System and method for providing status information from multiple information sources in a single display
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1. A method for providing status information from multiple information servers, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for status information from the multiple information servers;
acquiring status information from each of the multiple information servers; and
rendering status images related to the status information received from each of the multiple information servers, wherein the rendering of any one of the status images is not affected by any delay in acquiring status information from any one of the other multiple information servers, wherein the acquiring and rendering steps are performed by code embedded at least partially within source code of the a Web page.
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Abstract
The present invention is a system and method for providing and displaying information collected from a variety of information providers such as an electronic mail server or an information content server. Each of the variety of information providers provides information updates which are captured and rendered in a variety of status images which are provided to a user via a Web page or similar facility. The display of information on the Web page is robust against displays from one or more of the information providers since each of the status images and the remainder of the Web page content are rendered independently.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing status information from multiple information servers, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for status information from the multiple information servers;
acquiring status information from each of the multiple information servers; and
rendering status images related to the status information received from each of the multiple information servers, wherein the rendering of any one of the status images is not affected by any delay in acquiring status information from any one of the other multiple information servers, wherein the acquiring and rendering steps are performed by code embedded at least partially within source code of the a Web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
displaying the rendered status images in the web page, wherein the rendered status images are displayed as soon as they are individually rendered without regard to whether any one of the other status images are rendered.
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3. The method of claim 1, wherein a temporary status image is provided for status images which are delayed in rendering.
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4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a request for status information from the multiple information servers includes receiving login information related to one or more of the multiple information servers.
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5. The method of claim 4, wherein the login information is an electronic mail login name and password.
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6. The method of claim 1, wherein one or more of the multiple information servers is an electronic mail server.
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7. The method of claim 1, wherein acquiring status information from each of the multiple information servers is performed on a periodic basis.
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8. The method of claim 1, wherein the status images may be in any one of the following formats including GIF, JPEG, and MPEG.
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9. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for status information identifies a server side CGI script which renders the status images.
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10. A method for providing and displaying information received from multiple information provider sources, the method comprising:
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providing a status indicator for each of the multiple information provider sources which includes;
receiving status information from each of the multiple information provider sources;
generating an original graphics image for each of the multiple information sources, wherein each respective graphics image contains status information from each of the multiple information sources, wherein each image is generated without regard to whether any one or more of the multiple information sources is delayed in providing status information; and
displaying the generated images in a Web page, wherein the generating step is performed by code embedded at least partially within source code of the Web page. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for providing a visual representation of information collected from a variety of information sources for display in a single Web page, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for information from a plurality of information sources;
processing the request for information from the plurality of information sources; and
displaying the information from each of the plurality of information sources in a Web page, wherein the information is displayed in a plurality of status images, each of which represent a single information source;
the processing and displaying steps being performed by code at least partially embedded within source code of the Web page. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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