Providing stateful favorites

• US 20030225891A1
• Filed: 07/01/2002
• Published: 12/04/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 05/31/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Stienhans, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 7,860,974 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9562 Bookmark management

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing and using techniques for providing stateful favorites. A client creates a stateful favorite by sending a request for a reduced state of a stateful application session to a server. The client receives the reduced state from the server and stores the reduced state as a portion of the stateful favorite.

Claims

1. A method for creating a stateful favorite on a client, comprising:

sending from the client to a server a request for a reduced state of a stateful application session;

receiving at the client the reduced state from the server; and

storing the reduced state as a portion of a stateful favorite.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the reduced state is received in a serialized data format.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the stateful favorite has a visual representation being a menu entry, shortcut, icon, or hyperlink.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the stateful favorite has a visual representation being a menu entry, shortcut, icon, or hyperlink.

5. The method of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the stateful favorite further comprises a title and a unique resource locator that corresponds to the stateful application session.

6. A method for restoring a stateful application session on a server comprising:

instantiating on the server the stateful application session that corresponds to a stateful favorite on a client;

receiving on the server a reduced state of the stateful application session, wherein the reduced state is a portion of the stateful favorite on the client; and

extending the reduced state to a complete state of the stateful application session.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising processing a logon of a user.

8. The method of claim 6 or 7, wherein the reduced state is received in a serialized data format and the method further comprises the step of de-serializing the reduced state.

9. A method for providing a reduced state of a stateful application session, wherein the stateful application session has a complete state on a server, comprising:

receiving at the server a request for the reduced state from a client;

extracting the reduced state from the complete state; and

sending the reduced state to the client.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the method further comprises the step of serializing the reduced state.

11. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on an information carrier, for creating a stateful favorite on a client, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:

send from the client to a server a request for a reduced state of a stateful application session;

receive at the client the reduced state from the server; and

store the reduced state as a portion of a stateful favorite.

12. The product of claim 11, wherein the reduced state is received in a serialized data format.

13. The product of claim 11, wherein the stateful favorite has a visual representation being a menu entry, shortcut, icon, or hyperlink.

14. The product of claim 12, wherein the stateful favorite has a visual representation being a menu entry, shortcut, icon, or hyperlink.

15. The product of claim 11, 12, 13 or 14 wherein the stateful favorite further comprises a title and a unique resource locator that corresponds to the stateful application session.

16. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on an information carrier, for restoring a stateful application session on a server, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:

instantiate on the server the stateful application session that corresponds to a stateful favorite on a client;

receive on the server a reduced state of the stateful application session, wherein the reduced state is a portion of the stateful favorite on the client; and

extend the reduced state to a complete state of the stateful application session.

17. The product of claim 16, further comprising instructions to process a logon of a user.

18. The product of claim 16 or 17, wherein the reduced state is received in a serialized data format and the product further comprises instructions to de-serialize the reduced state.

19. A method for providing a reduced state of a stateful application session, wherein the stateful application session has a complete state on a server, comprising:

receiving at the server a request for the reduced state from a client;

extracting the reduced state from the complete state; and

sending the reduced state to the client.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises the step of serializing the reduced state.

21. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on an information carrier, for providing a reduced state of a stateful application session, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:

receive at the server a request for the reduced state from a client;

extract the reduced state from the complete state; and

send the reduced state to the client.

22. The product of claim 21, further comprising instructions to serialize the reduced state.

23. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on an information carrier, for restoring a stateful application session on a server, the product comprising instructions operable to cause a processor to:

instantiate on the server the stateful application session that corresponds to a stateful favorite on a client;

receive on the server a reduced state of the stateful application session, wherein the reduced state is a portion of the stateful favorite on the client; and

extend the reduced state to a complete state of the stateful application session.

24. The product of claim 23, further comprising instructions operable to process a logon of a user.

25. The product of claim 23 or 24, further comprising instructions operable to de-serialize the reduced state.

26. A computer program product for providing a reduced state of a stateful application session on a server, wherein the computer program product comprises:

a state extractor having a plurality of instructions causing a processor of the server to extract the reduced state from a complete state of the stateful application session, wherein the server sends the reduced state to a client.

27. The computer program product of claim 26, further comprising:

a serializer having a plurality of instructions causing the processor of the server to serialize the reduced state before sending.

28. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on an information carrier, for restoring a stateful application session on a server, wherein the computer program product comprises:

a state extender having a plurality of instructions operable to cause a processor of the server to extend a reduced state of the stateful application session to a complete state of the stateful application session, wherein the server instantiates the stateful application session that corresponds to a stateful favorite on a client and wherein the reduced state is a portion of the stateful favorite on the client.

29. The computer program product of claim 28 further comprising:

a de-serializer having a plurality of instructions causing a processor of the server to de-serializing the reduced state when received from the client.

30. A client in a computer system for creating a stateful favorite on the client;

the client running a computer program for executing the following steps;

sending from the client to a server a request for a reduced state of a stateful application session;

receiving at the client the reduced state from the server; and

storing the reduced state as a portion of the stateful favorite.

31. The client of claim 30, wherein the receiving step receives the reduced state in a serialized data format.

32. The client of claim 30, wherein the stateful favorite has a visual representation selected from the group of menu entry, shortcut, icon and hyperlink.

33. The client of claim 30, wherein the stateful favorite further comprises a title and a unique resource locator that corresponds to the stateful application session.

34. A server for restoring a stateful application session, the server running a computer program operable to execute the following steps:

instantiate on the server the stateful application session that corresponds to a stateful favorite on a client;

receive on the server a reduced state of the stateful application session, wherein the reduced state is a portion of the stateful favorite on the client; and

extend the reduced state to a complete state of the stateful application session.

35. The server of claim 34 wherein the computer program is further operable to process a logon of a user.

36. The server of claim 34, wherein the computer program is further operable to de-serialize the reduced state.