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Method and system for enabling localization support on web applications

  • US 6,492,995 B1
  • Filed: 04/26/1999
  • Issued: 12/10/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for utilizing a locale object, which contains localization information content, to enable network localization support for document display information delivered from a server to a client, said method comprising the steps of:

  • activating said locale object within said client by dragging and dropping a graphical user interface for said locale object onto a graphical user interface for a Web browser;

    responsive to said activating said locale object within said client, receiving a locale event message from said dropped locale object;

    responsive to receiving said locale event message;

    reading said localization information content of said dropped locale object by said Web browser;

    updating document display information within said Web browser in accordance with said localization information content of said dropped locale object, and sending said locale event message and said localization information content from said client to said server; and

    responsive to receiving said locale event message and said localization information content from said client, updating locale information for said server and an associated server side Java virtual machine in accordance with said localization information content, such that HTML documents retrieved by said Web browser from said server are formatted in accordance with said localization information content.

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