Patent · US Active

Low-latency, incremental rendering in a content framework

US7996757B2 · kind B2 · utility

4Cited by

27References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

John R. Hind · Raleigh, US
Thomas Schaeck · Eppelheim, DE
Brad B. Topol · Cary, US

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 30, 2007
Grant date	Aug 9, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 6, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/02
WIPO fieldDigital communication
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Techniques are disclosed for incrementally rendering content in a content framework (such as a portal page provided by a portal system). Upon receiving a request for a portal page, a portal server immediately returns a response including the results from portlets which have acquired their content. If some portlets have not yet finished, subsequent content is delivered at a later time through use of one of several alternative programmatically-generated mechanisms. Capabilities of existing browsers are leveraged for several embodiments, including use of refresh headers, multipart MIME (“Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions”) types, and portal pages structured using frames.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.