Methods, Systems, And Computer Program Products For Establishing A Shared Browsing Session Between A User Of A Web Browser With A User Of Another Web Browser

• US 20100250756A1
• Filed: 03/31/2009
• Published: 09/30/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Original Assignee: Scenera Technologies LLC (Scenera Research LLC)
• Inventors: Morris, Robert P.
• Application Number:
  US12/414,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20100250756A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for establishing a shared browsing session between a user of a web browser with a user of another browser. In one aspect, based on a received activity message sent from a first node, information identifying an association between current browsing information and a using principal of a browser operating on the first node is relayed to a second node. A session initiation message (SIM) is received including a request to establish a co-browsing session with the using principal of the browser. Based on the SIM, the request is relayed to the first node. A session establish message (SEM), sent from the first node, is relayed to the second node to configure the requested shared browsing information. The SEM includes session establishment information for configuring the requested session. Current browser information of the using principal, sent from the first node, is relayed to the second node.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a shared browsing session between a user of a web browser with a user of another web browser, the method comprising:

relaying, based on a received activity message sent from a first node, information to a second node, the information identifying an association between current browsing information and a using principal of a browser operating on the first node;

receiving a session initiation message including a request to establish a co-browsing session with the using principal of the browser;

relaying, based on the session initiation message, the request to the first node;

relaying a session establish message, sent from the first node, to the second node to configure the requested shared browsing information, the session establish message including session establishment information for configuring the requested co-browsing session; and

relaying current browser information of the using principal, sent from the first node, to the second node,

wherein at least one of the preceding actions is performed on at least one electronic hardware component.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein each activity message and session initiation message received is received via an asynchronous protocol.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the asynchronous protocol is a publish-subscribe protocol.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving the session establish message from the first node.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising receiving the received activity from the first node.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the session establishment information includes an identification of a protocol for sending and receiving messages, a format for sending and receiving messages, and an address of at least one of the first node and the second node.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the first node is a monitored node and the second node is a monitoring node.

8. A system for establishing a shared browsing session between a user of a web browser with a user of another web browser, the system comprising:

means for relaying, based on a received activity message sent from a first node, information to a second node, the information identifying an association between current browsing information and a using principal of a browser operating on the first node;

means for receiving a session initiation message including a request to establish a co-browsing session with the using principal of the browser;

means for relaying, based on the session initiation message, the request to the first node;

means for relaying a session establish message, sent from the first node, to the second node to configure the requested co-browsing information, the session establish message including session establishment information for configuring the requested co-browsing session; and

means for relaying current browser information of the using principal, sent from the first node, to the second node,

wherein at least one of the means includes at least one electronic hardware component.

9. A system for establishing a shared browsing session between a user of a web browser with a user of another web browser, the system comprising system components including:

an activity messenger component configured to relay, based on a received activity message sent from a first node, information to a second node, the information identifying an association between current browsing information and a using principal of a browser operating on the first node;

a session manager component configured to receive a session initiation message including a request to establish a co-browsing session with the using principal of the browser, the

session manager component further configured to relay, based on the session initiation message, the request to the first node, the

activity messenger component configured to relay a session establish message, sent from the first node, to the second node to configure the requested co-browsing information, the session establish message including session establishment information for configuring the requested co-browsing session; and

a session messenger component configured to relay current browser information of the using principal, sent from the first node, to the second node,

wherein at least one of the system components includes at least one electronic hardware component.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein each activity message and session initiation message received is received via an asynchronous protocol.

11. The system of claim 10 wherein the asynchronous protocol is a publish-subscribe protocol.

12. The system of claim 9 further comprising an activity proxy component configured to receive the session establish message from the first node.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the activity proxy component is further configured to receive the received activity from the first node.

14. The system of claim 9 wherein the session establishment information includes an identification of a protocol for sending and receiving messages, a format for sending and receiving messages, and an address of at least one of the first node and the second node.

15. The system of claim 9 wherein the first node is a monitored node and the second node is a monitoring node.

16. A computer readable medium storing a computer program, executable by a machine, for establishing a shared browsing session between a user of a web browser with a user of another web browser, the computer program comprising executable instructions for:

relaying, based on a received activity message sent from a first node, information to a second node, the information identifying an association between current browsing information and a using principal of a browser operating on the first node;

receiving a session initiation message including a request to establish a co-browsing session with the using principal of the browser;

relaying, based on the session initiation message, the request to the first node;

relaying a session establish message, sent from the first node, to the second node to configure the requested co-browsing information, the session establish message including session establishment information for configuring the requested co-browsing session; and

relaying current browser information of the using principal, sent from the first node, to the second node.

17. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein each activity message and session initiation message received is received via an asynchronous protocol.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17 wherein the asynchronous protocol is a publish-subscribe protocol.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the computer program comprises further executable instructions for further comprising receiving the session establish message from the first node.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the computer program comprises further executable instructions for receiving the received activity from the first node.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the session establishment information includes an identification of a protocol for sending and receiving messages, a format for sending and receiving messages, and an address of at least one of the first node and the second node.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 16 wherein the first node is a monitored node and the second node is a monitoring node.