METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EXECUTING APPLICATION

• US 20100023953A1
• Filed: 03/12/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/25/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Hwa-kyung, LEE, Hyun-chul
• Application Number:
  US12/402,684
• Publication Number:
  US 20100023953A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Provided are a method and apparatus for executing a web application, the method including receiving a predetermined application program interface (API) set from an external device in which APIs are stored, parsing and storing the received API set, and executing the web application by using at least one of APIs included in the parsed API set.

Claims

1. A method of executing a web application comprising:

receiving a predetermined application program interface (API) set from an external device in which APIs are stored;

parsing and storing the received API set in a computer readable recording medium; and

executing the web application by using at least one API included in the parsed API set.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application is a web browser, and the receiving of the predetermined API set comprises receiving an API set recorded in an API reception list within the web browser when the web browser is executed.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the executing of the web application comprises:

receiving a signal requesting access to a first web page; and

determining whether a first API required for outputting the first web page is included in the API set.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising performing at least one of adding a new API set to the API reception list and deleting or modifying an API set recorded in the API reception list to be received.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application is a web browser, a first API used for outputting a first web page is stored at a first time point in the storing of the received API set, and a second web page is output by using the first API if a signal requesting access to the second web page is received at a second time point in the executing of the web application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the storing of the received API set comprises:

determining whether a flag instructing to store the first API is included in a HTML document required for outputting the first web page; and

selectively storing the first API according to a result of the determining.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the web application is a widget application, and the receiving of the predetermined API set comprises receiving an API set recorded in an API reception list within a widget engine, which manages the widget application, when the widget engine is executed.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the API set comprises at least one API written in JavaScript.

9. An apparatus for executing a web application, the apparatus comprising:

a reception unit receiving a predetermined API set from an external device in which APIs are stored;

a storage unit parsing and storing the received API set in a computer readable recording medium; and

an execution unit executing the web application by using at least one API included in the parsed API set.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the web application is a web browser, and the reception unit receives an API set recorded in an API reception list within the web browser when the web browser is executed.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the execution unit comprises:

a signal reception unit receiving a signal requesting access to a first web page; and

a determination unit determining whether a first API required for outputting the first web page is included in the API set.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising a reception list management unit performing at least one of adding a new API set to the API reception list and deleting or modifying an API set recorded in the API reception list.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the web application is a web browser, the storage unit stores a first API used for outputting a first web page at a first time point, and the execution unit comprises a display unit that displays a second web page by using the first API if a signal requesting access to the second web page is received at a second time point.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a determination unit determining whether a flag instructing to store the API is included in a HTML document required for outputting the first web page,

wherein the storage unit selectively stores the first API according to a result of the determining.

15. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the application is a widget application, and the reception unit receives an API set recorded in an API reception list within a widget engine, which manages the widget application, when the widget engine is executed.

16. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the API set comprises at least one API set written in JavaScript.

17. A computer readable recording medium having recorded thereon a computer program including computer instructions for enabling a computer executing the instructions to perform a method for executing a web application, the method comprising:

receiving a predetermined application program interface (API) set from an external device in which APIs are stored;

parsing and storing the received API set in a computer readable recording medium; and

executing the web application by using at least one API included in the parsed API set.

18. A method for executing web content, comprising:

executing a web application for executing web content;

receiving at least one application programming interface (API) of an API set from an external device in which APIs are stored;

parsing and storing the at least one received API of the API set in a computer readable recording medium;

after the storing of the at least one parsed API, receiving, by the web application, a command to execute a first web content; and

executing, by the web application, the first web content by using at least one parsed API of the API set stored in the computer readable medium.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

prior to the receiving, parsing and storing of the at least one API, receiving, by the web application, a command to execute a second web content requiring one or more APIs for execution;

wherein said API set comprises the one or more APIs required to execute the second web content.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein the APIs of the API set are recorded in a API list prior to the execution of the web application.

21. The method of claim 18, wherein the APIs of the API set are recorded in a API list prior to the execution of the web application.

22. The method of claim 18, wherein the web application is a widget engine for managing at least one widget application and the first web content is a first widget application managed by the widget engine.

23. The method of claim 18, wherein the web application is a web browser and the first web content is a first web page.