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, the client-supplied object model being stored in memory on a user device;
using a script to manipulate the user interface elements supplied by the server in the client-supplied object model;
for viewing by a user on the user device, 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.
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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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17 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, the client-supplied object model being stored in memory on a user device; using a script to manipulate the user interface elements supplied by the server in the client-supplied object model; for viewing by a user on the user device, 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. - 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 into a client-supplied Document Object Model stored in memory on the client device 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 and style information into the division tag; applying the style information to both the server-supplied user interface elements and the client-supplied user interface elements; and for viewing by a user, 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, 13)
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14. 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 a client-supplied 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, use a script to manipulate the server-supplied user interface elements, and to insert, using one or more tags in the object model, the received user interface elements and style information, as well as client-supplied user interface elements, in the object model for display; and a display for displaying the page of content using the object model including the user interface elements and the style information received from the server computer. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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