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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 07, 1997
Stephen Fisher, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Michael A Cleron, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Timo Bruck, Mountain View, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A log component of an extensible and replaceable network-oriented component system maintains a list of locations explored by a user when navigating a computer network, in addition to organizing various 'views' of the list to provide a mental 'routing map' relationship between the explored locations. The network-oriented system includes a novel application programming interface for the log component that facilitates integration with an underlying software component architecture. Such a highly-modular cooperating layered-arrangement between the network component system and the component architecture allows the log component to be replaced, extended or modified by other log-type components, while ensuring that these latter components 'seamlessly' interact with existing components and component editors of the system.