Patent ID: 8458246

Claim:
A method of interfacing a server with a client from among a plurality of clients, the method comprising: receiving on the server a request from a user interactive component of a data set stored on the client; if the request is from a version of the user interactive component having a markup instruction set, then sending to the client as a response to the request an updated version of the data set; if the request is from a version of the user interactive component having the markup instruction set plus a script instruction set, then sending to the client as the response to the request a communication that is less than the entirety of the data set; responsive to the request, changing a state of a variable from one state to another state; when the request is from the version of the user interactive component having the markup instruction set, providing as part of the updated version of the data set an alternate version of the user interactive component reflective of the another state of the variable; and when the request is from the version of the user interactive component having the markup instruction set plus the script instruction set, providing as the response a confirmation of the another state of the variable.