Method and system for providing complete internet anywhere with full server assisted processing

• US 10,419,821 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2015
• Issued: 09/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/17/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Silyaev, Vladimir, Kellerman, Marcus, Chen, Xuemin, Erickson, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Dhairya A
• Application Number:
  US14/822,656
• Publication Number:
  US 20150350734A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,499 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2836 Protocol conversion between an external network and a home network controlling appliance services of a home automation network from a device located outside the home and the home network H04L12/2818; protocol conversion H04L69/08; adaptation of digital video signals for transport over a specific home network H04N7/24
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/20 Servers specifically adapted for the distribution of content, e.g. VOD servers; Operations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/222 Secondary servers, e.g. proxy server, cable television Head-end provisioning of proxy services in data packet switching networks H04L67/56
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2221 being a cable television head-end CATV in broadcast systems H04H20/78
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/437 Interfacing the upstream path of the transmission network, e.g. for transmitting client requests to a VOD server flow control in data networks H04L47/10; streaming protocols, e.g. RTP or RTCP, H04L65/65; scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests in data packet switching networks H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64322 IP

Abstract

A STB, communicatively coupled to a server, receives a web page request when, for example, a URI, is entered into a web browser running in the STB. In response, the STB sends a processing assistance request to the server for processing the entire web page regardless of processing capability of the STB. The STB receives processed information resources or contents associated with the entire web page from the server. The server retrieves information resources or contents associated with the entire web page from a web server based on the received processing assistance request. The server determines content type such as video and/or graphics of the retrieved information resources or contents for corresponding content processing. The server determines content formats supported by the STB for content encoding. The STB decodes the resulting encoded information resources or contents from the server to render the entire web page in the STB.

Claims

1. A method for communication, the method comprising:

receiving, using circuitry of a device communicatively coupled to a plurality of servers, a web page request via a web browser running on the device;

selecting, by the device in response to said received web page request, an assistance server from the plurality of servers to which to send a web page processing assistance request from the device, according to a capability of the assistance server and a latency of the server that is lower than that of others of the plurality of servers to retrieve a web page from a web server separate from the selected assistance server and to process the web page retrieved from the web server for rendering by the device, the web page processing assistance request for requesting the selected assistance server to retrieve the web page from the web server separate from the selected assistance server and to process the web page retrieved from the web server for rendering by the device;

sending, by the device, the web page processing assistance request to the selected assistance server;

receiving, by the device, the web page processed by the selected assistance server, including receiving a first portion of the web page, that was encoded according to a first content format, that is encoded according to a second content format supported by the device; and

decoding, by the device, the first portion of the web page that is encoded according to the second content format supported by the device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining that the server is available to process the web page for rendering by the device, and that the latency is within a threshold for web browsing operations in the device.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising rendering, by the device, the web page processed by the selected assistance server.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the selected assistance server comprises a local server or a remote server.

5. A method for communication, the method comprising:

receiving, using circuitry of a device communicatively coupled to a plurality of servers, a web page request via a web browser running on the device;

selecting, by the device in response to said received web page request, an assistance server from the plurality of servers to which to send a web page processing assistance request from the device, according to a capability of the assistance server and a latency of the server that is lower than that of others of the plurality of servers to retrieve a web page from a web server separate from the selected assistance server and to process the web page retrieved from the web server for rendering by the device, the web page processing assistance request for requesting the selected assistance server to retrieve the web page from the web server separate from the selected assistance server and to process the web page retrieved from the web server for rendering by the device;

sending, by the device, the web page processing assistance request to the selected assistance server to request the selected assistance server to retrieve each portion of the web page from the web server, including information resources or contents associated with said each portion of the web page, each of the information resources or contents associated with a corresponding content type; and

receiving, by the device, the web page processed by the selected assistance server.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein receiving the web page comprises receiving the information resources or contents associated with said each portion of the web page processed according to the corresponding content type.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising compositing the processed information resources or contents associated with each portion of said web page for display via the web browser.

8. A system for communication, the system comprising:

circuitry for use in a device to execute a web browser and to communicatively couple to a plurality of servers, the circuitry further configured to;

receive a web page request via a web browser running on the device;

select, in response to said received web page request, an assistance server from the plurality of servers to which to send a web page processing assistance request from the device, according to a capability of the server and a latency of the assistance server that is lower than that of others of the plurality of servers to retrieve a web page from a web server separate from the selected assistance server and to process the web page retrieved from the web server for rendering by the device, the web page processing assistance request from the device for requesting the selected assistance server to retrieve the web page from the web server separate from the selected assistance server and to process the web page retrieved from the web server for rendering by the device;

send the web page processing assistance request to the selected assistance server;

receive the web page processed by the selected assistance server, including a first portion of the web page, that was encoded according to a first content format, that is encoded according to a second content format supported by the device; and

decode the first portion of the web page that is encoded according to the second content format supported by the device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is configured to send the web page processing assistance request to request the selected assistance server to retrieve each portion of the web page, wherein information resources or contents associated with said each portion of the web page is retrieved from a web server according to the received web page processing assistance request from the device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein each of the retrieved information resources or contents is associated with a corresponding content type.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the circuitry is configured to receive the web page comprising receiving the information resources or contents associated with said each portion of the web page processed according to the corresponding content type.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the circuitry is configured to composite the processed information resources or contents associated with each portion of said web page for display via the web browser.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is configured to determine that the server is available to process the web page for rendering by the device, and that the latency is within a threshold for web browsing operations in the device.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the circuitry is configured to render the web page processed by the selected assistance server.

15. The system of claim 8, wherein the selected assistance server comprises a local server or a remote server.