Method and apparatus for managing and presenting changes to an object in a data processing system

• US 6,934,734 B2
• Filed: 12/04/2000
• Issued: 08/23/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Lakhdhir, Mansoor Abdulali
• Primary Examiner(s): Luu, Le Hien
• Application Number:
  US09/730,407
• Publication Number:
  US 20020069266A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,723 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219, 709/202, 725/109, 345/705, 345/804, 345/634, 345/733, 345/782, 345/758, 345/744, 345/619, 345/11
• US Class Current: 709/202
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for presenting changes to data are provided. User input is received through a first program in a first instance of a browser. The user input is placed in a variable. The user input is retrieved from the variable through a second program. The user input is processed by the second program to form a result. The result is presented in a second instance of the browser.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system presenting changes to data, the method comprising:

receiving a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object through an input applet in a first instance of a browser;

placing the user input in a static variable;

retrieving the user input from the static variable through a presentation applet in a second instance of the browser;

processing, by the presentation applet, the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object;

presenting the result in the second instance of the browser; and

displaying simultaneously both the user input in the first instance of a browser and the result in the second instance of the browser.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is an input changing display characteristics of a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a search query.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the static variable is a class variable.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

saving data from the second instance of the browser in a remote data processing system in response to a selected user received by the first instance of the browser.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the result is at least one of text, a graphical object, and a sound file.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a query and wherein the processing step comprises:

sending the query to a server; and

receiving a result.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input is a change to a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser and wherein the processing step comprises:

altering a display of the graphical object in the second instance of the browser using the user input.

9. A method in a data processing system for presenting data, the method comprising:

displaying a first graphical user interface for receiving through an input applet in a first instance of a browser a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object;

placing the user input in a static variable in response to receiving the user input;

retrieving the user input from the static variable through a presentation applet in a second instance of the browser;

processing, by the presentation applet, the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object;

presenting the result in a second graphical user interface in the second instance of the browser; and

displaying simultaneously both the user input in the first graphical user interface and the result in the second graphical user interface.

10. A data processing system for presenting data, the data processing system comprising:

an input applet in a first instance of a browser, wherein the input applet displays a first graphical user interface to receive a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object and places the user input in a static variable; and

a presentation applet in a second instance of a browser, wherein the presentation applet retrieves the user input from the static variable, processes the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object, and presents the result in a second graphical user interface in the second instance of a browser simultaneously with the user input in the first graphical user interface in the first instance of a browser.

11. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the first graphical user interface is a first instance of a browser and wherein the second graphical user interface is a second instance of the browser.

12. The data processing system of claim 10, wherein the user input is one of a search query or a command.

13. A data processing system presenting changes to data, the data processing system comprising:

receiving means for receiving a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object through through an input applet in a first instance of a browser;

placing means for placing the user input in a static variable;

retrieving means for retrieving the user input from the static variable through a presentation applet in a second instance of the browser;

processing means for processing, by the presentation applet, the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object;

presenting means for presenting the result in the second instance of the browser; and

displaying means for displaying simultaneously both the user input in the first instance of a browser and the result in the second instance of the browser.

14. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the user input is an input changing display characteristics of a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser.

15. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the user input is a search query.

16. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the static variable is a class variable.

17. The data processing system of claim 13, further comprising:

saving means for saving data from the second instance of the browser in a remote data processing system in response to a selected user received by the first instance of the browser.

18. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the result is at least one of text, a graphical object, and a sound file.

19. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the user input is a query and wherein the processing means comprises:

sending means for sending the query to a server; and

receiving means for receiving a result.

20. The data processing system of claim 13, wherein the user input is a change to a graphical object being displayed in the second instance of the browser and wherein the processing means comprises:

altering means for altering a display of the graphical object in the second instance of the browser using the user input.

21. A data processing system for presenting data, the data processing system comprising:

displaying means for displaying a first graphical user interface for receiving through an input applet in a first instance of a browser a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object;

placing means for placing the user input in a static variable in response to receiving the user input;

retrieving means for retrieving the user input from the static variable through a presentation applet in a second instance of the browser;

processing means for processing, by the presentation applet, the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object;

presenting means for presenting the result in a second graphical user interface in the second instance of the browser; and

displaying means for displaying simultaneously both the user input in the first graphical user interface and the result in the second graphical user interface.

22. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use in presenting changes to data, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for receiving a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object through an input applet in a first instance of a browser;

second instructions for placing the user input in a static variable;

third instructions for retrieving the user input from the static variable through a presentation applet in a second instance of the browser;

fourth instructions for processing, by the presentation applet, the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object;

fifth instructions for presenting the result in the second instance of the browser; and

sixth instructions for displaying simultaneously both the user input in the first instance of a browser and the result in the second instance of the browser.

23. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use in presenting data, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for displaying a first graphical user interface for receiving through an input applet in a first instance of a browser a user input to modify at least one attribute of an object;

second instructions for placing the user input in a static variable in response to receiving the user input;

third instructions for retrieving the user input from the static variable through a presentation applet in a second instance of the browser;

fourth instructions for processing, by a presentation applet, the user input to form a result by applying changes to a property of the object;

fifth instructions for presenting the result in a second graphical user interface is the second instance of the browser; and

sixth instructions for displaying simultaneously both the user input in the first graphical user interface and the result in the second graphical user interface.