System and method for providing offline web application, page, and form access in a networked environment

• US 20050188051A1
• Filed: 12/17/2004
• Published: 08/25/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: RPX Corporation
• Original Assignee: Backweb Technologies Limited
• Inventors: Sneh, Iftah
• Granted Patent: US 7,272,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/213
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons

Abstract

A system and a method for providing offline web application, page, and form access in a networked or Internet environment. In accordance with one embodiment an Offline Access Server offline Web infrastructure based on a scalable, polite communication technology. The Offline Access Server uses an offline enabling technology, and an HTML extension such as OTML (Offline Tagging Markup Language), to enable any set of web application, application data, page, or form to operate and to be usable offline.

Claims

1. A system that provides offline web application, application data, page, and form access in a networked or Internet environment, comprising a server, in communication with an online web page or portal, and with a client, wherein the server performs the steps of:

acquiring an application, application data, or form from the web page or portal;

sending the application, application data, or form to the client for offline viewing;

allowing the user of the client to read and/or update the application, application data, or form as an offline version and to then upload the updated version;

receiving the uploaded offline application, application data, or form; and

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submitting the updated application, application data, or form, or portions thereof to the portal.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the server performs the additional steps of acquiring the portal response and sending it to the user for offline viewing, for viewing by the user.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the client includes a plugin that receives the data from the server

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the user fills in the offline version of the form, which is automatically or manually submitted to the portal when the user connects to the network.

5. A method for providing offline web application, page, and form access in a networked or Internet environment, comprising the steps of:

acquiring an application, application data, or form from the web page or portal;

sending the application, application data, or form to the client for offline viewing;

allowing the user of the client to update the application, application data, or form as an offline version and to then upload the updated version;

receiving the uploaded offline application, application data, or form; and

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submitting the updated application, application data, or form, or portions thereof to the portal.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the steps of acquiring the portal response and sending it to the user for offline viewing, for viewing by the user.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the client includes a plugin that receives the data from the server

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the user fills in the offline version of the application, application data, or form, which is automatically or manually submitted to the portal when the user connects to the network.

9. A computer readable medium including instructions stored thereon which when executed by the computer cause the computer to perform the steps of:

acquiring an application, application data, or form from the web page or portal;

sending the application, application data, or form to the client for offline viewing;

allowing the user of the client to update the application, application data, or form as an offline version and to then upload the updated version;

receiving the uploaded offline application, application data, or form; and

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submitting the updated application, application data, or form, or portions thereof to the portal.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9 further comprising the steps of acquiring the portal response and sending it to the user for offline viewing, for viewing by the user.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the client includes a plugin that receives the data from the server

12. The computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the user fills in the offline version of the application, application data, or form, which is automatically or manually submitted to the portal when the user connects to the network.