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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2002
Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Hung Dinh, Austin, TX (US);
Teng HU, Austin, TX (US);
Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Kulvir Singh Bhogal, Forth Worth, TX (US);
Hung Dinh, Austin, TX (US);
Teng Hu, Austin, TX (US);
Mandeep Singh Sidhu, Pflugerville, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Progress is determined for downloading a Web Page having included objects. The method includes accessing the Web Page, and estimating a total size for the Web Page. The estimating includes reading file sizes for the objects. The file size for such an object has an association with a reference in the Web Page to the object. The reference includes a tag which has a first attribute with a source address for the object. The method further includes loading the objects for the Web Page, and presenting the estimated total size in comparison to an accumulated loaded amount of the Web Page objects. The comparison is updated at respective instances during the loading to dynamically indicate downloading progress. In another aspect, the presenting includes presenting the comparison on a browser program bar, and presenting the browser program bar on a task bar.