Frame-based web browser
OwnerNandini Sharma, Neelakantan Sundaresaninventors
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Abstract
A frame-based web browser displays multiple frames in single window in a user-controlled manner. Each of the frames displays a different page from the same web site or from different web sites. The frame-based web browser provides a number of different functions, including functions to create a new frame in a window, delete a frame from a window, open a uniform resource locator (URL) in a frame, and for navigating between frames.
Claims24
A method of browsing a network, comprising:
- (a) displaying a plurality of frames in a window displayed by a browser executed by a computer, the frames being displayed in response to a user command received by the computer;
- (b) retrieving a plurality of pages from a server on the network;
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- (c) displaying each of the pages in a different one of the frames.
An apparatus for browsing a network, comprising:
- (a) a client computer connected to the network;
- and
- (b) a browser, executed by the client computer, for displaying a plurality of frames in a window displayed by a browser executed by a computer, the frames being displayed in response to a user command received by the computer;
- for retrieving a plurality of pages from a server on the network;
- and for displaying each of the pages in a different one of the frames.
An article of manufacture embodying logic for performing method steps for browsing on a network, the method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying a plurality of frames in a window displayed by a browser executed by a computer, the frames being displayed in response to a user command received by the computer;
- (b) retrieving a plurality of pages from a server on the network;
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- (c) displaying each of the pages in a different one of the frames.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.