Patent ID: 6509913
Filing Date: 2003-01-21
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
A method for configuring a user interface on a display screen associated with a remote computing device operating a browser program and capable of being coupled to a network server, said method comprising:(a) receiving screen configuration information that contains a plurality of user interface components that together form a screen to be displayed on the display screen, each of the user interface components corresponding to a particular aspect of the user interface, the screen configuration information being received at least partially from the network server, and the screen configuration information further including resource locators that specify content to be displayed in the user interface components, the content being separate and apart from the screen configuration information; (b) locating particular content information for the user interface components based on the screen configuration information; (c) retrieving the particular content information for the user interface components; and (d) displaying the content information for the identified user interface component on the display screen.