REMOTELY CONTROLLING A BROWSER PROGRAM

• US 20100223544A1
• Filed: 06/05/2008
• Published: 09/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Unblu Inc.
• Original Assignee: Unblu Inc.
• Inventors: Anderegg, Simon, Bieri, Philipp, Haldimann, Luc
• Granted Patent: US 8,397,154 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/542 Intercept
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/544 Remote
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

In a method for remotely controlling a browser program executed on a source computer from a target computer, wherein the browser program generates a browser window (1) in which objects (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) are displayed in a structurally coordinated manner taking into account the design of the browser window (1), the objects (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) that are displayed in the browser window (1) are simultaneously transmitted to the target computer and displayed on the target computer. The objects (11, 12, 13, 14, 15) are individually transmitted to the target computer and displayed on the target computer by means of a second browser program that is executed on the target computer, wherein the second browser program generates a second browser window (2a, 2b) in which the objects (21a, 22a, 23a, 24a, 25a, 21b, 22b, 23b, 24b, 25b) are displayed in a structurally coordinated manner taking into account the design of the second browser window (2a, 2b). In that the objects (11, 12, 13, 14, 15), which are defined using a markup language, for example, are transmitted simultaneously individually to the target computer and displayed thereon by means of the second browser program, it can be ensured that the objects (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 21a, 22a, 23a, 24a, 25a, 21b, 22b, 23b, 24b, 25b) are displayed in a structurally coordinated manner on both the source computer and the target computer and can thus be efficiently controlled. Thus, there is no dependency in view of the display of the objects on the source computer and on the target computer, particularly in terms of the size and/or resolution of the browser window (1).

Claims

1. A method for remotely controlling a browser program executed on a source computer from a target computer,

wherein the browser program generates a browser window in which objects are displayed in a structurally coordinated manner in accordance with the browser window, where objects that are displayed in the browser window are simultaneously transmitted to the target computer and are displayed on the target computer;

wherein the objects are individually transmitted to the target computer and displayed on the target computer by a second browser program that is executed on the target computer;

wherein the second browser program generates a second browser window in which the objects are displayed in a structurally coordinated manner in accordance with the second browser;

wherein the browser program and the second browser program each comprise an interpretation unit for evaluating a markup language and for executing script commands, and the remote control of the browser program that is executed on the source computer is executed by the interpretation unit of the browser program and the interpretation unit of the second browser program;

wherein a page which comprises markup language and is transmitted to the source computer is displayed and executed by the browser program;

wherein script commands for remotely controlling the browser program that is executed on the source computer are added to the page before transmission to the source computer;

wherein the page comprises script commands for executing the page; and

wherein before transmission to the source computer, one of the script commands for executing the page is replaced by a script command for remotely controlling the browser program that is executed on the source computer.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the objects that are displayed in the second browser window are at least partly transmitted individually and simultaneously to the source computer, and displayed by the browser program that is executed on the source computer, in a structurally coordinated manner in accordance with the browser window.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein by means of the browser program and a third-party program that is executed on the source computer, a page which comprises an embedded object and has been transmitted to the source computer is, displayed and executed in the browser window, wherein the embedded object is displayed and executed by the third-party program and wherein the embedded object is extended before being transmitted to the source computer so that it is remotely controllable.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein by means of the browser program, a server page that comprises a markup language, script commands for executing the page and script commands for remotely controlling the browser program executed on the source computer, is displayed and executed on the source computer, and wherein a client page comprising a markup language and script commands for remotely controlling the browser program executed on the source computer is transmitted to the target computer and displayed and executed on the target computer.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the second browser program changes, an object of the client page on the target computer, and the changed object is transmitted to the source computer and is stored by the source computer.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein a computer program is executed by means of an extended page, wherein the extended page comprises objects that are defined by a markup language and by script commands for remotely controlling a browser program executed on a source computer.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein a communication device comprising an editing service and a server service executed on a server computer, from which a page that comprises objects being defined by a markup language, are transmitted to a source computer, wherein the editing service extends the page before transmission to the source computer by script commands for remotely controlling a browser program executed on the source computer.