Updating event data on a page using code understood natively by a browser
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1. A method of updating event data on a page of a computing environment, said method comprising:
- automatically, periodically retrieving by a browser server event data using a refresh frame of a page displayed by the browser, the refresh frame being part of a frameset of the browser, the frameset including the refresh frame and a data frame, the refresh frame being a hidden, zero-width frame and the data frame being a visible frame including an application interface, and the event data being updated information associated with only a portion of the data frame;
updating by the browser only the portion of the data frame of the page with event data automatically retrieved using the refresh frame, the updating including employing code understood natively by the browser, wherein the portion of the data frame updated is the portion of the data frame to which the event data is associated, and comprises at least one element of the data frame selectively chosen based on the event data, the portion of the data frame updated being less than the entire data frame; and
wherein the frameset comprises the refresh frame and a plurality of data frames, and wherein one data frame of the plurality of data frames is a visible frame at a time as a user navigates across the plurality of data frames, the plurality of data frames including at least one static data frame and at least one other data frame, and wherein the automatically, periodically retrieving by the browser server event data using the refresh frame comprises automatically, periodically retrieving server event data for the other data frame of the at least one other data frame of the plurality of data frames only when the other data frame is the visible frame.
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Abstract
An event data update capability for a data frame of a browser-displayed page is provided by periodically retrieving event data using a refresh frame of the page and updating the data frame with the event data. The updating of the data frame uses code understood natively by the browser. Periodic retrieval of event data by the refresh frame uses the same network connection used to download the refresh frame from a server.
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1. A method of updating event data on a page of a computing environment, said method comprising:
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automatically, periodically retrieving by a browser server event data using a refresh frame of a page displayed by the browser, the refresh frame being part of a frameset of the browser, the frameset including the refresh frame and a data frame, the refresh frame being a hidden, zero-width frame and the data frame being a visible frame including an application interface, and the event data being updated information associated with only a portion of the data frame; updating by the browser only the portion of the data frame of the page with event data automatically retrieved using the refresh frame, the updating including employing code understood natively by the browser, wherein the portion of the data frame updated is the portion of the data frame to which the event data is associated, and comprises at least one element of the data frame selectively chosen based on the event data, the portion of the data frame updated being less than the entire data frame; and wherein the frameset comprises the refresh frame and a plurality of data frames, and wherein one data frame of the plurality of data frames is a visible frame at a time as a user navigates across the plurality of data frames, the plurality of data frames including at least one static data frame and at least one other data frame, and wherein the automatically, periodically retrieving by the browser server event data using the refresh frame comprises automatically, periodically retrieving server event data for the other data frame of the at least one other data frame of the plurality of data frames only when the other data frame is the visible frame. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for updating event data on a page of a computing environment, said system comprising:
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a processing unit and memory; means for automatically, periodically retrieving by a browser server event data using a refresh frame of a page displayed by the browser, the refresh frame being part of a frameset of the browser, the frameset including the refresh frame and a data frame, the refresh frame being a hidden, zero-width frame and the data frame being a visible frame including an appropriate interface, and the event data being updated information associated with only a portion of the data frame; means for updating by the browser only the portion of the data frame of the page with event data automatically retrieved using the refresh frame, the updating including employing code understood natively by the browser, wherein the portion of the data frame updated is the portion of the data frame to which the event data is associated, and comprises at least one element of the data frame selectively chosen based on the event data, the portion of the data frame updated being less than the entire data frame; and wherein the frameset comprises the refresh frame and a plurality of data frames, and wherein one data frame of the plurality of data frames is a visible frame at a time as a user navigates across the plurality of data frames, the plurality of data frames including at least one static data frame and at least one other data frame, and wherein the means for automatically, periodically retrieving by the browser server event data using the refresh frame comprises means for automatically, periodically retrieving server event data for one other data frame of the at least one other data frame of the plurality of data frames only when the one other data frame is the visible frame. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer program product comprising at least one program storage device having stored thereon computer executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, perform a method of updating event data on a page of a computing environment, said method comprising:
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automatically, periodically retrieving by a browser server event data using a refresh frame of a page displayed by the browser, the refresh frame being part of a frameset of the browser the frameset including the refresh frame and a data frame, the refresh frame being hidden, zero-width frame and the data frame being a visible frame including an application interface, and the event data being updated information associated with only a portion of the data frame; updating by the browser only the portion of the data frame of the page with the event data automatically retrieved using the refresh frame, the updating including employing code understood natively by the browser, wherein the portion of the data frame updated is the portion of the data frame to which the event data is associated, and comprises at least one element of the data frame selectively chosen based on the event data, the portion of the data frame updated being less than the entire data frame; and wherein the frameset comprises the refresh frame and a plurality of data frames, and wherein one data frame of the plurality of data frames is a visible frame at a time as a user navigates across the plurality of data frames, the plurality of data frames including at least one static data frame and at least one other data frame, and wherein the automatically, periodically retrieving by the browser server event data using the refresh frame comprises automatically, periodically retrieving server event data for one other data frame of the at least one other data frame of the plurality of data frames only when the one other data frame is the visible frame. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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