METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR UPDATING VIEWER CACHES

• US 20100125552A1
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Published: 05/20/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Raytheon Company (Rtx Corporation)
• Inventors: Ignace, Demron, Bryan, John S., Peterson, Barry L.
• Application Number:
  US12/261,458
• Publication Number:
  US 20100125552A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/637
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for updating map viewers include associating a first map viewer update cache with a first map viewer, the first map viewer update cache comprising a first map viewer data update, associating a second map viewer update cache with a second map viewer, the second map viewer update cache comprising a second map viewer data update, and sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates from one of the first and second map viewer update caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

Claims

1. An article for updating map viewers, comprising:

a storage medium having stored instructions thereon that when executed by a machine result in;

associating a first map viewer update cache with a first map viewer, the first map viewer update cache comprising a first map viewer data update;

associating a second map viewer update cache with a second map viewer, the second map viewer update cache comprising a second map viewer data update; and

sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates from one of the first and second map viewer update caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

2. The article according to claim 1, further comprising:

associating a first map viewer primary cache with the first map viewer, the first map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the first map viewer;

associating a second map viewer primary cache with the second map viewer, the second map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the second map viewer; and

sending the rendering information from the one of the first and second map viewer primary caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

3. The article according to claim 2, further comprising:

associating a first map viewer link with the first map viewer, the first map viewer link comprising;

a primary cache link indicating a location of the first map viewer primary cache; and

an update cache link indicating a location of the first map viewer update cache;

associating a second map viewer link with the second map viewer, the second map viewer link comprising;

a primary cache link indicating a location of the second map viewer primary cache; and

an update cache link indicating a location of the second map viewer update cache;

wherein sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates further comprises using the update cache link of one of the first and second map viewer links to locate the at least one map viewer update, and sending the rendering information further comprises using the primary cache link of the one of the first and second map viewer links to locate the rendering information.

4. The article according to claim 2, further comprising:

associating an entity cache with the first and second primary caches, the entity cache comprising;

at least one entity object.

5. The article according to claim 4, wherein the entity cache further comprises:

at least one entity updater associated with the at least one entity object, the at least one entity updater to process at least one update to the at least one entity object.

6. The article according to claim 5, further comprising:

propagating the at least one update to one of the first and second map viewer update caches.

7. The article according to claim 6, wherein propagating comprises:

from the entity updater, propagating the at least one update to at least one of the first and second primary caches; and

from the at least one of the first and second primary caches, propagating the at least one update to at least one of the first and second update caches.

8. The article according to claim 6, wherein the at least one entity update is a plurality of entity updates collapsed into a single entity update.

9. The article according to claim 2, further comprising:

associating a first map viewer configuration with the first map viewer, the first map viewer configuration comprising at least one first map viewer preference; and

associating a second map viewer configuration with the second map viewer, the second map viewer configuration comprising at least one second map viewer preference;

wherein sending the one of the first and second map viewer data updates is based on one of the first and second map viewer configurations of the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

10. The article according to claim 1, further comprising:

associating a map viewer primary cache with the first map viewer and the second map viewer, the first map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the first and second map viewer; and

sending the rendering information from the map viewer primary caches to one of the first and second map viewers.

11. The article according to claim 10, further comprising:

associating an entity cache with the map viewer primary cache, the entity cache comprising;

at least one entity object.

12. The article according to claim 10, wherein the entity cache further comprises:

at least one entity updater associated with the at least one entity object, the at least one entity updater to process at least one update to the at least one entity object.

13. The article according to claim 12, further comprising:

from the at least one entity updater, propagating the at least one update to the map viewer primary caches; and

from the map viewer primary cache, propagating the at least one update to at least one of the first and second update caches.

14. The article according to claim 1, wherein the first and second map viewer data updates are converted to a map viewing format.

15. The article according to claim 14, wherein the map viewing format is keyhole markup language.

16. The article according to claim 15, wherein the first and second map viewers use keyhole markup language to represent map information.

17. A method for updating map viewers, comprising:

associating a first map viewer update cache with a first map viewer, the first map viewer update cache comprising a first map viewer data update;

associating a second map viewer update cache with a second map viewer, the second map viewer update cache comprising a second map viewer data update; and

sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates from one of the first and second map viewer update caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

18. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

associating a first map viewer primary cache with the first map viewer, the first map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the first map viewer;

associating a second map viewer primary cache with the second map viewer, the second map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the second map viewer; and

sending the rendering information from the one of the first and second map viewer primary caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

19. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

associating a first map viewer link with the first map viewer, the first map viewer link comprising;

a primary cache link indicating a location of the first map viewer primary cache; and

an update cache link indicating a location of the first map viewer update cache;

associating a second map viewer link with the second map viewer, the second map viewer link comprising;

a primary cache link indicating a location of the second map viewer primary cache; and

an update cache link indicating a location of the second map viewer update cache;

wherein sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates further comprises using the update cache link of one of the first and second map viewer links to locate the at least one map viewer update, and sending the rendering information further comprises using the primary cache link of the one of the first and second map viewer links to locate the rendering information.

20. The method according to claim 18, further comprising:

associating a first map viewer configuration with the first map viewer, the first map viewer configuration comprising at least one first map viewer preference; and

associating a second map viewer configuration with the second map viewer, the second map viewer configuration comprising at least one second map viewer preference;

wherein sending the one of the first and second map viewer data updates is based on one of the first and second map viewer configurations of the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

21. The method according to claim 17, further comprising:

associating a map viewer primary cache with the first map viewer and the second map viewer, the first map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the first and second map viewer; and

sending the rendering information from the map viewer primary caches to one of the first and second map viewers.

22. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory including program instructions for updating map viewers by;

associating a first map viewer update cache with a first map viewer, the first map viewer update cache comprising a first map viewer data update;

associating a second map viewer update cache with a second map viewer, the second map viewer update cache comprising a second map viewer data update; and

sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates from one of the first and second map viewer update caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

23. The system according to claim 22, further including:

associating a first map viewer primary cache with the first map viewer, the first map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the first map viewer;

associating a second map viewer primary cache with the second map viewer, the second map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the second map viewer; and

sending the rendering information from the one of the first and second map viewer primary caches to the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

24. The system according to claim 23, further including:

associating a first map viewer link with the first map viewer, the first map viewer link comprising;

a primary cache link indicating a location of the first map viewer primary cache; and

an update cache link indicating a location of the first map viewer update cache;

associating a second map viewer link with the second map viewer, the second map viewer link comprising;

a primary cache link indicating a location of the second map viewer primary cache; and

an update cache link indicating a location of the second map viewer update cache;

wherein sending one of the first and second map viewer data updates further comprises using the update cache link of one of the first and second map viewer links to locate the at least one map viewer update, and sending the rendering information further comprises using the primary cache link of the one of the first and second map viewer links to locate the rendering information.

25. The system according to claim 23, further including:

associating a first map viewer configuration with the first map viewer, the first map viewer configuration comprising at least one first map viewer preference; and

associating a second map viewer configuration with the second map viewer, the second map viewer configuration comprising at least one second map viewer preference;

wherein sending the one of the first and second map viewer data updates is based on one of the first and second map viewer configurations of the associated one of the first and second map viewers.

26. The system according to claim 22, further including:

associating a map viewer primary cache with the first map viewer and the second map viewer, the first map viewer primary cache comprising rendering information for the first and second map viewer; and

sending the rendering information from the map viewer primary caches to one of the first and second map viewers.