Techniques for peer-to-peer communication

• US 10,241,976 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2016
• Issued: 03/26/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: A9.com Incorporated (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Amacker, Matthew W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wei, Siren
• Application Number:
  US15/208,410
• Publication Number:
  US 20160321216A1
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/04 Real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/18 Commands or executable codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1076 Resource dissemination mechanisms or network resource keeping policies for optimal resource availability in the overlay network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Techniques for peer-binding are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for peer-binding includes: receiving event information associated with an event detected on Web content associated with a trusted script executing on a first client computing device; and in response to a request, retrieving the received event information and sending the retrieved event information to a second client computing device. The second client computing device is peer-bound with the first client computing device via the trusted script associated with the Web content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,

determining a set of actions from a group of users;

generating an admission key based at least in part on the set of actions;

embedding in at least one page of a Web site a trusted script capable of being executed on at least one client computing device, the trusted script configured to generate a queue at a browser for the at least one client computing device in response to the at least one client computing device receiving an indication of the admission key, the admission key comprised of a particular selection of a combination of a plurality of content elements;

displaying the at least one page;

generating a first queue at a first client computing device browser in response to receiving an indication the admission key from the first client computing device browser executing the trusted script;

receiving a second indication of the admission key, the second indication of the admission key comprising a second selection of a second combination of the plurality of content elements from a second client computing device browser executing the trusted script;

determining that the first indication of the admission key matches the second indication of the admission key;

placing event information associated with a first event on the second client computing device in the first queue in response to the first indication of the admission key matching the second indication the admission key;

receiving from the first client computing device a first request associated with the first queue; and

sending the event information associated with the first event from the first queue to the first client computing device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein sending event information to a client computing device causes an updating of a page of the Web site displayed on the client computing device, and wherein sending the event information associated with the first event from the first queue to the first client computing device causes an updating of the at least one page of the Web site on the first client computing device.

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

generating a second queue associated with the second client computing device in response to the first indication of the admission key matching the second indication of the admission key;

placing event information associated with a second event on the first client computing device in the second queue;

receiving from the second client computing device browser a second request associated with the second queue; and

sending the event information associated with the second event from the second queue to the second client computing device.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, wherein the first queue and the second queue are created by a browser associated with a client computing device.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining that the client second computing device is unable to render an element of the page;

causing the first client computing device to process the element of the page; and

sending the processed element of the page to the second client computing device for rendering.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the indications of the admission key is associated with a unique identifier, wherein a third selection of at least one content element creates a data string representing a sequence of the third selection of the at least one content element, and further comprising:

receiving an indication of a fourth selection of two or more content elements, wherein the fourth selection comprises an ordered sequence.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein a content element includes at least one of an image, an icon, a piece of data, a combination of images, a pictogram, a text string, a button, or a geometrical figure.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the sequence of the fourth selection of the two or more content elements includes at least one of a number of touches on a touch-sensitive device associated with the two or more content elements or a number of movements associated with the two or more content elements.

9. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

under the control of one or more computer systems configured with executable instructions,

determining a set of actions from a group of users;

generating an admission key based at least in part on the set of actions;

generating a first queue at a first client computing device browser executing a trusted script embedded in at least one page of a Web site in response to receiving an indication of the admission key, the indication of the admission key comprising a first selection of a first input from the first client computing device browser;

receiving a second indication of the admission key, the second indication of the admission key comprising a second selection of a second input from a second client computing device browser executing the trusted script;

determining that the first indication of the admission key matches the second indication of the admission key, wherein each of the first indication of the admission key and the second indication of the admission key comprises an indication of a third selection of two or more content elements, and wherein the third selection comprises an ordered sequence;

placing event information associated with a first event on the second client computing device in the first queue in response to the first indication of the admission key matching the second indication of the admission key;

receiving from the first client computing device a first request associated with the first queue; and

sending the event information associated with the first event from the first queue to the first client computing device.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

creating a second queue associated with the second client computing device in response to the first indication of the admission key matching the second indication of the admission key;

placing event information associated with a second event on the first client computing device in the second queue;

receiving from the second client computing device a second request associated with the second queue; and

sending the event information associated with the second event from the second queue to the second client computing device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining that the second client computing device is unable to render an element of the page;

causing the first client computing device to process the element of the page; and

sending the processed element of the page to the second client computing device for rendering.

12. A computer system, comprising a processor and a memory having computer-executable instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to:

determine a set of actions from a group of users;

generate an admission key based at least in part on the set of actions;

generate a first queue at a first client computing device browser executing a trusted script embedded in at least one page of a Web site in response to receiving an indication of the admission key, the indication of the admission key comprising a first selection of a first combination of a plurality of content elements from the first client computing device browser;

receive a second indication the admission key, the second indication of the admission key comprising a second selection of a second combination of the plurality of content elements from a second client computing device browser executing the trusted script;

determine that the first indication of the admission key matches the second indication of the admission key;

place event information associated with a first event on the second client computing device in the first queue in response to the first indication the admission key matching the second indication of the admission key;

receive from the first client computing device a first request associated with the first queue; and

send the event information associated with the first event from the first queue to the first client computing device.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein sending event information to a client computing device causes an updating of a page of the Web site displayed on the client computing device, and wherein sending the event information associated with the first event from the first queue to the first client computing device causes an updating of the at least one page of the Web site on the first client computing device.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

generate a second queue associated with the second client computing device in response to the first indication of the admission key matching the second indication of the admission key;

place event information associated with a second event on the first client computing device in the second queue;

receive from the second client computing device a second request associated with the second queue; and

send the event information associated with the second event from the second queue to the second client computing device.

15. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the first queue and the second queue are created by a browser associated with a client computing device.

16. The computer system of claim 14, wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

determine that the second client computing device is unable to render an element of the page;

cause the first client computing device to process the element of the page; and

send the processed element of the page to the second client computing device for rendering.

17. The computer system of claim 12, wherein each of the indications of the admission key is associated with a unique identifier, wherein a third selection of at least one content element creates a data string representing a sequence of the third selection of the at least one content element, and wherein the computer-executable instructions further cause the processor to:

receive an indication of a fourth selection of two or more content elements, wherein the fourth selection comprises an ordered sequence.

18. The computer system of claim 17, wherein a content element includes at least one of an image, an icon, a piece of data, a combination of images, a pictogram, a text string, a button, or a geometrical figure.

19. The computer system of claim 17, wherein the sequence of the fourth selection of the two or more content elements includes at least one of a number of touches on a touch-sensitive device associated with the two or more content elements or a number of movements associated with the two or more content elements.