Patent ID: 6501491
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
In a network comprising a plurality of computers coupled together, wherein at least one of the computers is a server and at least one of the computers is a client in communication with the server, a system for providing an extensible display interface to the client, comprising:a plurality of data objects wherein the objects have a class selected from a plurality of data object classes, the plurality of data objects being stored on at least one of the plurality of computers; a plurality of display specifiers, wherein each display specifier corresponds to one of the data object classes such that each display specifier defines the display of the corresponding data object, the plurality of display specifiers being stored on at least one of the plurality of computers; and wherein each of the data object classes is linked to the corresponding display specifier so that a display specifier for a data object is retrievable by the client based on the data object class.