Combining server-side and client-side user interface elements
First Claim
1. A method of combining server-supplied user interface elements with client-supplied user-interface elements, comprising:
- receiving user interface elements including style information from a server computer;
inserting the user interface elements and the style information into a client-supplied object model used to render a page;
rendering the page using the object model, wherein the object model includes client-supplied user interface elements and the user interface elements received from the server computer so that both the client-supplied user interface elements and the user interface elements received from the server computer are blended together on the rendered page, with the style information being applied to both the client-supplied user interface elements and the user interface elements received from the server computer;
wherein inserting includes searching on tags in the client-supplied object model and inserting the user interface elements and style information from the server computer between the tags; and
further including checking a network connection and if the network connection is down, using previously received user interface elements including the style information received from the server computer or suppressing the user interface elements from the server computer and expanding use of the client-supplied user interface elements.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are disclosed for combining server-supplied user interface elements with client-supplied user interface elements. The server-supplied user interface elements can be received by a client device and inserted into a client-supplied object model, such as a Document Object Model (DOM). The object model can then be used to render a page, such as a webpage. By injecting server-supplied user interface elements into a client object model, the client can intelligently combine UI elements from a server with UI elements from a client. In the situation where there are conflicting or overlapping UI elements, the client device can modify the object model to eliminate such conflicts or overlaps.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of combining server-supplied user interface elements with client-supplied user-interface elements, comprising:
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receiving user interface elements including style information from a server computer; inserting the user interface elements and the style information into a client-supplied object model used to render a page; rendering the page using the object model, wherein the object model includes client-supplied user interface elements and the user interface elements received from the server computer so that both the client-supplied user interface elements and the user interface elements received from the server computer are blended together on the rendered page, with the style information being applied to both the client-supplied user interface elements and the user interface elements received from the server computer; wherein inserting includes searching on tags in the client-supplied object model and inserting the user interface elements and style information from the server computer between the tags; and further including checking a network connection and if the network connection is down, using previously received user interface elements including the style information received from the server computer or suppressing the user interface elements from the server computer and expanding use of the client-supplied user interface elements. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer-readable nonvolatile storage storing instructions for performing a method of displaying a page on a client device, the method comprising:
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receiving server-supplied user interface elements and style information; inserting the server-supplied user interface elements and the style information into a client-supplied Document Object Model including client-supplied user interface elements, wherein the inserting includes searching on a division tag in the Document Object Model and inserting the server-supplied user interface elements into the division tag; checking a network connection and using the previously received server-supplied user interface elements and style information if the network connection is down or suppressing the server-supplied user interface elements and style information and using additional client-supplied user interface elements. applying the style information to both the server-supplied user interface elements and the client-supplied user interface elements; and displaying the server-supplied user interface elements with the client-supplied user interface elements on a same page using the Document Object Model on the client device with the applied styling information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
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13. An apparatus for displaying a page of content on a client device, comprising:
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a controller on the client device; memory for storing an object model used to display the page of content, wherein the controller is programmed to receive user interface elements and style information from a server computer and to insert, using one or more tags in the object model, the received user interface elements and style information in the object model for display so as to blend the received user interface elements from the server and user interface elements supplied by the client device; a network connector coupled to the controller, wherein if the network connector has connectivity problems with a network, then the controller is programmed to insert previously received server-supplied user interface elements and style information into the object model; a display for displaying the page of content using the object model including the user interface elements received from the server computer. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16)
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