Patent ID: 7069497
Filing Date: 2006-06-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of applying an incremental update to an electronic page, the method comprising: receiving a first electronic page comprising: a first set of content elements, wherein each element in the first set of content elements comprises a browser-displayable content block and a unique content block identifier; a set of links, wherein each link in the set of links comprises a reference to another electronic page; and a computer-executable function; modifying each link in the set of links to include: a call to the function; and a set of parameters configured to identify an incremental update to the first electronic page; receiving a selection of a first link in the set of links, wherein the first link references a second electronic page and identifies a first incremental update to the first electronic page; initiating a request for the first incremental update; receiving a second set of content elements in response to the request for the first incremental update, wherein each element in the second set of content elements comprises a browser-displayable content block of the second electronic page and a unique change content block identifier; and replacing one or more of the elements of the first set of content elements with corresponding elements of the second set of content elements, wherein replacing one or more of the elements involves replacing elements of the first set of content elements with corresponding elements in the second set of content elements without affecting the remainder of the display.