System, method and browser client for enabling browser data synchronization

• US 10,187,445 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2013
• Issued: 01/22/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Qihu Technology Co. Ltd. (360 Security Technology, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Beijing Qihu Technology Co. Ltd. (360 Security Technology, Inc.)
• Inventors: Wu, Hao, Ren, Huan
• Primary Examiner(s): Christensen, Scott B
• Assistant Examiner(s): Do, Lam T
• Application Number:
  US14/652,844
• Publication Number:
  US 20150334182A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,953 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/27 Replication, distribution or synchronisation of data between databases or within a distributed database system; Distributed database system architectures therefor
• 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 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

The invention provides a system, method and browser client for enabling browser data synchronization. By the invention, command information is sent to a target client via a push server in time in the case that the data content stored in a cloud storage server is updated, thereby enabling real-time data synchronization between the cloud storage server and the browser client simply and efficiently. The invention further discloses an apparatus and method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a method for server distribution in browser real-time synchronization, a system for preventing a malicious connection, a system, method and information distribution database for enabling browser data synchronization, and a socket server and its service method for sending command information from a push server to a target client among a plurality of browser clients.

Claims

1. A system for enabling real-time data synchronization, comprising:

a cloud storage server computing device configured to issue condition information and command information to a push server computing device when there is a data update;

the push server computing device configured to determine a first client computing device among a plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information, and send the command information to the first client computing device via a corresponding socket server;

the first client computing device configured to enable data synchronization between it and the cloud storage server computing device according to the command information;

wherein the system further comprises a distributor and a plurality of socket servers, the distributor is configured to allocate each socket server among the plurality of socket servers to different client computing devices among the plurality of client computing devices, allocate the corresponding socket server among the plurality of socket servers to the first client computing device, establish a connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device and enable the real-time data synchronization; and

wherein allocating the corresponding socket to the first client computing device and establishing the connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device further comprises;

receiving, by the distributor, a request for connecting to the corresponding socket server from the first client computing device, the connection request comprising at least user identification information,

calculating, by the distributor, a connection identifier using a preset algorithm based at least on the user identification information,

allocating the corresponding socket server to the first client computing device based on the connection identifier, and

sending, over a network, by the distributor, the connection identifier and connection information of the corresponding socket server to the first client computing device, the connection information of the corresponding socket server comprising at least an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a port number of the corresponding socket server.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein;

before the push server computing device sends the command information to a first client computing device among the plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information, the plurality of client computing devices establish socket connections with corresponding socket servers respectively; and

when the push server computing device sends the command information to a first client computing device among the plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information, the push server computing device sends the command information to the first client computing device among the plurality of client computing devices via a corresponding socket server.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the establishing the connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device further comprises:

the first client computing device submitting the request sending the received connection identifier to the corresponding socket server;

after receiving the connection identifier from the first client computing device submitting the request, the corresponding socket server verifying the connection identifier to the distributor, and after the verification is successful, keeping the connection established between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device, and if the verification is unsuccessful, disconnecting the established connection;

wherein when a connection between the socket server and the first client computing device is established, the corresponding socket server obtains a resource identifier identifying the connection relationship between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the user identification information comprises:

a user name of a login user or a machine hardware identification of a non-login user.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the distributor comprises a distribution information database configured to store user identification information, connection identifiers and resource identifiers.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the condition information comprises user identification information of a first client computing device;

and wherein

the push server computing device sending the command information to a first client computing device among the plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information comprises;

the push server computing device adopting the same preset algorithm as the distributor to perform calculation for the user identification information of the first client computing device to obtain a connection identifier, thereby obtaining the corresponding socket server allocated to the first client computing device;

the push server computing device sending the condition information and the command information to the socket server allocated to the first client computing device; and

the corresponding socket server querying the distribution information database in the distributor according to the user identification information in the condition information, determining the resource identifier corresponding to the first client computing device, and sending the command information to the first client computing device according to the resource identifier.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein the distributor further comprises a distribution information database;

the distributor further obtains user feature information from the first client computing device, and the user feature information comprises one of the following items;

IP address information, browser version information and user classification information; and

the distribution information database is configured to store the user feature information, connection identifiers and resource identifiers.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein in the cloud storage server issuing the condition information and the command information to the push server computing device, the condition information contains feature screening information for the first client computing device, and wherein

the push server computing device sending the command information to the first client computing device among the plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information comprises:

the push server computing device pushing the condition information and the command information to all of the plurality of socket servers;

each socket server querying the distribution information database according to the feature screening information in the condition information, determining the resource identifier of the first client computing device meeting the feature screening information, and sending the command information to the first client computing device according to the resource identifier.

9. A method for enabling real-time data synchronization, wherein the method comprises:

issuing condition information and command information, by a cloud storage server computing device, to a push server computing device when there is a data update in the cloud storage server computing device;

determining a first client computing device among a plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information by the push server computing device;

sending, by the push server computing device, the command information to the first client computing device via a corresponding socket server;

performing data synchronization between the first client computing device and the cloud storage server computing device according to the command information; and

allocating, by a distributor, each socket server among a plurality of socket servers to different client computing devices among the plurality of client computing devices, allocating the corresponding socket server among a plurality of socket servers to the first client computing device and establishing a connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device to enable the real-time data synchronization, wherein the allocating the corresponding socket to the first client computing device and establishing the connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device further comprises;

receiving, by the distributor, a request for connecting to the corresponding socket server from the first client computing device, the connection request comprising at least user identification information,

calculating, by the distributor, a connection identifier using a preset algorithm based at least on the user identification information,

allocating the corresponding socket server to the first client computing device based on the connection identifier, and

sending, over a network, by the distributor, the connection identifier and connection information of the corresponding socket server to the first client computing device, the connection information of the corresponding socket server comprising at least an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a port number of the corresponding socket server.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

before the sending, by the push server computing device, the command information to the first client computing device via a corresponding socket server the plurality of browser clients establishing socket connections with corresponding socket servers respectively.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the establishing the connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device further comprises:

the first client computing device submitting the request sending the received connection identifier to the corresponding socket server;

after receiving the connection identifier from the first client computing device submitting the request, the corresponding socket server verifying the connection identifier to the distributor, and after the verification is successful, keeping the connection established between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device, and if the verification is unsuccessful, disconnecting the established connection;

wherein when a connection between the socket server and the first client computing device is established, the corresponding socket server obtains a resource identifier identifying the connection relationship between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

storing the user identification information, connection identifiers and resource identifiers in a distribution information database of the distributor.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein

the condition information comprises user identification information of a target client;

and wherein

the sending, by the push server computing device, the command information to the first client computing device via a corresponding socket server further comprises;

the push server computing device adopting the same preset algorithm as the distributor to perform calculation for the user identification information of the first client computing device to obtain a connection identifier, thereby obtaining the corresponding socket server allocated to the first client computing device;

the push server computing device sending the condition information and the command information to the socket server allocated to the first client computing device; and

the corresponding socket server querying the distribution information database according to the user identification information in the condition information, determining the resource identifier corresponding to the first client computing device, and sending the command information to the first client computing device according to the resource identifier.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

the distributor further obtaining user feature information from the first client, wherein the user feature information comprises one of the following items;

IP address information, browser version information and user classification information; and

storing the user feature information, connection identifiers and resource identifiers in the distribution information database comprised in the distributor.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein

the condition information contains feature screening information for the first client computing device;

and wherein

the sending, by the push server computing device, the command information to the first client computing device via a corresponding socket server further comprises;

the push server computing device pushing the condition information and the command information to all of the plurality of socket servers;

each socket server querying the distribution information database according to the feature screening information in the condition information, determining the resource identifier of the first client computing device meeting the feature screening information, and sending the command information to the first client computing device according to the resource identifier.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations for enabling real-time data synchronization, the operations comprising:

issuing condition information and command information, by a cloud storage server computing device, to a push server computing device when there is a data update in the cloud storage server computing device;

determining a first client computing device among a plurality of client computing devices according to the condition information by the push server computing device;

sending, by the push server computing device, the command information to the first client computing device via a corresponding socket server;

performing data synchronization between the first client computing device and the cloud storage server computing device according to the command information; and

allocating, by a distributor, each socket server among a plurality of socket servers to different client computing devices among the plurality of client computing devices, allocating the corresponding socket server among a plurality of socket servers to the first client computing device and establishing a connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device to enable the real-time data synchronization, wherein the allocating the corresponding socket to the first client computing device and establishing the connection between the corresponding socket server and the first client computing device further comprises;

receiving, by the distributor, a request for connecting to the corresponding socket server from the first client computing device, the connection request comprising at least user identification information,

calculating, by the distributor, a connection identifier using a preset algorithm based at least on the user identification information,

allocating the corresponding socket server to the first client computing device based on the connection identifier, and

sending, over a network, by the distributor, the connection identifier and connection information of the corresponding socket server to the first client computing device, the connection information of the corresponding socket server comprising at least an Internet Protocol (IP) address and a port number of the corresponding socket server.