Method, system, and program for providing pages of information with navigation and content areas
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJimmy Ming-Der Hsu, Peter Y. Hsu, William W. Lawton
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Abstract
Disclosed is a system, method, program, and electronic storage media for providing at least one content area of information and n different sized navigation areas. There are n addressable locations for each content area. Each of the n addressable locations for one content area comprises the same content area with a different sized navigation area. Further, each of the n navigation areas includes at least one link to another addressable location with the same content area and a different sized navigation area.
Claims36
A method for presenting information on a display monitor under control of a computer, comprising:
- providing at least one content area of information and n different sized navigation areas, wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas;
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- providing n page locations for each content area, wherein the n page locations for one content area have the content area with a different sized navigation area, wherein each navigation area at the page locations for the content area includes at least one link to another page location with the content area mid a different sized navigation area, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location, and wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
A method for presenting information on a display monitor under control of a computer, comprising:
- receiving a first request for a first page location comprising a content area and a first of n different sized navigation areas, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location, and wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas;
- transmitting the content area and first navigation area at the requested first page location;
- receiving a second request for a second page location comprising the same content area at the first addressable location and a second of n navigation areas having a different size than the first navigation area at the first addressable location;
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- transmitting the content area and second navigation area at the second page location in response to the second request wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
A system for presenting information displayed in a page including a navigation area and a content area, comprising:
- a computer;
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- a storage area accessible to the computer including at least one content area of information and n different sized navigation areas, wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas, wherein there are n page locations for each content area, wherein the n page locations for one content area have the content area with a different sized navigation area, and wherein each navigation area at the page locations for the content area, includes at least one link to another page location with the content area and a different sized navigation area, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location, and wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
A system for presenting information displayed in a page including a navigation area and a content area, comprising:
- a computer;
- a network communication for communicating with a remote device;
- program logic executed by the computer, including:
- (i) means for receiving a first request from the remote device for a first page location comprising a content area and a first of n different sized navigation areas, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location, and wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas;
- (ii) means for transmitting to the remote device the content area and first navigation area at the requested first page location;
- (iii) means for receiving from the remote device a second request for a second page location comprising the same content area at the first page location and a second of n navigation areas having a different size than the first navigation area at the first page location;
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- (iv) means for transmitting to the remote device the content area and second navigation area at the second page location in response to the second request wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
An article of manufacture for use in programming a computer to present information, the article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium including at least one computer program that causes the computer to perform:
- providing at least one content area of information and n different sized navigation areas wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas;
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- providing n page locations for each content areas wherein the n page locations for one content area have the content area with a different sized navigation area, and wherein each navigation area at the page locations for the content area includes at least one link to another page location with the content area and a different sized navigation area, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, and wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
An article of manufacture for use in programming a computer to present information, the article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium including at least one computer program that causes the computer to perform:
- receiving a first request for a first page location comprising a content area and a first of n different sized navigation areas, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas, and wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location;
- transmitting the content area and first navigation area at the requested first page location;
- receiving a second request for a second page location comprising the same content area at the first page location and a second of n navigation areas having a different size than the first navigation area at the first page location;
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- transmitting the content area and second navigation area at the page addressable location in response to the second request wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
A computer readable storage medium including:
- at least one content area of information and n different sized navigation areas, wherein n comprises a number of the different sized navigation areas;
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- n page locations for each content area, wherein the n page locations for one content area have the content area with a different sized navigation area, wherein each navigation area at the page locations for the content area includes at least one link to another page location with the content area and a different sized navigation area, wherein each page location enables access to one content area and navigation area to be displayed, wherein the content area and navigation area are displayed in separate regions at the page location, and wherein the links comprise hypertext links.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.