NETWORK TRANSMISSION OF PAGES IN LINKABLE MARKUP LANGUAGE TO RECEIVING DISPLAY STATIONS WITH CURRENTLY DISPLAYED PAGES CONTROLLED BY TAGS IN SUCCEEDING PAGES TO PRODUCE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING TRANSITIONS BETWEEN PAGES
First Claim
1. In a computer managed communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations and with a system for displaying received pages transmitted in a linkable markup language to said receiving display stations from locations remote from said stations, said received pages containing text, images and markup language control tags, the improvement comprising:
- control tags in a transmitted page selected to succeed a currently displayed page for controlling display functions in said currently displayed page to vary visual transitions from said current page to said succeeding page; and
control tags in the currently displayed page, selectively activatable by said control tags in said succeeding page for implementing said display functions.
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Abstract
Transitions between current and succeeding World Wide Web (Web) pages are provided which are aesthetically desirable, make the user comfortable and may be easily variable by both designers and users of Web pages in computer managed communication networks such as the Web. There are provided control tags, in a transmitted page selected to succeed a currently displayed page, for controlling display functions in said currently displayed page in combination with means responsive to these control tags for implementing said display functions. In the implementation, control tags in the current page are selectively activatable in response to control tags in the succeeding page. In accordance with a preferred aspect of the invention, the current page further includes data for selectively determining whether the current page is controllable by said succeeding page. This data my be a list of URLs (Uniform Resource Linkages) of succeeding pages only by which the current page may be controlled. Conversely, the succeeding page may be set up to include this data for selectively determining whether said current page is controllable by said succeeding page. Aspects of the effective and desirable transitions described above may be implemented through at least one activatable control tag in said current page controlling a display function for a desirable visual transition from said current page to said succeeding page.
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1. In a computer managed communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations and with a system for displaying received pages transmitted in a linkable markup language to said receiving display stations from locations remote from said stations, said received pages containing text, images and markup language control tags, the improvement comprising:
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control tags in a transmitted page selected to succeed a currently displayed page for controlling display functions in said currently displayed page to vary visual transitions from said current page to said succeeding page; and
control tags in the currently displayed page, selectively activatable by said control tags in said succeeding page for implementing said display functions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. In a computer managed communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations and with a system for displaying received pages transmitted in a linkable markup language to said receiving display stations from locations remote from said stations, said received pages containing text, images and markup language control tags, a method of controlling display functions comprising:
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providing control tags in a transmitted page selected to succeed a currently displayed page for controlling display functions in said currently displayed page to vary visual transition from said current page to said succeeding page; and
providing control tags in the currently displayed page, selectively activatable by said control tags in said succeeding page for implementing said display functions. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program having code recorded on a computer readable medium for controlling display functions in a computer managed communication network with user access via a plurality of data processor controlled interactive receiving display stations and with a system for displaying received pages transmitted in a linkable markup language to said receiving display stations from locations remote from said stations, said received pages containing text, images and markup language control tags, said computer program comprising:
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control tags in a transmitted page selected to succeed a currently displayed page for controlling display functions in said currently displayed page to vary visual transition from said current page to said succeeding page; and
control tags in the currently displayed page, selectively activatable by said control tags in said succeeding page for implementing said display functions. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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