US 7,321,917 B2
Customizing a client application using an options page stored on a server computer
Peter Emmanuel Durham, Seattle, Wash. (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash. (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/900,641.
Application 10/900641 is a continuation of application No. 09/366485, filed on Aug. 03, 1999, granted, now 6,810,410.
Prior Publication US 2005/0010647 A1, Jan. 13, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 709—203  [709/219; 715/747] 29 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for displaying an options page for a client application on a client computer, the client computer comprising a web browser and connected via a network to a server computer, the system comprising a client application configured to:
store a URL for an options page located on the server computer; and
store user settings for the client application; and
wherein the client application is configured to perform the following steps in response to a user request for access to an options page:
retrieving the URL and the user settings;
appending an encoded version of the retrieved user settings to the retrieved URL to create a options page URL containing settings; and
passing the options page URL containing settings to the web browser to cause the web browser to open the options page.