Management of multimedia information across a plurality of HTML containers

• US 6,182,093 B1
• Filed: 02/27/1998
• Issued: 01/30/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 03/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: US Philips Corporation (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Hagenaars, Harald H. J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHANNAVAJJALA, SRIRAMA T
• Application Number:
  US09/031,694
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/212, 709/217, 709/218, 709/231, 709/232, 709/305, 709/304, 709/302-303, 707/1-10, 707/100-104, 707/200-205, 707/500-501, 707/511, 707/513-514, 707/900-907, 395/701, 395/709-710, 395/712, 717/1-11
• US Class Current: 715/209
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45508 Runtime interpretation or emulation, e g. emulator loops, bytecode interpretation
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99943 Generating database or data structure, e.g. via user interface
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing

Abstract

A method and apparatus for use in a multimedia environment for executing management of one or more global information entities across a plurality of HTML containers. An additional GLOBAL.HTML container is provided for therein carrying out such management in a predetermined script language, the additional container being at a predetermined fixed location in the memory of the apparatus.

Claims

1. A method for use in a multimedia environment for managing at least one global information entity across a plurality of HTML containers;

said method comprising;

providing an additional GLOBAL.HTML container for therein executing management of said at least one global information entity wherein said additional GLOBAL.HTML container is separate from said plurality of HTML containers and said additional GLOBAL.HTML container may be accessed without requiring access of a particular one of said plurality of HTML containers; and

executing said management in a predetermined script language.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said script language is either of Visual Basic script (VB script) or JAVA script.

3. Apparatus for executing a multimedia application requiring management of at least one global information entity across a plurality of HTML containers;

said apparatus comprising;

accessing means for accessing an additional GLOBAL.HTML container for carrying out management of said at least one global information entity in a predetermined script language; and

a memory wherein said additional container is loaded at a predetermined fixed location therein before execution of said multimedia application is commenced.

4. A method for use in a multimedia environment for managing at least one global information entity across a plurality of HTML containers;

said method comprising;

providing an global container for therein executing management of said at least one global information entity wherein the contents of said global container are fixed during execution of said plurality of HTML containers; and

executing said management in a predetermined script language.

5. The method of claim 4, comprising defining a fixed memory location for said global container prior to execution of said plurality of HTML containers.