System and method for facilitating a windows based content manifestation environment within a WWW browser

• US 6,636,856 B2
• Filed: 12/26/2001
• Issued: 10/21/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Simple.com Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Simple.com Incorporated
• Inventors: Pasquali, Sandro
• Primary Examiner(s): Shah, Sanjiv
• Application Number:
  US10/025,940
• Publication Number:
  US 20030069888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 707/10, 707/1, 707/2, 707/3, 707/9, 707/5, 707/103, 709/217
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

System and method for facilitating a windowed content manifestation environment within a world wide web (WWW) browser client. The system and method include and involve a server system that is configured to serve a software system and associated content via an electronic data network such as the Internet and WWW. Also included and involved is a web browser client (web browser software application) operating within a data processing system that is coupled to said server system via the electronic data network and which instantiates a content manifestation environment. The web browser client is operative to receive the software system and the associated content via the server system, to process the software system and the associated content to produce at least one window object within the content manifestation environment. The generated window object(s) are each associated with a set of controllable attributes and are configured to manifest at least a portion of the associated content. The controllable attributes are configured to affect manifestation of the window object(s) by the web browser client within the content manifestation environment. The window object(s) generated within the content manifestation environment may be updated and loaded with content received via the electronic data network without requiring the content manifestation environment to be refreshed, and in real-time without requiring user intervention such as via hyper-link traversal.

Claims

1. A software system configured to be downloaded by a network server system to a client system via an electronic data network and to control the operation of the network client, comprising:

an instruction package including instructions be processed by a web browser client running within the client system and to control said web browser client to generate a windowed content manifestation environment therein and to produce at least one window object within said content manifestation environment, said at least one window object associated with a set of controllable attributes and configured to manifest content therein, said controllable attributes configured to affect manifestation of said at least one window object by permitting said at least one window object to be controlled as a result of performing at least one of a moving operation, a resizing operation, a minimizing operation and a maximizing operation by said web browser client within said content manifestation environment without requiring said content manifestation environment to be refreshed.

2. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said instruction package controls said web browser client to allow a content stream received by the client system via the electronic data network to be manifested within said at least one window object within said content manifestation environment without causing said content manifestation environment to be refreshed.

3. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said instruction package controls said web browser client to allow a content stream received by said client system via the electronic data network to be manifested within said at least one window object within said content manifestation environment without causing said content manifestation environment to be refreshed.

4. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said content manifestation environment corresponds to a screen environment maintained by said client system.

5. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said instructions are hyper-text mark-up language instructions (HTML).

6. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said instructions are JAVA script instructions.

7. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said instruction package is received by said client system and the web browser client after the web browser client accesses a web site via the electronic data network, said web site serving said instruction package.

8. The software system according to claim 1, wherein said instruction package is intended to be served to said client system via the Internet.