BROWSER INTEGRATION FOR A CONTENT SYSTEM

• US 20110289419A1
• Filed: 12/16/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rovi Solutions Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Macrovision Corporation (Adeia Inc.)
• Inventors: Yeung, Ka Sing, Yeung, Kai Wah, Yu, Chi Sum (Sam), Dow, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/970,281
• Publication Number:
  US 20110289419A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3323 using document space presentation or visualization, e.g. category, hierarchy or range presentation and selection
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/41 Indexing; Data structures therefor; Storage structures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43615 Interfacing a Home Network, e.g. for connecting the client to a plurality of peripherals home Audio Video Interoperability [HAVI] data switching networks H04L12/2805
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4668 for recommending content, e.g. movies
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4826 using recommendation lists, e.g. of programs or channels sorted out according to their score
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6581 Reference data, e.g. a movie identifier for ordering a movie or a product identifier in a home shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8133 specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video program
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/84 Generation or processing of descriptive data, e.g. content descriptors systems specially adapted for using meta-information in broadcast systems H04H60/73
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/85406 involving a specific file format, e.g. MP4 format
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for providing browser integration for a content system. Embodiments include: integrating a browser engine into a user platform of a content system, the browser engine to directly parse and render Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Javascript content from a web server; integrating a Javascript/Document Object Model (JS/DOM) plugin into the user platform of the content system, the JS/DOM plugin to provide functionality specific to a particular device of the user platform, the JS/DOM plugin providing an interface between the browser engine and the particular device of the user platform; and using a processor to execute the browser engine and the JS/DOM plugin in response to a request to render content.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

integrating a browser engine into a user platform of a content system, the browser engine to directly parse and render Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Javascript content from a web server;

integrating a Javascript /Document Object Model (JS/DOM) plugin into the user platform of the content system, the JS/DOM plugin to provide functionality specific to a particular device of the user platform, the JS/DOM plugin providing an interface between the browser engine and the particular device of the user platform; and

using a processor to execute the browser engine and the JS/DOM plugin in response to a request to render content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including embedding external libraries used by the browser engine into the user platform.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including providing a porting layer for use by the browser engine.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including providing an interface for use by the browser engine to support receiving input as a browser input from the user platform, the received input being from an external device from the group:

a remote control device, a keyboard, a computer, a computing tablet, a digital reader, an audio device, a mobile device, a pointing device, a voice interface device, or any other device capable of communicating user input to a browser.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 including integrating a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) widget into the user platform of the content system, the HTML widget to initialize and control the behavior of the browser engine.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 including operating the HTML widget in either a background mode or a foreground mode, the browser engine being inactivated when the HTML widget is in the background mode.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 including using the HTML widget on different web pages to show a web page with different uniform resource identifiers (URI) corresponding to particular third parties.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 5 including shifting an input focus from the user platform to the HTML widget.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the browser engine provides event callbacks for the user platform.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein the JS/DOM plugin provides a communication channel between the browser engine and native user platform device non-user interface (UI) related functions.

11. A system comprising:

one or more data processors;

a data network interface in communication with the one or more data processors;

and

a user interface component in communication with the data network interface, the user interface component being executable by the one or more data processors to;

integrate a browser engine into the user interface component, the browser engine to directly parse and render Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Javascript content from a web server;

integrate a Javascript/Document Object Model (JS/DOM) plugin into the user interface component, the JS/DOM plugin to provide functionality specific to a particular device of the user platform, the JS/DOM plugin providing an interface between the browser engine and the particular device of a user platform; and

execute the browser engine and the JS/DOM plugin in response to a request to render content.

12. The system of claim 11 being further configured to embed external libraries used by the browser engine into the user interface component.

13. The system of claim 11 being further configured to provide a porting layer for use by the browser engine.

14. The system of claim 11 being further configured to provide an interface for use by the browser engine to support receiving input as a browser input from the user platform, the received input being from an external device from the group:

a remote control device, a keyboard, a computer, a computing tablet, a digital reader, an audio device, a mobile device, a pointing device, a voice interface device, or any other device capable of communicating user input to a browser.

15. The system of claim 11 being further configured to integrate a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) widget into the user interface component, the HTML widget to initialize and control the behavior of the browser engine.

16. The system of claim 15 being further configured to operate the HTML widget in either a background mode or a foreground mode, the browser engine being inactivated when the HTML widget is in the background mode.

17. The system of claim 15 being further configured to use the HTML widget on different web pages to show a web page with different uniform resource identifiers (URI) corresponding to particular third parties.

18. The system of claim 15 being further configured to shift an input focus from the user interface component to the HTML widget.

19. The system of claim 11 wherein the browser engine provides event callbacks for the user interface component.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the JS/DOM plugin provides a communication channel between the browser engine and native user platform device non-user interface (UI) related functions.

21. An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory machine-readable storage medium having machine executable instructions embedded thereon, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

integrate a browser engine into a user interface component, the browser engine to directly parse and render Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) and Javascript content from a web server;

integrate a Javascript/Document Object Model (JS/DOM) plugin into the user interface component, the JS/DOM plugin to provide functionality specific to a particular device of the user platform, the JS/DOM plugin providing an interface between the browser engine and the particular device of a user platform; and

execute the browser engine and the JS/DOM plugin in response to a request to render content.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 21 being further configured to embed external libraries used by the browser engine into the user interface component.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 21 being further configured to integrate a Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) widget into the user interface component, the HTML widget to initialize and control the behavior of the browser engine.