CONTROLLING PRESENTATION ENGINE ON REMOTE DEVICE

• US 20090070440A1
• Filed: 09/08/2008
• Published: 03/12/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bluestreak Technology (Canada), Inc. (Enghouse Systems Limited)
• Original Assignee: Bluestreak Technology (Canada), Inc. (Enghouse Systems Limited)
• Inventors: Dion, Luc
• Granted Patent: US 8,301,689 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability

Abstract

A communication mechanism or facility for enabling interaction with, and control of, a remote presentation engine for presenting a rich media application, such as one written using animated graphics allows the presentation engine to be configured or instructed remotely to perform certain actions, to send requests, and/or to send information, independently of the animated graphics application being executed. The communication facility between a workstation enables a presentation engine to pass a request by the application for resource stored on a workstation—an image file or a data file, for example—thereby creating a virtual file system. Local resource references can thus be maintained in the application during development without having to download all resources to the device in connection with testing

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for controlling execution of a rich media application by a presentation engine running on a remote device comprised of an embedded computing system, the embedded computing system comprising a microprocessor and memory, the method comprising:

establishing a communication session between the computer and the remote device;

configuring the presentation engine with a server executing on the computer; and

transferring the rich media application from the computer to the remote device.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein configuring comprises specifying performance metrics to be collected by the presentation engine for reporting to the computer.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving by the computer a request from the presentation engine for a resource file not stored on the remote device; and

transmitting the requested resource file to the remote device.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the request for the resource file does not include a fully qualified path to a location where the requested resource file is stored, and wherein the method further comprises resolving the request in order to locate and transmit the requested resource file.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the server is comprised of a development tool running on the computer.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising configuring a communication channel between the computer and the remote device.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the remote device is chosen from a group consisting of from a group consisting of a mobile wireless communication device, a mobile telephone, a satellite set top box, or a cable set top box.

8. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the rich media application is written using an animated graphics language.

9. Computer readable medium storing program instructions for execution by a computer, the program instructions comprising instructions for:

establishing a communication session between the computer and a remote device, the remote device comprising a microprocessor and memory for running a presentation engine;

configuring the presentation engine with a server executing on the computer by transmitting one or more messages during the communications session; and

transferring a rich media application from the computer to the remote device for execution by the presentation engine.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein configuring comprises specifying performance metrics to be collected by the presentation engine for reporting to the server.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for:

receiving by the computer a request from the presentation engine for a resource file not stored on the remote device; and

transmitting the requested resource file to the remote device.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the request for the resource file does not include a fully qualified path to a location where the requested resource file is stored, and further comprising instructions for resolving the request in order to locate and transmit the requested resource file.

13. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the server is comprised of a development tool running on the computer.

14. The computer readable medium of claim 9, further comprising instructions for configuring a communication channel between the computer and the remote device.

15. The computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein the remote device is chosen from a group consisting of a mobile wireless communication device, a mobile telephone, a satellite set top box, or a cable set top box.

16. The computer readable medium of claim 9 wherein the rich media application is written using an animated graphics language.

17. Computer readable medium storing program instructions for execution by a processor embedded in a device, the program instructions comprising instructions for:

establishing a communication session of a communication channel between a remote computer and the device;

configuring execution of a rich media application in response to receiving a message from the remote computer specifying a configuration; and

executing the rich media application, executing comprising rendering graphical frames described by the rich media application.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the program instructions further comprise instructions for receiving the rich media application file through the communication session and automatically executing it.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein configuring comprises setting up collection of performance metrics in executing the rich media application.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17, the program instructions further comprising instructions for sending a message to the remote computer requesting a resource file that is not stored on the device and that is specified by the rich media application by path that is not fully qualified.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the remote device is chosen from a group consisting of a mobile wireless communication device, a mobile telephone, a satellite set top box, or a cable set top box.

22. A computer implemented method for controlling execution of a rich media application by a presentation engine running on a remote device comprised of an embedded computing system, the embedded computing system comprising a microprocessor and memory, the method comprising:

establishing a communication session between the computer and the remote device;

transferring the rich media application from the computer to the remote device;

receiving by the computer a request from the presentation engine for a resource file not stored on the remote device; and

transmitting the requested resource file to the remote device.

23. The computer implemented method of claim 22, wherein the request for the resource file does not include a fully qualified path to a location where the requested resource file is stored, and wherein the method further comprises resolving the request in order to locate and transmit the requested resource file.

24. The computer implemented method of claim 22, wherein the remote device is chosen from a group consisting of a mobile wireless communication device, a mobile telephone, a satellite set top box, or a cable set top box.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 22 wherein the rich media application is written using an animated graphics language.

26. Computer readable medium storing program instructions for execution by a computer, the program instructions comprising instructions for:

establishing a communication session between the computer and a remote device, the remote device comprising a microprocessor and memory for running a presentation engine;

receiving by the computer a request from the presentation engine for a resource file not stored on the remote device; and

transmitting the requested resource file to the remote device.

27. The computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein the request for the resource file does not include a fully qualified path to a location where the requested resource file is stored, and wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for resolving the request in order to locate and transmit the requested resource file.

28. The computer readable medium of claim 26, further comprising instructions for configuring a communication channel between the computer and the remote device.

29. The computer readable medium of claim 26, wherein the remote device is chosen from a group consisting of a mobile wireless communication device, a mobile telephone, a satellite set top box, or a cable set top box.

30. Computer readable medium storing program instructions for execution by a processor embedded in a device, the program instructions comprising instructions for:

establishing a communication session of a communication channel between a remote computer and the device;

executing the rich media application, executing comprising rendering graphical frames described by the rich media application;

sending a message to the remote computer requesting a resource file that is not stored on the device and that is specified by the rich media application by path that is not fully qualified.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 30, where the instructions further include instructions for receiving the requested file.

32. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the instructions further comprise instructions for configuring execution of the rich media application in response to receiving a message from the remote computer specifying a configuration;

wherein configuring comprises setting up collection of performance metrics measured during execution of the rich media application.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the remote device is chosen from a group consisting of a mobile wireless communication device, a mobile telephone, a satellite set top box, or a cable set top box.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 30, wherein the rich media application is written in an animated graphics language.