Patent ID: 6401131
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A server system enabling a server to attach one or more non-markup language objects to one or more markup language objects, the system comprising:a server capable of receiving a request for one or more non-markup language objects from a markup language enabled browser; one or more databases, in communication with the server, storing the one or more non-markup language objects; and an attachment module, provided at the server, that enables the one or more non-markup language objects to be attached to one or more first markup language objects, the one or more first markup language objects being web pages posted on a web site, wherein: (i) the server retrieves the one or more non-markup language objects; (ii) the attachment module attaches the one or more non-markup language objects to the one or more first markup language objects by storing the one or more non-markup language objects as at least a portion of the one or more first markup language objects without changing a format of the one or more non-markup language objects, thereby creating at least one second markup language object and wherein selection of a link opens the one or more non-markup language object in the format and the one or more non-markup language objects are retrieved with the one or more first markup language objects; and (iii) the server transmits the at least one second markup language object to the browser.