Method and apparatus for maintaining state information for web pages using a directory server
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1. A method for maintaining state information for Web pages, comprising:
- receiving user input to a Web page via a Web browser at a client device;
sending an instruction to store user input and a Web page field identifier in a directory server from a background application running on the client device;
storing the user input and a corresponding Web page identifier in the directory server; and
in response to receiving a user request, via the Web browser, for the Web page, sending a request from the background application running on the client device to the directory server to retrieve the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier, wherein the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier are retrieved from the directory server.
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for maintaining Web page state information using a directory server. A directory server stores information for each Web page visited by a user that requires user input. When the Web page is again visited by the user, the information is retrieved from the directory server and inserted into the Web page in appropriate fields based on tags in the Web page document. Thus, the user need not repeatedly re-enter information already entered into the Web page. However, if the user wants to enter new values, the new values will replace the existing ones stored in the directory server.
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1. A method for maintaining state information for Web pages, comprising:
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receiving user input to a Web page via a Web browser at a client device; sending an instruction to store user input and a Web page field identifier in a directory server from a background application running on the client device; storing the user input and a corresponding Web page identifier in the directory server; and in response to receiving a user request, via the Web browser, for the Web page, sending a request from the background application running on the client device to the directory server to retrieve the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier, wherein the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier are retrieved from the directory server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for maintaining state information for Web pages, comprising:
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first instructions for receiving user input to a Web page via a Web browser at a client device; second instructions for sending an instruction to store user input and a Web page field identifier in a directory server from a background application running on the client device; third instructions for storing the user input and a corresponding Web page identifier in the directory server; and fourth instructions for sending a request from the background application running on the client device to the directory server to retrieve the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier, in response to receiving a user request, via the Web browser, for the Web page, wherein the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier are retrieved from the directory server. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for maintaining state information for Web pages, comprising:
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a processor; an input device coupled to the processor; and a network interface coupled to the processor and to a network, wherein the processor receives user input to a Web page via a Web browser at a client device, sends an instruction from a background application running on the client device to a directory server, via the network interface, to store the user input and a corresponding Web page field identifier in the directory server, and sends a request from the background application running on the client device to the directory server to retrieve the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier, in response to receiving a user request via the Web browser, for the Web page, wherein the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier are retrieved from the directory server. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method, in a directory server, for maintaining state information for Web pages, comprising:
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receiving user input to a Web page from a background application running on a client device; and storing the user input and a corresponding Web page field identifier received from the background application running on the client device in the directory server, wherein the user input and corresponding Web page field identifier are downloaded from the directory server to the client device in response to a user request for a Web page. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A method in a data processing system for maintaining state information for a Web page, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input to the Web page and an identifier associated with the user input via a Web browser at a client; sending an instruction from a background application running on the client to store user input to the Web page and the identifier associated with the user input; and storing the user input to the Web page and the identifier associated with the user input in a server; and responsive to a subsequent request via the Web browser for the Web page, sending a request from the background application running on the client to the server to retrieve the user input and the identifier from the server. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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