SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONTENT PROCESSING WITH EXTENDABLE PROVISIONING

• US 20080148139A1
• Filed: 02/25/2008
• Published: 06/19/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Inventors: Shenfield, Michael, Goring, Bryan R., Bibr, Viera
• Application Number:
  US12/036,942
• Publication Number:
  US 20080148139A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/46 Multiprogramming arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services

Abstract

Data can be stored in a wide variety of formats, and it is recognized that not all terminals have the resources for storing the appropriate Application Program for processing and/or viewing the data as defined in a particular format. Systems and methods are described for dynamically processing a generic content expressed in a structured definition language. The systems and methods use an associated content handler having a set of instructions suitable for processing the content, such as XML content. The method comprises receiving a content envelope including the content and a reference to the associated content handler. The associated content handler is requested using the reference, the reference including a reference location for the content handler. Once obtained, the content is processed using the set of instructions of the content handler. The instructions can be expressed in script and/or code.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically processing of generic content expressed in an extensible markup language (XML) on a wireless computing device, the method comprising the steps of:

preparing a content envelope to comprise XML content;

inserting a reference to an associated content handler in the context envelope, the content handler being specific to the content and the wireless computing device and comprising a set of instructions for processing the XML content and the reference including a reference location for the content handler; and

making available the content handler for being accessed by the reference;

wherein once obtained, processing the content using the set of instructions of the content handler to process the XML content.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content handler is retrieved from a remote storage location.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the content handler is retrieved from a local storage location.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the content handler is pushed to the local storage location from a remote server.

5. The method according to claim 1 further comprising the step of implementing a service framework for providing service functionality to interact with the content handler.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the service framework is shared between a plurality of the content handlers and their corresponding application programs.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the service framework comprises services selected from the group comprising;

an application manager, a handler validator, a provisioning manager, a communications manager, a script interpreter, and a persistence manager.

8. The method according to claim 7 further comprising the step of the provisioning manager providing application program interfaces for enabling dynamic processing using the content handlers.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the service framework provides at least one of a content handler look-up, content handler downloading, content handler deleting, and content handler suspending service.

10. A wireless terminal for dynamically processing a generic content expressed in an extensible markup language (XML), the terminal comprising:

a processing framework for receiving a content envelope including XML content and a reference to an associated content handler, the content handler being specific to the content and the wireless computing device and comprising a set of instructions for processing the XML content and;

a requesting module operating in the framework for requesting the associated content handler using the reference, the reference configured to include a reference location for the content handler;

a provisioning module operating in the framework for obtaining the content handler; and

a processing module for processing the content using the set of instructions of the content handler.

11. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the content handler is made available on a remote storage location.

12. The terminal according to claim 10, wherein the content handler is made available on a local storage location.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the content handler is pushed to the local storage location from a remote server.

14. The terminal according to claim 10 further configured to interact with a service framework for providing service functionality to the available content handler.

15. The terminal according to claim 14, wherein the service framework is shared between a plurality of the content handlers and their corresponding application programs.

16. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the service framework comprises services selected from the group comprising;

an application manager, a handler validator, a provisioning manager, a communications manager, a script interpreter, and a persistence manager.

17. The terminal according to claim 16 wherein the provisioning manager provides application program interfaces for enabling dynamic processing using the content handlers.

18. The terminal according to claim 10 wherein the content handler selected by either a processing framework of the terminal or a network server.

19. The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the service framework provides at least one of a content handler look-up, content handler downloading, content handler deleting, or content handler suspending service.

20. A computer readably medium comprising instructions which, when executed on a computing device, cause the computing device to implement the steps of:

preparing a content envelope to comprise XML content;

inserting a reference to an associated content handler in the context envelope, the content handler being specific to the content and the wireless computing device and comprising a set of instructions for processing the XML content and the reference including a reference location for the content handler; and

making available the content handler for being accessed by the reference;

wherein once obtained, processing the content using the set of instructions of the content handler to process the XML content.