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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 18, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Luiz Scheinkman, San Jose, CA (US);
Shai Agassi, Cupertino, CA (US);
Assignee:
TopTier Software, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
707501 ; 345335 ; 345347 ;
Abstract
A hypertext browser displays hypertext pages and indicates draggable elements on the page being viewed. The browser also displays drop targets and detects when a user selects a draggable element and drops the draggable element within a drop target. The browser and/or the server to which it is connected examine a class relation matrix having entries for intersections of draggable element references and drop target references in which a matrix entry at an intersection of the draggable element and drop target is identified and used for performing an action which is a function of the matrix entry.