Methods, media and systems for enabling a consistent web browsing session on different digital processing devices

• US 20070233880A1
• Filed: 10/20/2006
• Published: 10/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (Columbia University)
• Original Assignee: Trustees Of Columbia University In The City Of New York (Columbia University)
• Inventors: Laadan, Oren, Nieh, Jason, Potter, Shaya
• Application Number:
  US11/584,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20070233880A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/455 Emulation; Interpretation; Software simulation, e.g. virtualisation or emulation of application or operating system execution engines
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/142 Managing session states for stateless protocols; Signalling session states; State transitions; Keeping-state mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/145 avoiding end of session, e.g. keep-alive, heartbeats, resumption message or wake-up for inactive or interrupted session

Abstract

Methods, media and systems for enabling a consistent web browsing session on different digital processing devices are provided. In some embodiments, a method includes storing data relating to one or more virtualized processes associated with a web browsing session on a first digital processing device in a storage device; connecting the storage device to a second digital processing device running an operating system; and restarting the one or more virtualized processes in the operating system of the second digital processing device using the stored data.

Claims

1. A method for enabling a consistent web browsing session on different digital processing devices, comprising:

storing data relating to one or more virtualized processes associated with a web browsing session on a first digital processing device in a storage device;

connecting the storage device to a second digital processing device running an operating system; and

restarting the one or more virtualized processes in the operating system of the second digital processing device using the stored data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing a plug-in application.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising suspending the one or more processes before storing data relating to the one or more virtualized processes.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing web browsing session data comprising at least one of a browser option, a browser bookmark, a brower cookie, browser history, web content, and user entered data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising encrypting the web browsing session data.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a display state of the web browsing session, the display state being independent of processes unrelated to the web browsing session running on the first digital processing device.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising storing the display state of the web browsing session in the storage device.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising sending the display state to a viewer application to be displayed in the viewer application.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising authenticating a user at the second digital processing device.

10. A computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for enabling a consistent web browsing session on different digital processing devices, comprising:

running one or more virtualized processes associated with a web browsing session in a first digital processing device;

storing data relating to the one or more virtualized processes in a storage device; and

restarting the one or more virtualized processes in a second digital processing device using the stored data.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the method further comprising storing a plug-in application.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the method further comprising suspending the one or more processes before storing data relating to the one or more virtualized processes.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the method further comprising storing web browsing session data comprising at least one of a browser option, a browser bookmark, a brower cookie, browser history, web content, and user entered data.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 13, the method further comprising encrypting the web browsing session data.

15. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, the method further comprising generating a display state of the web browsing session, the display state being independent of processes unrelated to the web browsing session running on the first digital processing device.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, the method further comprising storing the display state of the web browsing session in the storage device.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 15, the method further comprising sending the display state to a viewer application to be displayed in the viewer application.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 10, further comprising authenticating a user at the second digital processing device.

19. A system for enabling a consistent web browsing session on different digital processing devices, comprising:

a storage device;

a first digital processing device configured to store data relating to one or more virtualized processes associated with a web browsing session in the storage device; and

a second digital processing device configured to restart the one or more virtualized processes using the stored data.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the storage device is a portable storage device.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the storage device is a networked storage device connected to the first digital processing device and the second digital processing device.