Patent ID: 7277912

Claim:
A communications method for transferring electronic data to users of a communications system, the method comprising: establishing a connection between a client and a host, the client including a browser application configured to render data written in Hyper-Text Markup Language (HTML); receiving electronic data from the host in response to a data request transmitted from the client; and at the client, simultaneously executing multiple openings of the browser application in response to the electronic data received from the host by simultaneously launching the browser application multiple times, wherein at least one opening of the browser application is configured to exchange messages with at least one other opening of the browser application, the messages being exchanged through a communications pathway between the at least one opening of the browser application and the at least one other opening of the browser application, the communications pathway being established and located entirely at the client, and wherein each of the multiple openings of the browser application is configured to render data written in HTML.