said indicia not currently displayed in said first region.
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Abstract
A plurality of indicia are downloaded during the rendering of a web page retrieved from a server. Each of the indicia corresponds to a respective one of a plurality of text entries in a database in communication with such server or any other server on the network. A predetermined number of the downloaded indicia are then displayed in a first region of a web page. One of the indicia currently displayed at a selected location within the first region is visually enhanced. Next, the respective one of the text entries corresponding to the indicia that has been enhanced at the selected location in the first region is downloaded and then displayed in a second region of the web page. So that all such indicia are displayed, each one of the indicia currently displayed in the first region is replaced with another one of the indicia not currently displayed in the first region.
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56 Claims
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1. A computer readable medium containing executable code that executes procedures of:
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downloading from a server in network communication with a client during rendering a web page for display in a graphic user interface at said client a plurality of indicia, each of said indicia corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of text entries in a database in data communication with said server;
displaying in a first region of said web page a predetermined number of said indicia;
enhancing one of said indicia currently displayed at a selected location within said first region;
downloading from said database to said client said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region;
displaying in a second region of said web page said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region; and
replacing each one of said indicia currently displayed in said first region with another one of said indicia not currently displayed in said first region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for navigation of a database in a graphic user interface that executes steps of:
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downloading from a server in network communication with a client during rendering a web page for display in a graphic user interface at said client a plurality of indicia, each of said indicia corresponding to a respective one of a plurality of text entries in a database in data communication with said server;
displaying in a first region of said web page a predetermined number of said indicia;
enhancing one of said indicia currently displayed at a selected location within said first region;
downloading from said database to said client said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region;
displaying in a second region of said web page said respective one of said text entries corresponding to said one of said indicia currently displayed at said selected location in said first region; and
replacing each one of said indicia currently displayed in said first region with another one of said indicia not currently displayed in said first region. - View Dependent Claims (30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56)
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41. A method as set forth in claim 402 wherein said indicia downloading step further includes the steps of:
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determining, in the event said count exceeds said predetermined number, whether said count exceeds a maximum count; and
setting, in the event said count exceeds said maximum count, said count to said maximum count.
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Specification