System and methods for updating client-side displays of pages
US8380821B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 22, 2011 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 22, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F16/972
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A page update handler enables a browser to update the display of a page with data received from a server. For example, a page may initially be displayed with a visual display object that serves as a placeholder for data being retrieved by the server; once the server retrieves the data and sends it to the browser, the page update hander may populate the display object with the data. As another example, the server may predictively retrieve data in anticipation of a user performing a particular action on a page, and may send this data to the browser in a hidden format; if the user subsequently performs the action, the page update handler may update the displayed page with the predictively retrieved data.
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