Capture of Content from Dynamic Resource Services

• US 20120030317A1
• Filed: 10/06/2011
• Published: 02/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Smyth, Gavin, Milic-Frayling, Natasa
• Granted Patent: US 8,589,559 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54

Abstract

Methods are described which enable processing of resources originally accessed by a content access operation. An identifier is generated and used to augment all requests for resources which relate to a particular content access operation. A proxy stores the resources associated with the identifier and then sends the resources to the application that requested them (e.g. a browser). The resources may be requested from the proxy by applications using the identifier so that they can be processed (e.g. thumbnail generation, textual analysis) and the processed data may be stored and/or presented to the user.

Claims

1. A computer comprising:

a processor configured to execute instructions;

instructions that, when executed by the processor, direct the computer to perform operations comprising;

receiving data from a client application relating to a content access operation;

generating an identifier for the content access operation;

receiving a request from the client application for a resource associated with the received data;

augmenting the request with the identifier;

transmitting the identifier, by the client application, to a processing application configured to process the data in response to receiving the identifier, the processing application being separate from the client application;

providing, by the client application, content to be displayed for viewing;

processing the data at the processing application to create processed data, the processed data comprising a captured image of the resource, wherein the captured image includes more content than the content displayed for viewing at the client application, the content displayed for viewing comprising a portion of the resource, the captured image containing the content displayed for viewing at the client application and another portion of the resource comprising viewable web page content; and

storing the resource associated with the identifier.

2. A computer as recited in claim 1, the operations further comprising:

forwarding the request to a resource server;

receiving the resource from the resource server, in response to the request; and

displaying the content for viewing via the client application.

3. A computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the client application comprises a browser.

4. A computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the processing application comprises a browser.

5. A computer as recited in claim 1, further comprising causing, at the processing application, operations comprising:

activating a web link associated with the resource and accessing an extended web resource based on the web link; and

performing a textual analysis of the resource and the extended web resource.

6. A computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the storing the resource associated with the identifier comprises storing the resource in a cache.

7. A computer as recited in claim 1, wherein the storing the resource stores more information than the content being viewed, the more information comprising at least a second portion of the resource.

8. A machine-readable storage medium having machine-executable instructions encoded thereon that upon execution by a processor direct a machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a navigation request for a web page from a first browser;

augmenting the navigation request with a unique identifier associated with the navigation request;

obtaining the web page from a web server in response to the navigation request;

transmitting the web page and the unique identifier to the first browser;

causing display of a first portion of the web page via the first browser;

sending the unique identifier to a second browser;

in response to receipt of the unique identifier, receiving at the second browser the web page associated with the unique identifier;

adjusting by the second browser, a size of a window of the second browser to encompass the web page in entirety;

capturing by the second browser, a thumbnail image of the adjusted window of the second browser, wherein the captured thumbnail image contains the first portion of the web page displayed at the first browser and a second portion of the web page comprising viewable web page content;

causing display of the thumbnail image at the first browser;

navigating to a web link associated with the web page at the second browser and accessing a web resource from the web link; and

processing the web page and the web resource from the web link.

9. A machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein storing the web page associated with the unique identifier comprises storing the web page associated with the unique identifier and further associated with the navigation request.

10. A machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, wherein the second browser comprises a hidden browser.

11. A machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a second navigation request for the web page from the first browser, the second navigation request comprising a second unique identifier;

obtaining a second copy of the web page from the web server in response to the second navigation request;

storing the second copy of the web page associated with the second unique identifier; and

sending the second unique identifier to the second browser.

12. A machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 11, wherein the first unique identifier and the second unique identifier comprise identifiers generated by an add-in to the first browser.

13. A machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 11, further comprising:

in response to receipt of the second unique identifier, requesting the second copy of the web page associated with the second unique identifier by the second browser; and

causing display of the second copy of the web page associated with the second unique identifier at the second browser.

14. A machine-readable storage medium as recited in claim 13, further comprising:

adjusting the size of the window of the second browser to display the second copy of the web page in entirety;

capturing a thumbnail image of the entire second copy of the web page from the second browser;

accessing the thumbnail image of the entire second copy of the web page at the first browser; and

causing display of the thumbnail image of the entire second copy of the web page at the first browser.

15. A processor configured to execute instructions, the instructions upon execution by the processor, directing a computer to perform acts comprising:

receiving an identifier from an application add-in at a processing application, the identifier associated with a content access operation;

responsive to receiving the identifier, requesting at least one resource associated with the content access operation;

processing the at least one resource to create processed data, wherein the processing comprises;

adjusting a size of a window of the processing application to show an entire web page content; and

capturing a thumbnail image of the entire web page content based on the processed data shown by the processing application, the processed data comprising a captured image of the at least one resource, the captured image including more content than a web page content for display, the captured image containing the web page content for display and additional viewable web page content for additional display, wherein the additional viewable web page content is based at least in part on the at least one resource.

16. A processor according to claim 15, wherein the processed data comprises data generated by analyzing text of the resource.

17. A processor according to claim 15, the acts further comprising deleting the processed data after a preset time of non-use of the processed data.

18. A processor according to claim 15, the acts further comprising:

accessing the thumbnail image of the entire web page content based on the processed data; and

displaying the thumbnail image of the entire web page content based on the processed data.

19. A processor according to claim 15, the acts further comprising receiving, by the processing application, the at least one resource from a cache.

20. A processor according to claim 15, the acts further comprising:

sending a request to a web server for at least one resource associated with the content access operation, the request comprising the identifier;

receiving the at least one resource from the web server, in response to the request;

passing the at least one resource to a client application;

completing the content access operation by the client application; and

transmitting the identifier from the client application to a processing application.