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Method, system and program product for animated web page construction and display

  • US 6,720,981 B1
  • Filed: 12/08/1999
  • Issued: 04/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/08/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for constructing and displaying a web page, on a display screen, said method comprising:

  • in response to receipt of a specified hyper-text transport protocol (http) address, a browser retrieving a markup language file identified by the specified http address, the browser parsing the markup language file to identify, within the markup language file, at least one universal resource locator (URL) retrieval address and automatically retrieving a plurality of web objects from one or more storage locations associated with said at least one URL retrieval address, in response to retrieving said plurality of web objects, displaying at least one web object on the display screen outside of a boundary of the web page, displaying at least one mover character in association with said web page, and animating movement of the at least one web object from outside the boundary of the web page to a programmed location inside the boundary of the web page while animating movement of said at least one mover character, wherein said movements of the at least one web object and said at least one mover character simulates the at least one mover character building the web page by placing said at least one web object at the programmed location.

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