Patent ID: 6701376
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for enabling a user to access markup language and non-markup language objects through a web browser, the markup and non-markup language objects associated with at least one other object, the method comprising the steps of:receiving a URL-based request from the user using a markup language enabled browser for one or more non-markup language objects; determining a location of the one or more non-markup language objects; translating the URL-based request for the one or more non-markup language objects; retrieving the one or more non-markup language objects requested using the translated URL-based request; translating layout and content of the one or more non-markup language objects to one or more markup language objects according to instructions specified by the user, wherein a change in layout of one non-markup language object changes the layout of said at least one associated other object; and passing the one or more markup language objects to the browser.