Patent ID: 6393422
Filing Date: 2002-05-21
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A navigation system for navigating between dynamically generated computer reports over the internet, comprising:browser connected to the internet; a server connected to the internet; a first intermediate file which must be parsed completely to obtain data sufficient to create menu; a second intermediate file from which data sufficient to create the menu can be obtained by partially parsing the second intermediate file; and a report viewing program for, upon demand from the browser, parsing an intermediate file sufficiently to produce a menu and further for sending the menu to the browser over the internet, wherein the menu has associated therewith a plurality of URLs such that the browser can return one of the URLs to the server to request a report from the menu; wherein: upon receiving one of the URLs from the browser requesting a report, the report viewing program further parses the intermediate file to obtain data sufficient to produce the requested report.