Component for Coordinating the Accessing and Rendering of an Application Media Package
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1. A physical memory device having stored thereon a software component for coordinating the accessing and rendering of an application media package, said component comprising:
- instructions for accessing an application media package definition;
instructions for parsing said application media package definition;
instructions for rendering, using said parsed application media package definition, a graphical user interface outside of the window of and independent of a web browser application;
instructions for accessing Internet content from a network reference specified by said parsed application media package definition; and
instructions for presenting said Internet content such that it is associated with said graphical user interface.
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Abstract
A software application component for coordinating the accessing and displaying of Internet content operates to acquire and render media packages which include a definition of a graphical user interface and a network reference, such as a URL, pointing to Internet content to be downloaded and presented within said user interface. The application component may also manage the collection, organization, sharing, and rendering of a plurality of such media packages.
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25 Claims
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1. A physical memory device having stored thereon a software component for coordinating the accessing and rendering of an application media package, said component comprising:
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instructions for accessing an application media package definition; instructions for parsing said application media package definition; instructions for rendering, using said parsed application media package definition, a graphical user interface outside of the window of and independent of a web browser application; instructions for accessing Internet content from a network reference specified by said parsed application media package definition; and instructions for presenting said Internet content such that it is associated with said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A physical memory device associated with a client computer, said client computer arranged to be communicatively coupled with a plurality of content server computers, said physical memory device having stored thereon a software component for coordinating the accessing and rendering of an application media package, said component comprising:
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instructions for obtaining from a first of said content server computers, in response to a user selection, an application media package definition; instructions for parsing said obtained application media package definition; instructions for rendering on said client computer, using said parsed application media package definition, a graphical user interface rendered outside of the window of a web browser application, and said instructions for rendering operable without invoking a web browser application to render said graphical user interface; instructions for obtaining from a second of said server computers Internet content, said second server computer identified by a network reference specified in said parsed application media package definition; instructions for parsing said obtained Internet content; and instructions for presenting said parsed Internet content on said client computer such that it is associated with said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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20. A physical memory device associated with a client computer, said client computer arranged to be communicatively coupled with a plurality of server computers, said physical memory device having stored thereon a software component for coordinating the accessing and rendering of an application media package, said component comprising:
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instructions for receiving login data, including data for use in authenticating a user, from said client computer; instructions for sending said login data to a first of said server computers for authenticating said user; instructions for retrieving, if authenticated, a user profile from said first server computer; instructions for using said user profile to obtain from a second of said server computers, in response to a user selection, an extensible markup language (XML) application media package definition; instructions for parsing on said client computer said obtained XML application media package definition; instructions for rendering on a display device of said client computer, using said parsed XML application media package definition, a graphical user interface, said graphical user interface rendered outside of the window of a web browser application, and said instructions for rendering operable without invoking a web browser application to render said graphical user interface; instructions for rendering as a part of said graphical user interface a control; instructions for obtaining from a third said server computer Internet content, said third server computer identified by a network reference specified in said parsed XML application media package definition; instructions for parsing on said client computer said obtained Internet content; instructions for presenting said parsed Internet content on said display device of said client computer within said graphical user interface; and wherein said control is operable on said Internet content to control the presentation of said Internet content within said graphical user interface. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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