Patent ID: 6344855
Filing Date: 2002-02-05
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer readable medium containing executable program instructions for efficiently accessing information from a network resource located on a computer network for display on a computer coupled to the network, the network resource having one or more associated data types, each data type being accessible by a corresponding object-oriented software component, the executable program instructions comprising program instructions for:defining at least one network component that integrates the object-oriented software components needed to access the one or more data types associated with the network resource; creating an encapsulated entity component containing a reference to a location of the network resource on the computer network, the encapsulated entity component also identifying the at least one network component that was defined for the network resource; storing the encapsulated entity component as a visual object on the computer; in response to manipulation of the visual object with a pointing device, displaying the contents of the network resource on a screen of the computer by invoking the object-oriented software components integrated by the at least one identified network component.