Sever-based method and apparatus for enabling client systems on a network to present results of software execution in any of multiple selectable render modes
US6665860B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 18, 2020 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/451
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for enabling software to be executed in any of a plurality of render modes are provided. A set of hypermedia pages and associated executable components maintained in a server system collectively form logic definition of a software application. The server maintains a number of render modules, each corresponding to a different one of multiple render modes. Each of the render modes is for use with the same logic definition of the software application. In the server system, one of the render modes is selected based on, and in response to, a signal from a remote client system representing a user-initiated request to execute the software application. The signal represents a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) that includes a render parameter specifying a render mode. The server uses the logic definition of the software application and an appropriate one of the render modules to provide information to the client system, to enable the client system to present the software application to the user in the selected render mode.
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