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Dynamic web page behaviors

  • US 7,594,166 B1
  • Filed: 05/20/1999
  • Issued: 09/22/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of rendering a web page image, the method comprising:

  • receiving an HTML document having an element thereon, the HTML document including information associating the element with an external component that is encapsulated and external to the HTML document such that multiple instances of the external component are used with a plurality of different HTML documents including the HTML document having the element thereon and wherein the information associating the element with the external component is maintained in a cascading style sheet;

    rendering a page image corresponding to at least part of the HTML document, the page image including a representation of the element and the page image being rendered by a renderer configured to;

    modify the page image by accessing one or more extensible markup language (XML) namespaces specified by the external component to initiate drawing of information on the page image based at least in part on code included in the one or more XML namespaces;

    make a plurality of calls to the one or more XML namespaces to initiate the drawing of the information on the page image; and

    draw the information on the page image responsive to one or more of the plurality of calls to the one or more XML namespaces;

    instantiating the external component to reveal one or more of the XML namespaces specified by the external component, the one or more of the XML namespaces being external to the HTML document and specifying one or more behaviors to be applied to the element; and

    accessing the one or more XML namespaces to retrieve a new behavior to be applied to the representation of the element rendered on the page image, the new behavior being configured to enhance a default behavior for the element.

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