Patent ID: 7689916
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: a web client requesting a page of information; a web server providing the page of information to the web client in response to the request; the web client displaying the page of information; identifying in the page those items that may have additional information associated with them; obtaining the additional information for those items that may have additional information associated with them; indicating the identified items in the page; creating tooltips in the web server for those items that may have additional information associated with them; providing in the web server the additional information and the tooltips to the web client; pointing a pointer to one of those items that may have additional information associated with them in the displayed page; in response to the pointing, displaying a tooltip for the pointed-to item, wherein the displaying of a page of information, the pointing, the indicating, and the displaying of a created tooltip are effected by the web client, and the creating is effected by one of the web client and the web server; wherein indicating comprises: the web server caching the page; the web server indicating those items that may have additional information associated with them in the cached page; the web client requesting an undated said page; in response to the requesting of the updated page, the web server providing the cached page indicating those items that may have additional information associated with them, and one of the obtained information and the tooltips, to the web client; and in response to the providing of the cached page, the web client displaying the provided cached page.