Offline browsing session management

• US 10,057,320 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2015
• Issued: 08/21/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Taylor, Brett R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Abedin, Normin
• Application Number:
  US14/636,024
• Publication Number:
  US 20150172359A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,268 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/08 specially adapted for terminal emulation, e.g. Telnet
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote browse session at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote browse session instance at a network computing provider. The browse session instance may correspond to one or more requested network resources. The network computing provider instantiates the browse session instance and retrieves the requested content. The network computing provider processes the requested content and provides a processed representation of the requested content to the client computing device. The network computing provider further provides an offline content representation to an offline browse storage component for storage. The client computing device may display the representation of the requested content and may send user interaction data based on user interactions.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a computer-readable memory storing executable instructions; and

one or more processors in communication with the computer-readable memory, the one or more processors programmed by the executable instructions to at least;

execute a server-side browser application;

obtain, by the server-side browser application, a request for a network resource from a client-side browser application executing on a client computing device, wherein the network resource can be processed with a plurality of processing actions, wherein the server-side browser application is configured to perform each of the plurality of processing actions, wherein the client-side browser application is also configured to perform each of the plurality of processing actions, and wherein the plurality of processing actions comprises at least one of;

parsing a markup document, generating a document object model, generating a structural representation of a display style;

executing embedded script code, or generating a display layout; and

responsive to the request for the network resource;

determine a context of the request for the network resource, wherein the context comprises at least one of;

an account level, a processing capability of the client computing device, an availability of a network connection, pricing plan information, an available bandwidth, or prioritization information;

determine a browse session configuration based at least partly on the context of the request for the network resource, wherein the browse session configuration specifies a first subset of the plurality of processing actions to be performed the server-side browser application and a second subset of the plurality of processing actions to be performed by the client-side browser application;

process, using the server-side browser application and the browse session configuration, the network resource by performing the first subset of the plurality of processing actions to generate an offline content representation;

transmit the offline content representation to an offline browse storage component, associated with the client computing device, to be accessed when a network connection to the server-side browser application is unavailable;

process, using the server-side browser application and the browse session configuration, the network resource by performing the first subset of the plurality of processing actions to generate a processing result; and

transmit the processing result to the client-side browser application, wherein the client-side browser application performs a remaining portion of the plurality of processing actions to display a representation of the network resource at the client computing device.

2. A computer-implemented method for remote session browsing comprising:

as implemented by a network computing component comprising one or more computing devices configured to execute specific instructions,

obtaining a request for a network resource from a client computing device; and

responsive to the request for the network resource;

determining a context of the request for the network resource, wherein the context comprises at least one of;

an account level, a processing capability of the client computing device, an availability of a network connection, pricing plan information, an available bandwidth, or prioritization information;

determining a browse session configuration based at least partly on the context of the request for the network resource, wherein the browse session configuration specifies a first subset of a plurality of content processing actions to be performed by the network computing component and a second subset of the plurality of content processing actions to be performed by the client computing device, and wherein the plurality of content processing actions comprises at least one of;

parsing a markup document, generating a document object model, generating a structural representation of a display style;

executing embedded script code, or generating a display layout;

transmitting one or more offline content representations to an offline browse storage component associated with client computing device to be accessed when a network connection to the network computing component is unavailable, wherein the one or more offline content representations correspond to at least one of the network resource or content associated with the network resource; and

transmitting a processing result to the client computing device, wherein the processing result corresponds to a representation, generated by the network computing component based at least partly on the first subset of the plurality of content processing actions, of at least one of the network resource or content associated with the network resource to be displayed at the client computing device.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 further comprising determining an offline remote session browsing configuration associated with the network resource, wherein the offline remote session browsing configuration identifies a second split of the plurality of content processing actions, and wherein the second split of the plurality of content processing actions specifies a subset of the plurality of content processing actions to be performed at the network computing component to generate the one or more offline content representations.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising determining the offline remote session browsing configuration associated with the network resource based on information obtained from the offline browse storage component.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 4, wherein the information obtained from the offline browse storage component corresponds to a pricing plan associated with the client computing device, and wherein determining the offline remote session browsing configuration includes determining the offline remote session browsing configuration based, at least in part, on the pricing plan.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the client computing device is configured to obtain the offline content representation from the offline browse storage component, and wherein the client computing device is configured to display a representation of the network resource based on the offline content representation.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein transmitting one or more offline content representations to an offline browse storage component associated with client computing device includes scheduling the transmission of the one or more offline content representations based, at least in part, on the transmission of the processing result to the client computing device.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, further comprising:

determining a probability that a network connection of the client computing device will be interrupted; and

determining a prioritization of the one or more offline content representations based at least partly on the probability.

9. A system comprising one or more server computing devices, the system configured to at least:

obtain a request for a network resource from a client computing device; and

responsive to the request for the network resource;

determine a context of the request for the network resource, wherein the context comprises at least one of;

an account level, a processing capability of the client computing device, an availability of a network connection, pricing plan information, an available bandwidth, or prioritization information;

determine an offline browse session configuration based at least partly on the context of the request for the network resource, wherein the offline browse session configuration specifies a first subset of a plurality of content processing actions to be performed by the one or more server computing devices and a second subset of the plurality of content processing actions to be performed by the client computing device, and wherein the plurality of content processing actions comprises at least one of;

parsing a markup document, generating a document object model, generating a structural representation of a display style;

executing embedded script code, or generating a display layout;

transmit one or more offline content representations to an offline browse storage component associated with the client computing device to be accessed when a network connection to the network computing component is unavailable, wherein an offline content representation of the one or more offline content representations corresponds to a representation, generated by the one or more server computing devices based at least partly on the first subset of the plurality of content processing actions, of at least one of the network resource or content associated with the network resource; and

transmit a separate processing result to the client computing device, wherein the processing result corresponds to a representation of at least one of the network resource or content associated with the network resource to be displayed at the client computing device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the one or more offline content representations correspond to a static representation of the network resource.

11. The system of claim 9 further configured to determine a remote session browsing configuration, wherein the remote session browsing configuration identifies a subset of the plurality of content processing actions to be performed at the one or more server computing devices to generate the processing result.

12. The system of claim 11 further configured to determine the remote session browsing configuration associated with the network resource based on a resource data format, a resource content type, a resource size, resource processing requirements, resource latency requirements, a number or type of interactive elements, a resource security risk, historical resource usage data, resource usage predictions, an associated user preference, an associated network address, an associated network domain, historical content provider usage data, or content provider configuration data.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the offline browse session configuration further specifies a communication protocol to be used for communications between the one or more server computing devices and the client computing device.