A method for providing a web page (26) having an embedded menu (46) to a web browser (24) and for displaying the web page (40) to a user of the web browser (24) are provided. A request for a web page (20) is received from a web browser (24). In response to the request, a web page (26) and an applet (28) associated with the web page (20) are packaged for transmission to the web browser (24). The web page (26) and the applet (28) are then transmitted to and downloaded by the web browser (24). When the web page (26) is displayed and the applet (28) is executed by the web browser (24), the applet (28) creates and manages an embedded menu (46) in the displayed web page (40)under control of the applet (28). This embedded menu (46) provides a user of the web browser (24) with a plurality of links (48) through one action in the displayed web page (40). |
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Claims1. A method for providing a web page having an embedded menu to a web browser, the method comprising: - receiving a request for a web page from a web browser;
- packaging the web page and an applet associated with the web page for transmission to the web browser; and
- transmitting the web page and the applet to the web browser;
- wherein the applet is operable to create and manage an embedded menu in a displayed web page when the web page is displayed and the applet is executed by the web browser, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein packaging the applet comprises packaging an applet that creates and manages a pop-up menu. 3. The method of claim 2, wherein the applet creates and manages a pop-up menu that is invoked by positioning a pointer over a hot spot in the displayed web page. 4. The method of claim 2, wherein the applet creates and manages a pop-up menu which has a plurality of menu levels. 5. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a request comprises receiving a request across the public Internet. 6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving a request comprises receiving a request across a private intranet. 7. The method of claim 1, wherein packaging the applet comprises a JAVA applet having a definition for an embedded menu class. 8. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for the web page is received across a private intranet. 9. A method for displaying a web page having an embedded menu to a user of a web browser, the method comprising: - downloading a web page and an applet transmitted by a web server;
- displaying the web page to a user of the web browser; and
- executing the applet, the applet creating and managing an embedded menu in the displayed web page under control of the applet, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page.
10. The method of claim 9, wherein creating and managing the embedded menu comprises creating and managing a pop-up menu. 11. The method of claim 10, wherein creating and managing the embedded menu comprises creating and managing a pop-up menu which is invoked by positioning a pointer over a hot spot in the displayed web page. 12. The method of claim 10, wherein creating and managing the embedded menu comprises creating and managing a pop-up menu which has a plurality of menu levels. 13. The method of claim 9, wherein downloading a web page and an applet comprises downloading the web page and the applet across the public Internet. 14. The method of claim 9, wherein downloading a web page and an applet comprises downloading the web page and the applet across a private intranet. 15. The method of claim 9, wherein downloading the applet comprises downloading a JAVA applet having a definition for an embedded menu class. 16. A host system executing a web server to provide a web page having an embedded menu to a web browser, the host system comprising: - a data storage device storing a web page and an associated applet;
- wherein the associated applet, when executed, can create and manage an embedded menu in a displayed web page;
- a memory device storing code for the web server; and
- a processor coupled to the data storage device and to the memory device, the processor executing code for the web server such that the web server is operable to:
- receive a request for the web page from a web browser;
- package the web page and the applet for transmission to the web server; and
- transmit the web page and the applet to the web browser;
- such that the applet creates and manages an embedded menu in the displayed web page when the web page is displayed and the applet is executed by the web browser, the embedded menu providing a user of the web browser with a plurality of links through one action in the displayed web page.
17. The host system of claim 16, wherein the embedded menu is a pop-up menu. 18. The host system of claim 17, wherein the pop-up menu is invoked by positioning a pointer over a hot spot in the displayed web page. 19. The host system of claim 16, wherein the pop-up menu has a plurality of menu levels. 20. The host system of claim 16, wherein the request for the web page is received across the public Internet. |
