Display mechanism for HTML frames
First Claim
1. A method of accessing an electronic page on a computer system, comprising the steps of:
- toggling a frame windowing mode of the computer system into an active state;
receiving, subsequent to said toggling step, an electronic page including two or more frames having fixed attributes;
in response to said receiving step, automatically displaying said electronic page with each frame represented as an independent window on a display device of the computer system; and
enabling one or more window operations for each of the independent windows.
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Abstract
A method of accessing an electronic page on a computer system, by ascertaining that the electronic page is adapted to be displayed as a single window containing a plurality of frames (having fixed attributes), but then displaying separate windows for respective frames, and enabling one or more window operations for each of the windows, such as resizing, minimizing, maximizing, and closing each of the windows. The windowed frames can be displayed as child windows within a parent window on the display device, or in separate parent windows. The frame windowing mode can be toggled between active and inactive states. Initial attributes of the windows can be based on the frame attributes of the respective frames. These attributes can be ascertained by interpreting tags in a main computer file associated with the electronic page, e.g., an HTML file which is downloaded over the World Wide Web.
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1. A method of accessing an electronic page on a computer system, comprising the steps of:
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toggling a frame windowing mode of the computer system into an active state;
receiving, subsequent to said toggling step, an electronic page including two or more frames having fixed attributes;
in response to said receiving step, automatically displaying said electronic page with each frame represented as an independent window on a display device of the computer system; and
enabling one or more window operations for each of the independent windows. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer system comprising:
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a processor;
a device;
a display device; and
program means on said device for accessing an electronic page by (i) receiving an electronic page constructed from files distributed across a network of the computer system, wherein said electronic page includes two or more frames having fixed attributes, (ii) ascertaining that the electronic page is adapted to be displayed as a single window containing a plurality of frames by interpreting tags in a file associated with the electronic page, (iii) automatically displaying said electronic page with each frame represented as an independent window on said display device, and (iv) enabling one or more window operations for each of the independent windows. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising:
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a storage medium adapted to be read by a computer; and
program means stored on said storage medium for accessing an electronic page by (i) receiving an electronic page including two or more frames having fixed attributes, (ii) ascertaining that the electronic page is adapted to be displayed as a single window containing a plurality of frames by interpreting tags in a file associated with the electronic page, (iii) automatically displaying said electronic page as a plurality of windows on a display device of the computer, wherein each independent window corresponds to a respective one of the frames, and (iv) enabling one or more window operations for each of the independent windows. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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