Patent ID: 7716590

Claim:
A method for updating a city form element of a form in a parent web browser based on a selection of data in a state form element of the form without refreshing the parent web browser, the method comprising: displaying the form comprising the state form element and the city form element in the parent web browser; receiving the selection of data in the state form element in the parent web browser; in response to the selection of data in the state form element, spawning a child web browser by executing a client-side script in the parent web browser when an OnSelect event is invoked absent of assistance from any additional module; loading a dynamic update logic into the child web browser, wherein the dynamic update logic is configured to execute within the child web browser and to update the city form element in the parent web browser; sending the selection of data to a server from the child web browser; receiving a response from the server at the child web browser, wherein the response includes data for the city form element that corresponds to the selection of data in the state form element; executing the dynamic update logic at the child web browser to automatically update the city form element in the parent web browser using the data for the city form element in the response; and closing the child web browser after updating the city form element.