Patent ID: 7194682
Filing Date: 2007-03-20
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for creating a web page source file in a programmed computer, the method comprising: a) inserting an instance of a client object into a web page, the client object adapted to use a selected available component on the web page; b) permitting the client object instance to obtain from a switchboard a list of available reusable software components for use in the web page; c) receiving from an author selection information identifying the selected one of the available components; d) displaying a customizer interface and permitting an author to specify properties for the selected available component; e) generating runtime text corresponding to the selected available component, the runtime text being separate from the selected available component; f) providing the runtime text to the client object; and g) writing information identifying and specifying the properties of the client object instance used in the web page and identifying the selected available component included in the web page to the web page source file, wherein the web page source file is a file that is separate from the web page and that is used to generate the web page and define functionality of the web page as well as other web pages.