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Access mechanism for parallel status update for multiple servers

  • US 6,205,474 B1
  • Filed: 04/14/1998
  • Issued: 03/20/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of providing information to a client system in a network, the network including one or more server systems, said method comprising the steps of:

  • issuing a plurality of requests for status information about a plurality of notes conferences to one or more of the server systems, said plurality of requests issued by means of a standard Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) language FRAME feature in a browser, said browser resident in the client system;

    receiving one or more responses from the one or more server systems in response to said plurality of requests, each said response comprising at least a portion of the status information requested, said one or more responses received by said browser;

    providing a parent frame in a display at the client system;

    creating a frame set of child frames in said parent frame; and

    providing each said portion of status information to said display, each said portion of status information provided to said parent frame in a sequence as received from the one or more server systems, each said child window frame for updating a portion of said status information.

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