Digital computer system using embedded comments to manipulate virtual controller functions
US6343328B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 10, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 29, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 10, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/258
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A user of an intranet or internet web browser requests a page of data from a gateway server, and the gateway server requests the page from a host. The host reads the data from storage and builds a first data stream that includes command verbs within comments and other text data and transmits the first data stream to the gateway server. The gateway server scans the first data stream for comments and parses the comments to identify command verbs and executes the commands to set control switches of the gateway server. Then the gateway server builds a second data stream depending on the setting of the control switches. The second data stream includes the comments containing the command verbs and at least parts of the text data of the first data stream. The second data stream may also include additional text, graphics, and additional commands embedded in the text. The gateway server transmits the second data stream to the web browser which formats the data according to the commands in the text and presents the data to the user.
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