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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 18, 1997
Marcia Lynn Brandt, Rochester, MN (US);
Joseph Vincent DiCecco, Rochester, MN (US);
Jason Robert Hansen, Chatfield, MN (US);
Thomas Michael Moskalik, Rochester, MN (US);
Timothy Jude O'Keefe, Rochester, MN (US);
Diane Elaine Olson, Rochester, MN (US);
Devon Daniel Snyder, Rochester, MN (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
An enhanced document browsing method and apparatus. A browser at a client interprets a work-frame code, information, a control-frame code, and a control-object function that identifies the control-frame code. When the browser interprets the work-frame and control-frame codes, it divides the browser window into two frames: a work-frame and a control-frame. When the browser interprets the information, the browser displays the information to the user in the work-frame. When the browser interprets the control-object function, the browser displays a control-object in the control-frame associated with the control-frame code. The control-object can allow the user to control the information in the work-frame. Since the control-object is in the control-frame instead of being only in the work-frame, it is always in view and available to the user, regardless of the scrolling position of the page of information within the work-frame. Thus, the preferred embodiment provides the user with quick and easy access to the control-object.