Directory band shell extension
US6772194B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 27, 2000 |
| Grant date | Aug 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/951
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and system thereof for retrieving data, for example from a web site in a computer system network. A user enters a query using a graphical user interface (e.g., a desk band containing an editbox). The query is sent to a server computer system. Instead of displaying a web page for the web site, the database for the web site is accessed directly. Information in response to the query is retrieved from the database and displayed to the user. It is not necessary to generate a web page or launch a web browser, and so information can be more readily and quickly retrieved.
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