Off-loading data formatting to a communicatively coupled client

• US 20060235998A1
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Published: 10/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/19/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Tuel, Anthony R., Stecher, John J.
• Application Number:
  US11/109,306
• Publication Number:
  US 20060235998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for offloading the data formatting task to the client-side. A method for off-loading data formatting to a communicatively coupled client can include identifying formatting of raw data in a server-side response to a client-side request for processing. Optionally, the identifying step further can include receiving the server-side response stream from application logic hosted in an application server. The method also can include annotating the raw data in the response stream with a tag indicating a desired format. Finally, the method can include forwarding the response to a client for client-side formatting of the raw data according to the indicated desired format.

Claims

1. A method for off-loading data formatting to a communicatively coupled client, the method comprising the steps of:

identifying raw data in a server-side response to a client-side request for processing;

annotating said raw data in said response stream with a tag indicating a desired format; and

, forwarding said response to a client for client-side formatting of said raw data according to said indicated desired format.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said identifying step further comprises the step of receiving said server-side response stream from application logic hosted in an application server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said annotating step comprises the steps of:

locating a tag indicating a desired format for said raw data; and

, applying a pair of said tags to said raw data in said response.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said annotating step comprises the step of annotating said raw data in said response stream with a tag indicating a desired data conversion and format.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said forwarding step comprises the step of forwarding said response to said client using a hypertext transfer protocol formatted response stream.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said forwarding step comprises the step of forwarding said response to said client using an Internet inter-object request broker protocol formatted message.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

loading a style sheet defining a transformation for said tag in formatting raw data to produce said desired format; and

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providing said transformation to said client for use by said client in performing said client-side formatting.

8. A system for off-loading data formatting to a communicatively coupled client, the system comprising an application server configured with data formatting tag insertion logic, said data formatting tag insertion logic having programming to identify raw data in a response produced by said application server, to annotate said raw data with a tag indicating a desired format, and to forward said response to a client for client-side formatting of said raw data according to said indicated desired format.

9. The system of claim 8, further comprising a style sheet defining a transformation for said tag in formatting raw data to produce said desired format.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein said response is a hypertext transfer protocol formatted response stream.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein said response is an Internet inter-object request broker protocol formatted message.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising a lookup table of tags corresponding to desired formats for raw data.

13. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for off-loading data formatting to a communicatively coupled client, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions which when executed by a machine causes the machine to perform the steps of:

identifying raw data in a server-side response to a client-side request for processing;

annotating said raw data in said response stream with a tag indicating a desired format; and

, forwarding said response to a client for client-side formatting of said raw data according to said indicated desired format.

14. The machine readable storage of claim 13, wherein said identifying step further comprises the step of receiving said server-side response stream from application logic hosted in an application server.

15. The machine readable storage of claim 13, wherein said annotating step comprises the steps of:

locating a tag indicating a desired format for said raw data; and

, applying a pair of said tags to said raw data in said response.

16. The machine readable storage of claim 13, wherein said annotating step comprises the step of annotating said raw data in said response stream with a tag indicating a desired data conversion and format.

17. The machine readable storage of claim 13, wherein said forwarding step comprises the step of forwarding said response to said client using a hypertext transfer protocol formatted response stream.

18. The machine readable storage of claim 13, wherein said forwarding step comprises the step of forwarding said response to said client using an Internet inter-object request broker protocol formatted message.

19. The machine readable storage of claim 13, further comprising an additional set of instructions which when executed by the machine causes the machine to further perform the steps of:

loading a style sheet defining a transformation for said tag in formatting raw data to produce said desired format; and

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providing said transformation to said client for use by said client in performing said client-side formatting.