Patent ID: 6785891
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for sharing data between environments in a browser application, comprising:linking, by cooperation of a first applet and a second applet, at least one data-representative object associated with a first page to a storage location associated with a second page, the storage location being modified in response to modifications made to the data-representative object, wherein the first applet is executing within the first page and the second applet is executing within the second page and wherein the first page is loaded into a visible frame of the browser application and wherein the second page is loaded into a hidden frame of the browser application; navigating away from the first page to another page in the visible frame; navigating back to the first page in the visible frame; and passing, from the second applet to the first applet, data from the storage location corresponding to the modifications made to the data-representative object.