System and method for providing and displaying a web page having an embedded menu
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1. A method for providing a web page having an embedded menu to a web browser, the method comprising:
- receiving a request for a web page from a web browser;
packaging the web page and an applet associated with the web page for transmission to the web browser; and
transmitting the web page and the applet to the web browser;
wherein the applet is operable to create and manage an embedded menu in a displayed web page when the web page is displayed and the applet is executed by the web browser, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page.
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Abstract
A method for providing a web page (26) having an embedded menu (46) to a web browser (24) and for displaying the web page (40) to a user of the web browser (24) are provided. A request for a web page (20) is received from a web browser (24). In response to the request, a web page (26) and an applet (28) associated with the web page (20) are packaged for transmission to the web browser (24). The web page (26) and the applet (28) are then transmitted to and downloaded by the web browser (24). When the web page (26) is displayed and the applet (28) is executed by the web browser (24), the applet (28) creates and manages an embedded menu (46) in the displayed web page (40)under control of the applet (28). This embedded menu (46) provides a user of the web browser (24) with a plurality of links (48) through one action in the displayed web page (40).
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1. A method for providing a web page having an embedded menu to a web browser, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for a web page from a web browser; packaging the web page and an applet associated with the web page for transmission to the web browser; and transmitting the web page and the applet to the web browser; wherein the applet is operable to create and manage an embedded menu in a displayed web page when the web page is displayed and the applet is executed by the web browser, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for displaying a web page having an embedded menu to a user of a web browser, the method comprising:
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downloading a web page and an applet transmitted by a web server; displaying the web page to a user of the web browser; and executing the applet, the applet creating and managing an embedded menu in the displayed web page under control of the applet, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A host system executing a web server to provide a web page having an embedded menu to a web browser, the host system comprising:
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a data storage device storing a web page and an associated applet; wherein the associated applet, when executed, can create and manage an embedded menu in a displayed web page; a memory device storing code for the web server; and a processor coupled to the data storage device and to the memory device, the processor executing code for the web server such that the web server is operable to; receive a request for the web page from a web browser; package the web page and the applet for transmission to the web server; and transmit the web page and the applet to the web browser; such that the applet creates and manages an embedded menu in the displayed web page when the web page is displayed and the applet is executed by the web browser, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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Current AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
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Original AssigneeSilicon Graphics Incorporated (Graphics Properties Holdings, Inc.)
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InventorsWagner, Anne P., Wong, Kinney, Gennaro, Giuseppe, McGowan, Jake, Zamora, Benjamin A.
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Primary Examiner(s)Harrell, Robert B.
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Application NumberUS08/680,836Time in Patent Office644 DaysField of Search364/DIG. 1, 364/DIG. 2, 395/761, 395/762, 395/326, 395/352, 395/353, 395/354, 395/355, 395/356, 395/357, 395/358, 395/200.47, 395/200.48, 395/20.33US Class Current709/203CPC Class CodesG06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using cate...H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e....H04L 67/34 involving the movement of s...H04L 69/329 in the application layer [O...
