System and method for communicating state and title information between a browser and a rich Internet application
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1. A method of providing state information to a browser, comprising:
- running an application under a browser;
as a first of multiple of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application, providing at the application the state information identifying a state of the application and title information associated with the application to a referring web page that caused the browser to run the application;
at the referring web page,receiving the state information and the title information, andproviding the state information and the title information to the browser in a manner causing the browser to display the state information in a text box for the referring web page in which an address of web pages is displayed and to display the title information in an area of the browser in which titles of web pages are displayed; and
as subsequent reference points of the plurality of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application, repeating the providing to the referring web page, the receiving, and the providing to the browser.
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Abstract
A system and method communicates address and state information from a browser to a rich Internet application to allow the rich Internet application to start at a location, or preload variables, corresponding to the state information. The system and method communicates address and state information from the rich Internet application to the browser to allow such information to be displayed by the browser for use or retrieval.
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1. A method of providing state information to a browser, comprising:
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running an application under a browser; as a first of multiple of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application, providing at the application the state information identifying a state of the application and title information associated with the application to a referring web page that caused the browser to run the application; at the referring web page, receiving the state information and the title information, and providing the state information and the title information to the browser in a manner causing the browser to display the state information in a text box for the referring web page in which an address of web pages is displayed and to display the title information in an area of the browser in which titles of web pages are displayed; and as subsequent reference points of the plurality of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application, repeating the providing to the referring web page, the receiving, and the providing to the browser. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system for providing state information to a browser, comprising:
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at least one computer running an application under the browser, the application for providing at an output the state information identifying a state of the application and title information associated with the application to a referring web page that caused the browser to run the application as a first of multiple of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application; a memory storing the referring web page, having an input coupled to the application output for receiving the state information and the title information, the referring web page for providing the state information and the title information at an output coupled to the browser in a manner causing the browser to display the state information in a text box for the referring web page in which an address of web pages is displayed and to display the title information in an area of the browser in which titles of web pages are displayed; and as a subsequent reference point of the multiple of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application; the computer configured to provide at the output updated state information and updated title information to the referring web page, and the referring webpage configured provide the updated state information and the updated title information at the output coupled to the browser in a manner causing the browser to display the updated state information in the text box and to display the updated title information in the area of the browser in which titles of web pages are displayed. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer program product comprising a computer useable medium having computer readable program code embodied therein for providing state information to a browser, the computer program product comprising computer readable program code configured to cause a computer system to:
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run an application under a browser; as a first of multiple of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application, provide at the application the state information identifying a state of the application and title information associated with the application to a referring web page that caused the browser to run the application; at the referring web page, receive the state information and the title information, and provide the state information and the title information, to the browser in a manner causing the browser to display the state information in a text box for the referring web page in which an address of web pages is displayed and to display the title information in an area of the browser in which titles of web pages are displayed; and as subsequent reference points of the multiple of predetermined references points are reached during the running of the application, repeating the providing to the referring web page, the receiving and the providing to the browser. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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