Automatic formatting of display screen to reflect past correlative changes to data display windows
View Patent ↗A method for automatically formatting a display screen upon initialization or refresh to reflect a user's prior resizing of frames with respect to one another.
1. A method comprising: (a) receiving a first web page having a first application frame and a second application frame each application displaying current data from distinct separate sources, the first application frame and the second application frame having a spatial relationship between one another; (b) displaying the first web page; (c) obtaining a modification of the spatial relationship of each application frame with respect to one another and thereby generating a second web page; (d) displaying the second web page; (e) storing the spatial relationship between the first application frame and the second application frame and the source of the applications as a result of changing focus from said first web page to said second web page so as to be able to display the first web page with the current data at another point in time.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the modification of the spatial relationship between the first and second application frame pertains to re-positioning frames.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the modification of the spatial relationship between the first and second application frame pertains to re-sizing the frames with respect to one another.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the modification of the spatial relationship between the first and second application frame pertains to both re-positioning and re-sizing the frames with respect to one another.
5. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of: (f) displaying the second web page at another point in time based on the modified spatial relationship.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the first web page first application frame and a second application frame both comprise financial data.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the modification of the spatial relationship between the first and second application frame is by way of a browser.
8. The method of claim 1 wherein the stored spatial relationship between the first application frame and the second application frame relates both to the size and position of the two frames with respect to one another.
9. The method of claim 8 wherein the stored spatial relationship between the first application frame and the second application frame further relates to the relative position of the frames to the borders of a display screen.
10. The method of claim 1 wherein the spatial relationship between the first application frame and the second application frame is persisted at a server and stored in a database.
11. A method for allowing re-display of a user configured display screen layout of window, frames, and content therein, comprising: (a) storing a spatial relationship modified by a user at a first time between a first application frame or window displaying current content from a first application source, and a second application frame or window displaying current content from a second application source as a result of changing focus from said first application frame to said second application frame on a multi-frame display screen; (b) redisplaying the spatial relationship between the first application frame or window, and the second application frame or window, when a request from the user is received a second time for the same or similar content previously displayed in the first application frame or window and second application frame or window.
12. The method of claim 11 wherein the stored spatial relationship between the first and second application frame or window pertains to the positioning of the frames or windows with respect to one another.
13. The method of claim 11 wherein the stored spatial relationship between the first and second application frame or window pertains to the size of the frames or windows with respect to one another.
14. The method of claim 11 wherein the stored spatial relationship between the first and second application frame or window pertains to both to the position and size of the frames or windows with respect to one another.
15. The method of claim 11 wherein the stored spatial relationship between the first and second application frame or window further includes spatial relationships between such frames or windows and the border of a display screen.
16. The method of claim 11 wherein the first and second application frame or window comprise financial data.
17. The method of claim 11 wherein the spatial relationship is stored by way of a browser.
18. The method of claim 11 wherein the storing and re-displaying occur on the same client.
19. The method of claim 11 wherein the re-displaying second time is a time remote from said modification of said spatial relationship by said user.
20. The method of claim 11 wherein the re-displaying second time is a time proximal to said modification of said spatial relationship by said user.
21. The method of claim 11 wherein the spatial relationship stored relates to three or more application frames or windows.