Browser with proxy server and information copying system

• US 20030074425A1
• Filed: 10/11/2002
• Published: 04/17/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/12/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Syncplus Limited
• Original Assignee: MVP Kabushiki Kaisha
• Inventors: Kawakita, Jun
• Application Number:
  US10/269,304
• Publication Number:
  US 20030074425A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system, which can support the agent skill in real time when the agent, who does outside seals activity, has the meeting with the client. A browser 4(14) with proxy server includes a proxy module 2(12) and a browser module 1 (11) capable of receiving a content cache update event from the proxy module 2(12). The browser 4(14) with proxy server is set up in an operator computer 8 operated by a sales activity supporter, who is a specialist and in an agent computer 18 operated by a salesperson in a state remote from the operator computer in a high-speed and stable operating state, and synchronization is made between virtual browsers 4 and 14. The computers 8 and 18 provided with these browsers are exchangeable and connectable by a network 7, and the operator computer 8 is connected with a Web server 5 for acquiring update information so that an information copying system can be constituted. By doing so, browsing object information such as Web page acquired in the operator computer 8 is automatically copied, and thereafter, is displayed on the agent computer 18.

Claims

1. A browser with a proxy server comprising:

a browser module having a browsing function for decoding a hypertext and the like, and displaying a designated Web content; and

a proxy module having a function for accepting an access request by http protocol from a terminal, acting a connection request from the terminal as a proxy, storing access designated page information as a cache, and relaying communication between the access designated destination and the terminal,

(1a) the browser module including;

(1a-1) an information request function for designating URL with respect to the proxy module, and requesting a browsing object information acquisition;

(1a-2) an existing information acquiring and displaying function for acquiring and displaying a request result in the case where information relative to the request is already stored as a content cache in the proxy module;

(1a-3) an update event receiving function for receiving a content cache update event from the proxy module in the case where a content cache is updated in the proxy module;

(1a-4) an update content request function for requesting an acquisition of update content to the proxy module using a update URL included in the update event; and

(1a-5) an update content acquiring and displaying function for acquiring and displaying the result of the update content request,

(1b) the proxy module including;

(1b-1) an information request receiving function for receiving the browsing object information acquiring request from the browser module;

(1b-2) an existing information return function is a function for returning the browsing object information acquisition request to the browser module in the case where information relative to the received browsing object information acquisition request is already stored as a content cache;

(1b-6) an information request transfer function for transferring the request to an external server connected to a computer or a proxy server in the case where information relative to the received request is not stored as a content cache in the computer provided in the browser 4 with proxy server;

(1b-7) a cache update storage function for storing the browsing object information acquired from the external server or proxy server as the content cache based on the transfer result;

(1b-3) an update event transmitting function for transmitting the stored content cache update event to the browser module;

(1b-4) an update content request receiving function for receiving an update content request from the browser module receiving the transmission; and

(1b-5) an update content return function for transmitting a browsing object information acquired based on the transfer result to the browser module in accordance with the received request,

(1c) the proxy module having a cache update synchronizing function capable of synchronizing the content of the content cache stored in another proxy module with the content of the self content cache, by transmitting the content cache update event to another proxy module in the case where the content of the self content cache is updated, and by receiving another content cache update event from another proxy module in the case where the content of another content cache is updated, in order to always equalize the content of the content cache stored in the computer of each browser with proxy server between the proxy module and a proxy module of another browser with proxy server connected in an exchangeable state.

2. The browser with proxy server according to claim 1, wherein the external server or proxy server includes a Web server.

3. An information copying system, which can copy a browsing object information from one computer to another computer, comprising:

(3a) two computers including the browser with proxy server described in claim 1 or 2, and mutually exchangeable and connectable;

(3b) a network for connecting between the computers so that the computers can be mutually exchangeable; and

(3c) a network 6 for connecting with an external Web server providing the browsing object information requested by the function (1b-6) to the browser with proxy server, and for making exchangeable with the external Web server,

(3d) at least one browser with proxy server being the browser with proxy server described in claim 2,

(3e) the request result, that is, the same browsing object information being acquired and displayed in all browsers with proxy server constituting the information copying system when the browsing object information acquisition request by the function (1a-1) is made in the browser module of any one of the browsers with proxy server.

4. The information copying system according to claim 3, wherein the browsing object information acquisition request by the function (1a-1) is made in any one of the browsers with proxy server constituting the information copying system.

5. An information copying system, which can copy a browsing object information from one computer to another computer, comprising:

(5a) three or more computers including the browser with proxy server described in claim 1 or 2, and mutually exchangeable and connectable;

(5b) a network for connecting between the computers so that the computers can be mutually exchangeable; and

(5c) a network 6 for connecting with an external Web server providing the browsing object information requested by the function (1b-6) to the browser with proxy server, and for making exchangeable with the external Web server,

(5d) at least one browser with proxy server being the browser with proxy server described in claim 2,

(5e) the request result, that is, the same browsing object information being acquired and displayed in all browsers with proxy server constituting the information copying system when the browsing object information acquisition request by the function (1a-1) is made in the browser module of any one of the browsers with proxy server.

6. The information copying system according to any of claims 3 to 5, wherein at least one of the browsers with proxy server constituting the information copying system is set up in a mobile computer.

7. The information copying system according to any of claim 6, wherein

(7a) one computer operator makes an operation with respect to one browser with proxy server of browsers with proxy server provided in one computer, which is a computer operated by one computer operator, and thereby, a browser module makes a URL acquisition request relative to browsing object information with respect to a proxy module in one browser with proxy server,

(7b) in the case where a content cache relative to the information is stored in one computer, the proxy module transmits the URL to the proxy module of another browser with proxy server of browsers with proxy server provided in another computer, which is a computer operated by another computer operator,

(7b′

) in the case where the content cache relative to the information is not stored in one computer, the browser module requests and receives a transmission of browsing object information including the URL to the Web server so that the information is stored as the content caches in one computer, and transmits the acquired URL to the proxy module of another computer,

(7c) in one computer, the proxy module constituting the browser with proxy server transmits information relative to the URL to the browser module, and displays the information on a screen of one computer,

(7d) in another computer receiving the URL, the proxy module constituting the browser with proxy server transmits the received URL to the browser module,

(7e) the browser module of another computer receiving the URL makes an acquisition request of the information relative to the URL to the proxy module,

(7f) the proxy module of another computer receiving the information acquisition request transmits the information to the browser module in the case where a content cache relative to the information is stored in another computer,

(7f′

) in the case where the content cache relative to the information is not stored, the browser module requests and receives a transmission of the information to the proxy module of one computer so that the information is stored as the content cache in another computer, and the proxy module transmits the acquired information to the browser module of another computer,

(7g) the information is displayed on a screen of another computer.

8. A sales activity supporting method for supporting a sales activity using the information copying system described in any of claims 4 to 6, comprising the following steps of:

(8a) operating one computer by a sales activity supporter, who is capable of supporting a sales activity of a salesperson operates while operating another computer by a salesperson, who does sales activity;

(8b) connecting two computers by the salesperson or the sales activity supporter according to an exchange connection request between two computers from either the salesperson or the sales activity supporter; and

(8c) selecting browsing object information capable of supporting the sales activity done by the salesperson and operating a browsing object information acquisition request of the function (1a-1) by the sales activity supporter, and copying the information from the sales activity supporter computer to the salesperson computer so that the information can be displayed on a screen of the salesperson computer.

9. The sales activity supporting method according to claim 8, wherein the sales activity supporter is waiting in a state capable of operating the sales activity supporter computer in real time in accordance with a request from the salesperson, and the exchange connection request is made by electrical communication means exchangeable in real time.