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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 2003
Filed:
Nov. 13, 1998
Sandra Sheu Chang, San Jose, CA (US);
Randy Yuan-Yi Tung, San Jose, CA (US);
May Ngun Wone, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A report generating and viewing method ( ) for generating and viewing reports ( ) over the internet ( ). A request from a browser ( ) is sent to a server ( ) whereupon a generate reports program ( ) in a server ( ) creates an intermediate file ( ) containing all the necessary data and metadata. When a request from the browser ( ) to view the report ( ) is sent, a view reports program ( ) in the server ( ) parses the intermediate file ( ) and sends a menu ( ) to the browser ( ). The user then selects a report from the menu ( ) and the server ( ) sends the report ( ) to the browser ( ).