SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERMITTING A SOFTWARE ROUTINE HAVING RESTRICTED LOCAL ACCESS TO UTILIZE REMOTE RESOURCES TO GENERATE LOCALLY USABLE DATA STRUCTURE

• US 20110314133A1
• Filed: 08/25/2011
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/13/1998
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Computing Resource Technology LLC (LF Capital Partners, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Maquis Techtrix LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Powlette, Jody Francis
• Granted Patent: US 9,213,587 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/541 Client-server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/468 Specific access rights for resources, e.g. using capability register
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 Java applet program loaded initially from a remote server is configured to receive additional user annotations for data displayed in an already opened applet window located at the user'"'"'s client system. The user is permitted to preserve/capture, the modified applet window containing any such input or modifications to the applet window data. The updated applet window data cannot be written to the user'"'"'s client system, instead, the modified window data is converted to a standard compressed graphics file format and then uploaded to the remote server. From there the applet can then open another applet window within a browser program pointing to the location of such file on the remote server. At that point, the user can then perform any desired operation on the file since the browser has access to the local system resources

Claims

12. A method, comprising:

receiving a program comprising a Java-based applet at a local computer from a remote computer;

executing the program on the local computer;

receiving a file at the local computer from the remote computer;

modifying the file with annotation data at the local computer to create a modified file;

in response to receiving a user signal to store the modified file;

transmitting the modified file to the remote computer, and

downloading the modified file to the local computer from the remote computer for use by a second program executed on the local computer; and

storing the downloaded modified file in the local computer.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the program is restricted from storing the file on the local computer.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the annotation data comprises at least one of trend lines, descriptive labels, or calculations.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein the downloading the modified file comprises receiving the modified file at the second program and storing the modified file in the local computer.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

receiving a file by a first program on a local computer, the first program comprising a Java-based applet;

modifying the file with annotation data at the local computer using the first program to create a modified file; and

in response to receiving a user signal to store the modified file;

transmitting the modified file to a remote computer, and

downloading the modified file from the remote computer to the local computer for use by a second program different from the first program executing on the local computer.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, further comprising storing the downloaded modified file in the local computer.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the annotation data is created within the browser program.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the annotation data comprises at least one of trend lines, descriptive labels, or calculations.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the downloading the modified file comprises:

receiving a URL or other network identifier associated with the modified file stored on the remote computer; and

receiving the modified file at the local computer from the remote computer based on the URL or other network identifier.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, wherein the receiving the file comprises:

receiving the first program at the local computer from the remote computer;

executing the first program on the local computer; and

receiving a file by the first program on the local computer from the remote computer.

22. A non-transitory computer readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, if executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising:

retrieving a file from a remote computer using an applet-based program on a local computer, the applet-based program being restricted from accessing file systems on the local computer to store the file on the local computer;

presenting the file under control of the applet-based program in a display window on the local computer for viewing by a user;

receiving annotation data under control of the applet-based program;

transmitting at least the annotation data to the remote computer in response to the user requesting capture of the annotation data;

converting the annotation data and the file into a modified file at the remote computer, the modified file being accessible to the applet-based program; and

opening the modified file using the applet-based program and browser program so that the modified file can be stored or outputted using the local computer.

1. A method comprising:

retrieving chart data from a remote server system using a Java-based applet executing within a browser program on a local system, wherein the Java-based applet has access to the remote server system;

presenting the chart data under control of the Java-based applet in a display window on the local system for viewing by a user;

receiving annotation data under control of the Java-based applet;

transmitting at least the annotation data to the remote server system in response to the user requesting capture of the annotation data;

converting the annotation data and the chart data into a modified file at the remote server system, the modified file being accessible to the Java-based applet; and

opening the modified file using the Java-based applet and browser program so that the modified file can be stored or outputted using the local system.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising compressing the annotation data before the transmitting at least the annotation data to the remote server system.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the compressing comprises converting the annotation data into a graphics format.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation data is specified by the user to modify the chart data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the chart data comprises historical stock prices for at least one security.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation data is captured within a window display buffer of the local system.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising executing a script program at the remote server system to convert and store the modified file.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the opening includes opening the modified file with a second display window separate from the display window.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the Java-based applet is initially restricted from outputting the annotation data to the local system.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation data is specified by the user interacting with the chart data in the display window.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the annotation data comprises at least one of trend lines, descriptive labels, or calculations.

23. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, further comprising compressing the annotation data before the transmitting at least the annotation data to the remote computer.

24. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the compressing comprises converting the annotation data into a graphics format.

25. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the file comprises historical stock prices for at least one security.

26. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the annotation data is captured within a window display buffer of the local computer.

27. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the operations further comprise executing a script program at the remote computer to convert and store the modified file.

28. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the opening the modified file comprises opening the modified file with a second display window separate from the display window.

29. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the annotation data is specified by the user interacting with the file in the display window.

30. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the annotation data comprises at least one of trend lines, descriptive labels, or calculations.

24-1. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the annotation data is specified by the user to modify the file.