Patent ID: 7523401
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G06F,G09G,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: requesting that a browser-based application be retrieved from a server, said browser-based application requiring no web components to be installed before using the application other than a web browser; receiving a single web page from the server that contains code for a user interface for the application; displaying the user interface to a user, said user interface containing a plurality of content windows, wherein the user interface remains on said single web page and does not change pages as the user interacts with the application; determining that at least one piece of data needs to be retrieved from a data source; from a hidden frame in the single page, sending an asynchronous request to the server for the at least one piece of data; receiving the at least one piece of data from the server; and using the at least one piece of data in the application.