Implementing Asynchronous Processes on a Mobile Client

• US 20100198908A1
• Filed: 01/30/2009
• Published: 08/05/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Kumar, Harish, Jhaveri, Pankesh, Sudhi, Ambili, Kumar, Darshan, Achar, Govindraja
• Granted Patent: US 8,762,448 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system

Abstract

Systems and methods are provided perform an asynchronous process in a mobile client when not connected to an enterprise server. An application on a mobile client receives a request from a user to perform a task that is ordinarily performed by the enterprise server, such as decompressing a large data file. The mobile client determines, however, that it is not connected to the enterprise server. Instead, the application spawns a thread to complete the task asynchronously. Accordingly, the task need not be performed synchronously, thus making the user wait, when the mobile client is disconnected from the enterprise server.

Claims

1. A method for performing an asynchronous process in a mobile client when not connected to an enterprise server, comprising:

receiving a request to perform a task ordinarily performed by the enterprise server;

determining the mobile client is not connected to the enterprise server;

spawning a thread from a base application to complete the task asynchronously; and

receiving a notification that the task was completed by the thread.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise server is a customer relationship management (“

CRM”

) server.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile client is a personalized content delivery (“

PCD”

) system.

4. The method claim 1, wherein task is file decompression.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the base application is an applet.

6. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform an asynchronous process in a mobile client when not connected to an enterprise server by:

receiving a request to perform a task ordinarily performed by the enterprise server;

determining the mobile client is not connected to the enterprise server;

spawning a thread from a base application to complete the task asynchronously; and

receiving a notification that the task was completed by the thread.

7. The computer-readable medium of claim 6, wherein the enterprise server is a customer relationship management (“

CRM”

) server.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the mobile client is a personalized content delivery (“

PCD”

) system.

9. The method claim 6, wherein task is file decompression.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein the base application is an applet.

11. A system for performing an asynchronous process in a mobile client when not connected to a customer relationship management (“

CRM”

) server, comprising;

an application running on the mobile client;

a thread for performing data decompression asynchronously of the application, wherein the application spawns the thread after determining that the mobile client is not connected to the CRM server.

12. A system for performing an asynchronous process in a mobile client when not connected to an enterprise server, comprising:

means for receiving a request to perform a task ordinarily performed by the enterprise server;

means for determining the mobile client is not connected to the enterprise server;

means for spawning a thread from a base application to complete the task asynchronously; and

means for receiving a notification that the task was completed by the thread.