Patent ID: 6721795
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
A method for selecting a dataflow for transmission to a browser and responding to a user's interactions with the dataflow, the method comprising:storing a dataflow at a server; storing a selection rule at the server, wherein the selection rule includes: a selection segment defining conditions for selecting the dataflow to be sent to a browser at a client computer, wherein at least a portion of the dataflow includes several data items for display by the browser; and a control segment defining multiple, different types of actions associated with the dataflow; evaluating, at the server, the conditions defined by the selection segment to determine whether the dataflow is selected; receiving a trigger message at the server; in response to receiving the trigger message, sending the dataflow to a browser at a client computer when the dataflow is selected, wherein the data items are displayed by the browser; receiving an action request at the server from the browser, the action request indicating one of the multiple, different types of actions defined by the control segment, wherein the action indicated is based on a user's interaction with the displayed data items; selecting the action indicated in the received action request from the multiple, different types of actions defined by the control segment; and performing the selected action.