Method for developing electronic documents employing multiple display regions

• US 6,771,291 B1
• Filed: 06/07/2000
• Issued: 08/03/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Distefano Website Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: TLD3 Entertainment Group, Inc.
• Inventors: DiStefano, III, Thomas L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Sy D.
• Application Number:
  US09/589,235
• Time in Patent Office: 1,518 Days
• Field of Search: 345/760, 345/762, 345/731, 345/744, 345/758, 345/700, 345/968, 715/501.1, 715/513
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method of designing a plurality of elements to be implemented on at least one web page of a website is provided. The method includes providing a first display region on a user interface, the first display region being capable of displaying the plurality of elements; providing a second display region on the user interface, the second display region being capable of displaying the plurality of elements; and displaying a first element in the second display region. The method further includes receiving a first command to modify the first element in the second display region; modifying the first element in response to the first command; and displaying the modified first element in the first display region. The modified first element forms at least part of a first web page of the website that is displayed in the first display region, and the first display region is capable of displaying the first web page in an interactive manner.

Claims

1. A method of designing a plurality of elements to be implemented on at least one web page of a website, the method comprising:

providing a first display region on a user interface, the first display region being capable of displaying the plurality of elements;

providing a second display region on the user interface, the second display region being capable of displaying the plurality of elements;

receiving a first command to modify the first element in the second display region;

modifying the first element in response to the first command;

displaying the modified first element in the first display region, wherein the modified first element forms at least part of a first web page of the website that is displayed in the first display region, and wherein the first display region is capable of displaying the first web page in an interactive manner

receiving a search request at the user interface concerning at least one of available chat rooms and available message boards,

performing a search of information concerning a plurality of available elements stored on a database in response to the search request, wherein a search engine program performs the search;

displaying results of the search on the user interface, the results including at least one of a plurality of available chat rooms and a plurality of available message boards;

receiving a selection command at the user interface to select one of the available chat rooms and message boards; and

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displaying the selected one of the available chat rooms and message boards in the first display region.

2. A method of designing a plurality of elements to be implemented on at least one web page of a website, the method comprising:

providing a first display region on a user interface, the first display region being capable of displaying the plurality of elements;

providing a second display region on the user interface, the second display region being capable of displaying the plurality of elements;

displaying a first element in the second display region;

receiving a first command to modify the first element in the second display region;

modifying the first element in response to the first command;

displaying the modified first element in the first display region, wherein the modified first element forms at least part of a first web page of the website that is displayed in the first display region, and wherein the first display region is capable of displaying the first web page in an interactive manner;

prior to displaying the modified first element in the first display region, displaying within the second display region at least one of a memory size and a downloading time of the modified first element displayed within the second display region; and

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subsequent to displaying the modified first element in the first display region, displaying within the first display region at least one of a memory size and a downloading time of at least one of the first web page and the website.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising at least one of

displaying a wizard indicating that at least one of a memory size parameter and a download time parameter has been exceeded; and

displaying a help message offering a suggestion to alleviate a problem relating to an exceeding of at least one of a memory size parameter and a download time parameter.