Patent ID: 6772408
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method of handling computer related user events using software components, comprising the steps of:receiving at a server a user request for a first server page (SP), said SP containing a source software component which identifies an event target property; rendering the source software component at the server; outputting the rendered source software component to a user's browser for display as part of a web page, said rendered source software component identifying a second SP having one or more target software components; providing for the selection of the second SP; receiving the selection at the server; searching request parameters of the source software component to locate event target parameters of the source software component at the second SP; executing event target parameters of the source software component at the second SP located during said searching step by setting an event property or invoking a method for each target software component of the second SP based on the event target parameters of the source software component; and rendering the one or more target software components at the server for output to a user's browser; wherein the event target property of the source software component corresponds to a user event, said event target property being expressed using text strings.