Patent ID: 7818432
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A composite service enabling data processing system comprising: a plurality of channel servlets executing in an application server in a data processing system for storing and executing program code including at least one processor coupled to memory elements through a system bus, the servlets enabled to establish multiple different channels of access to a common session for a composite service; a location registry comprising a table of entries associating the different channels of access with the common session for the composite service; and, a model servlet configured for coupling to a model for the common session, for modifying state data in the model for the common session, and to synchronize views for each of the different channels of access to the common session responsive to changes detected in the model; at least one of the views comprising a visible page coupled to a hidden page, the hidden page comprising both a refresh attribute specifying a refresh interval for the hidden page, rendering a form with a plurality of fields in the visible page; configuring the visible page with a refresh script enabled to apply a value change to a selected one of the fields; and also a complimentary update script exposed to the visible page and enabled to invoke a refresh script in the visible page responsive to detecting a value change in the model for a user interface element in the hidden page corresponding to the user interface element in the visible page.