INTERACTIVELY VIEWING MULTI DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY SCREEN

摘要

A computer implemented method for viewing multi document interactively involves viewing two or more documents concurrently displayed on display screen and bringing a content portion of one document into corresponding view region on display screen when a selectable link embedded in another document, which represents a reference to the content portion, is selected by user interface input acted thereupon. Each document is hosted by a browser engine to display on a display region on display screen. A browser engine host performs as a coordination and information center of the browser engines. When a selectable link is selected, the hosting browser engine submits a request containing identification of the link to the browser engine host. The browser engine host processes the request and, accordingly, direct the browser engine destined to act thereupon to bring the referred content into viewable area of corresponding display region.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
displaying content of a first document by a first browser engine in a first display region of a display surface and content of a second document by a second browser engine in a second display region on the display surface; selecting a selectable content control, which belongs to said first document and represents a reference link to a content portion of said second document, on said first display region by computer input means; retrieving an identification of said content portion by said first browser engine by capturing and processing an event generated by said selecting; submitting a request comprising said identification by said first browser engine to a browser engine host acting as coordinator of said first browser engine and said second browser engine; processing said request by said browser engine host to determine a direction of response in accordance with said request for fulfilling said request; sending said direction of response by said browser engine host to said second browser engine; and, bringing said content portion to viewable area of said second display region by said second browser engine, in accordance with said direction of response.