Patent ID: 8448064

Claim:
A webpage design system, comprising: a storage storing a plurality of ActiveX controls, a plurality of ActiveX control description files each describing a corresponding one of the plurality of the ActiveX controls, and a plurality of modules; and a processor to execute the plurality of modules; wherein the plurality of modules comprises instructions executable by the processor to: provide a webpage interface for a user to design a webpage, the webpage interface comprising an ActiveX control option for the user to select at least one desired ActiveX control from the plurality of the ActiveX controls; position the at least one selected ActiveX control in a webpage under construction in response to user input; provide a search interface for the user to input a description of a desired function; and search in the ActiveX control description files according to the description of the desired function input through the search interface to determine whether at least one ActiveX control having the desired function corresponding to the description input through the search interface exists in the storage; provide a request interface for the user to input a description of a desired function, when no ActiveX control having the described function corresponding to the description of the desired function input through the search interface exists in the storage; and transmit the description of desired function input through the request interface to a service provider of the webpage design system to request the service provider to design one or more ActiveX controls according to the description of the desired function input through the request interface.