Patent ID: 8074167

Claim:
A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for causing a computer to perform steps comprising: receiving a request from a source web site to access a web page containing a portion of content that is suitable for use in a normal fashion on the source web site or in a gadget control on an external web site, wherein the portion of content is a portion less than the entire web page, and wherein the web page includes one or more gadget attributes including at least one attribute that identifies a section of code in the web page as the portion of content to be used as the gadget control; in response to receiving the request, transmitting the web page containing the portion of content including the gadget attributes in the normal fashion, wherein the gadget attributes are ignored; receiving a request from the external web site to access the portion of content for use in the gadget control; and in response to receiving the request, transmitting the portion of content for use in the gadget control to the external web site according to the one or more gadget attributes, wherein the portion of content provided to the external web site comprises content from the web page.