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United States Patent

Ashcroft et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,346,667 B2 Mar. 18, 2008

(54) SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING DYNAMIC CONTENT

(75) Inventors: Stephen Ashcroft, London (GB);

Andrew Witney, Tewkesbury (GB);
Ian Malpas, Basel (CH)

(73) Assignee: UBS AG, Zurich (CH)

( * ) Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 669 days.

(21) Appl. No.: 09/919,727

(22) Filed: Jul. 31, 2001

(65) Prior Publication Data

US 2002/0184343 Al Dec. 5, 2002

Related U.S. Application Data

(60) Provisional application No. 60/294,728, filed on May 31, 2001.

(51) Int. CI.

G06F15/16 (2006.01)
G06F 1/12 (2006.01)

(52) U.S. CI 709/219; 709/227; 709/230;

719/318

(58) Field of Classification Search 709/200 203,

709/217-219,227,230; 715/749; 717/118;

719/318

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Primary Examiner—Zarni Maung

(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Proskauer Rose LLP

A method and system for presenting a requested web page selected from a plurality of web pages is provided and includes the step of performing at least one processing task associated with the requested web page. Next, at least one content bean for retrieving content required for the requested web page is invoked. Next, the content required for the requested web page is stored in at least one model bean. Next, the content from said at least one model bean is received. Next, at least one view bean for rendering said requested web page is invoked. Finally, the requested web page including the content is presented.

31 Claims, 2 Drawing Sheets

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