STANDARD COMMANDS FOR NATIVE COMMANDS

• US 20100318989A1
• Filed: 06/16/2009
• Published: 12/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Koh, Justin, Laligand, Pierre-Yves, Dureau, Vincent
• Granted Patent: US 8,954,955 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A system and method for standardizing commands used for various application behaviors in an application regardless of the environment of the application. A client intercepts a user input standard command, retrieves a corresponding native command from a standardizing server and inputs the native command in the application.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling use of a standardized command instead of a native command for a function in a web-based application on a website, the method comprising:

receiving, at the client device, a user input standardized command for the web-based application on the website;

transmitting the standardized command, an identifier of the website and web-based application to a standardizing server;

receiving at the client device, from the standardizing server, a native command that corresponds to the standardized command; and

transmitting the native command, by the client device to the website, whereby the website inputs the native command into the web-based application and the web-based application executes the function in response to the native command.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein transmitting the identifier of the website comprises:

transmitting, from the client device to the standardizing server, a weak hash associated with the website identifier;

receiving, from the standardizing server, a plurality of strong hashes corresponding to the weak hash;

selecting, at the client device, a strong hash from the plurality of received strong hashes wherein the strong hash is associated with the website; and

transmitting, by the client device to the standardizing server, the selected strong hash associated with the website.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

responsive to the native command not existing in the database, receiving an additional native command for the application and corresponding standardized command for the additional native command.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying, on the client device, the native command and the user input standardized command.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein inputting the native command further comprises calling a script wherein the script is a sequence of instructions.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein inputting the native command further comprises setting an event wherein setting the event initiates an event handler routine in the application and the event handler routine comprises a sequence of instructions.

2. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling use of a standardized command instead of a native command for a function in a web-based application on a website, the method comprising:

receiving, at the client device, a user input standardized command for the web-based application on the website;

transmitting an identifier of the website to a standardizing server;

receiving at the client device, from the standardizing server, a set of native commands for the identified website, each native command associated with a standardized command and a web-based application on the identified website;

determining at the client device a native command from the set of native commands that corresponds to the input standardized command for the web-based application; and

transmitting the determined native command, by the client device to the website, whereby the website inputs the native command into the web-based application and the web-based application executes the function in response to the native command.

3. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling use of a standardized command instead of a native command for a function in a web-based application on a website, the method comprising:

storing a set of native commands in a client database at the client device;

receiving, at the client device, a user input standardized command for the web-based application on the website;

determining a native command from the stored set of native commands that corresponds to the input standardized command for the web-based application; and

transmitting the determined native command, by the client device to the website, whereby the website inputs the native command into the web-based application and the web-based application executes the function in response to the native command.

9. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling use of a standardized command instead of a native command for a function in a web-based application on a website, the method comprising:

receiving, at the client device, a user input standardized command for the web-based application on the website;

transmitting, from the client device to the standardizing server, a weak hash associated with the website;

receiving at the client device, from the standardizing server, a plurality of website identifiers associated with the weak hash, an application identifier associated with at least one of the website identifiers, and a plurality of native commands and corresponding standard commands associated with the application identifier;

determining a native command from the received plurality of native commands, the determined native command corresponding to the user input standardized command; and

transmitting the determined native command, by the client device to the website, whereby the website inputs the native command into the web-based application and the web-based application executes the function in response to the native command.

10. A computer implemented method, executed by a client device, for enabling use of a standardized command instead of a native command for a function in a web-based application on a website, the method comprising:

storing on the client device, a plurality of command sets, each command set including;

an application identifier of an application on a website;

a native command which executes a function of the application on the website, and a corresponding standardized command to be used in place of the native command in the application;

receiving, at the client device, a user input standardized command for the web-based application on the website;

determining at the client device from the stored command sets a native command that corresponds to the input standardized command for the web-based application;

transmitting the determined native command, by the client device to the website, whereby the website inputs the native command into the web-based application and the web-based application executes the function in response to the native command.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

displaying the plurality of standard commands and corresponding site-specific command for the application.

12. A method, executed by a server device, for enabling use of a user input standard command, instead of a native command, for an application on a website being accessed by a client device, the method comprising:

receiving, from the client device, while the client device accesses the application on the website, a request for the native command corresponding to the user input standard command, wherein the request comprises a website identifier corresponding to the website and the user input standardized command;

determining the native command corresponding to the user input standard command; and

transmitting to the client device, the native command corresponding to the user input standard command.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the request further comprises an application identifier corresponding to the application.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein determining the native command further comprises:

determining the application on the website corresponding to the user input standard command; and

determining the native command for the application corresponding to the user input standard command.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein determining the native command further comprises:

determining a stored regular expression identifier for a set of websites corresponding to the received website identifier; and

determining the native command for the application corresponding to the regular expression identifier and user input standard command.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the website identifier comprises a weak hash associated with the website, the method further comprising:

transmitting, from the server device to the client device, a plurality of strong hashes corresponding to the weak hash;

receiving, from the client device, a strong hash selected from the plurality of transmitted strong hashes wherein the selected strong hash is associated with the website;

determining the native command using the strong hash associated with the website; and

transmitting the native command to the client device.

17. A method for populating a database with a standard command for an application on a website, a site identifier for the website, and a native command corresponding to the standard command, the method comprising:

receiving, from a user, the standard command, the site identifier for the website and the native command.

18. The method of claim 17 wherein the user is a controller of the website.

19. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving verification, from an editor indicating that information supplied by the user is accurate.

20. The method of claim 17 further comprising:

receiving, from a subsequent user, another native command for the website or correction to the native command supplied by the user.

21. The method of claim 17 wherein the standard command, the site identifier for the website and the native command are received from a metadata file provided by the user.

22. A computer program product, comprising a computer readable storage medium storing a computer program executable by a processor, to produce a user interface for populating a database with standard commands for website applications, the user interface comprising:

a first input field for receiving a site identifier of a website hosting an application;

a second input field for receiving an application identifier of the hosted application;

a third input for receiving a native command; and

a fourth input field for receiving a standard command to be used in place of the native command in the application.

23. A method, executed by a client device with a web browser, for enabling display of a script supported on a website, the method comprising:

receiving a website identifier for the website being accessed by the client device;

transmitting the website identifier to a script-list server;

receiving from the script-list server a script identifier associated with the supported script; and

displaying on the client device the one or more script identifiers.

24. The method of claim 23 further comprising:

retrieving a plugin identifier for a plugin supported by the web browser; and

displaying an identifier for one or more scripts supported by the supported plugin.

25. The method of claim 23 wherein the website identifier comprises a weak hash associated with the website, the method further comprising:

receiving, from the script-list server, a plurality of strong hashes corresponding to the weak hash;

selecting a strong hash from the plurality of received strong hashes wherein the selected strong hash is associated with the website; and

transmitting the selected strong hash from the client device to the script-list server wherein the script-list server uses the selected strong hash to determine the corresponding script identifier.

26. The method of claim 23 further comprising downloading the supported script from a script server.

27. The method of claim 24 further comprising downloading the supported plugin from a plugin server. A method, executed by a server device, for enabling display of a script supported on a website, the method comprising:

receiving, from a client device, a request for a script identifier corresponding to the supported script;

transmitting the script identifier; and

transmitting a script description for the script wherein the script description describes the script and the script description is displayed on the client device.

28. The method of claim 27 wherein the request for the script identifier comprises a website identifier corresponding to the website.

29. The method of claim 27 wherein the request for the script identifier comprises a weak hash associated with the website and the method of claim 27 further comprises:

transmitting a plurality of strong hashes corresponding to the weak hash;

receiving, from the client device, a strong hash selected from the plurality of transmitted strong hashes wherein the strong hash is associated with the website;

determining the script identifier using the strong hash associated with the website; and

transmitting the script identifier to the client device.