METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DRIVING EXTENSIBLE MARKUP LANGUAGE APPLICATION ON WEB BROWSER

• US 20100058171A1
• Filed: 09/03/2009
• Published: 03/04/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: esobi, Inc.
• Original Assignee: esobi, Inc.
• Inventors: Huang, Ying-Chi, Tsai, Hong-Yang
• Application Number:
  US12/553,926
• Publication Number:
  US 20100058171A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A method and system for driving an Extensible Markup Language (XML) application on a web browser are applied to install a kit on the web browser in a non-intrusive manner. The method includes the following steps. A request of downloading a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based on an XML data stream is sent by the web browser of the client. A data stream based on a tag is received on the web browser of the client, and used for determining whether the web browser of the client satisfies a preset installation condition or not. If the web browser of the client satisfies the preset installation condition, the XML application is driven in the non-intrusive manner. If the web browser of the client does not satisfy the preset installation condition, the web browser of the client is redirected to a web address displaying a specific message.

Claims

1. A method for driving an Extensible Markup Language (XML) application on a web browser, the method comprising:

(a) sending a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request by the web browser of the client to a corresponding web server;

(b) performing the following steps by the web server on a content body of an HTTP file after receiving the HTTP request from the web browser of the client;

(b-1) adding an XML file of a processing instruction declaration to the content body of the HTTP file to be responded;

(b-2) adding a set value to a response header of the XML file of the processing instruction declaration, wherein the set value is used for recording a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) protocol type registered in an operating system of the web browser of the client through the XML application; and

(b-3) returning the responded HTTP file to the web browser of the client after adding a content disposition declaration to the response header; and

(c) performing the following steps by the web browser of client after receiving the HTTP file responded by the web server;

(c-1) determining whether the XML application is installed on the web browser of the client or not;

(c-2) triggering the XML application to interpret the HTTP file, if the XML application is installed; and

(c-3) redirecting the web browser of the client to a web address displaying a specific message, if the XML application is not installed.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the HTTP file responded by the web server is a packet structure composed of the response header and the content body.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein in Step (b-3), after the content disposition declaration is added to the response header of the responded HTTP, a filename extension of the HTTP file is made into an XML format.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein a triggering mode in Step (c-2) is to automatically drive the XML application through a Microsoft'"'"'s Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology according to a filename extension of the HTTP and the MIME protocol type.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the specific message in Step (c-3) is a word description for notifying the user that the XML application is not installed on the web browser of the client.

6. A system for driving an Extensible Markup Language (XML) application on a web browser, applied to perform data exchange between a web browser of the client and a web server, the system comprising:

a browser processing unit, installed on the web browser of the client, and comprising;

a registration module, for registering a filename extension and a Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) protocol type related to the XML application in an operating system of the web browser of the client;

a first transceiver module, for transmitting a request of downloading a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) based on an XML file, and receiving an HTTP file returned by the web server;

a determination module, for determining whether the web browser of the client satisfies a preset installation condition or not, and triggering the XML application to interpret the HTTP file if the web browser of the client satisfies the preset installation condition, wherein the preset installation condition is that the XML application is installed on the web browser of the client, and the registration module registers the filename extension and the MIME protocol type; and

a redirecting module, for performing a corresponding process according to a determination result of the determination module, wherein if the determination module determines that the web browser of the client does not satisfy the preset installation condition, the redirecting module redirects the web browser of the client to a web address displaying a specific message; and

a server processing unit, installed on the web server, and comprising;

a second transceiver module, for receiving the HTTP request sent by the web browser of the client, and transmitting the processed HTTP file;

a file processing module, for generating the XML file; and

an analyzing module, for analyzing the HTTP request, wherein when the web browser of the client satisfies the preset installation condition, the file processing module generates a standard XML file, and the HTTP file is the standard XML file.

7. The system for driving an XML application on a web browser according to claim 6, wherein the server processing unit further comprises a configuration setting module, for adding to a configuration profile of the web server a set value the same as the MIME protocol type registered in the operating system of the web browser of the client.

8. The system for driving an XML application on a web browser according to claim 6, wherein if it is analyzed by the analyzing module that whether the web browser of the client satisfies the preset installation condition or not is not known, the file processing module further generates the XML file added with a processing instruction declaration, and the HTTP file is the XML file added with the processing instruction declaration.

9. The system for driving an XML application on a web browser according to claim 6, wherein if it is analyzed by the analyzing module that the web browser of the client is unidentifiable, the file processing module further generates a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) format file, and the HTTP file is the HTML format file.

10. The system for driving an XML application on a web browser according to claim 6, wherein the redirecting module triggers an Extensible Style Language (XSL) resource file event according to the processing instruction declaration of the XML file, so as to redirect the web browser of the client to the web address displaying the specific message.

11. The system for driving an XML application on a web browser according to claim 6, wherein a triggering mode is to automatically drive the XML application through a Microsoft'"'"'s Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) technology according to the filename extension of the HTTP and the MIME protocol type.