TECHNIQUES FOR DETECTING NEW BROWSER WINDOWS

• US 20120179743A1
• Filed: 01/06/2011
• Published: 07/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Sullivan, Blake, Gao, Yuan, Wang, Hongbing
• Granted Patent: US 9,015,226 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5041 characterised by the time relationship between creation and deployment of a service
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/08 Monitoring or testing based on specific metrics, e.g. QoS, energy consumption or environmental parameters
• 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 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention provide techniques for tracking the lifecycles of client-side browser windows in the context of a web application. In one set of embodiments, a server component of a web application can receive a request originating from a client-side browser window, where the request includes a resource locator (e.g., a URL) and a window identifier. In response, the server component can send a script to the window for retrieving the window'"'"'s actual identifier/name. Based on the actual identifier returned by the script and the window identifier included in the initial request, the server component can determine whether the window is a new window or an existing window and can process the request as appropriate.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a server computer system, a first request originating from a window of a web browser running on a client computer system, the first request including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a first window identifier;

generating, by the server computer system, a loopback identifier;

storing, by the server computer system, the loopback identifier in a user session associated with the request;

generating, by the server computer system, a script that includes the URL, the first window identifier, and the loopback identifier; and

sending, by the server computer system, the script to the window that originated the first request.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the script is executable by the web browser running on the client computer system to facilitate determination of whether the window that originated the first request is a new window or an existing window.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the loopback identifier is a randomly generated number.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the first request is a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the script is sent to the window that originated the first request only if the first request is an HTTP GET or HEAD request.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the script is configured to, on the client computer system:

determine whether the first window identifier matches an identifier of the window that originated the first request; and

based on the determining, send a second request to the server computer system.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein if the first window identifier matches an identifier of the window that originated the first request, the second request includes the URL, the loopback identifier, and the first window identifier.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein if the first window identifier does not match an identifier of the window that originated the first request, the second request includes the URL, the loopback identifier, and a second window identifier distinct from the first window identifier.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising:

receiving, by the server computer system, the second request;

matching, by the server computer system, the loopback identifier included in the second request with the loopback identifier stored in the user session; and

removing the loopback identifier from the user session.

10. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

if the second request includes the first window identifier, determining, by the server computer system, that the window that originated the first request is a new window; and

if the second request includes the second window identifier, determining, by the server computer system, that the window that originated the first request is an existing window.

11. The method of claim 10 further comprising:

rendering, by the server computer system, content for the URL based on whether the window that originated the first request is a new window or an existing window; and

sending, by the server computer system, the rendered content to the window that originated the first request.

12. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions executable by a processor, the instructions comprising:

instructions that cause the processor to receive a first request originating from a window of a web browser running on a client computer system, the first request including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a first window identifier;

instructions that cause the processor to generate a loopback identifier;

instructions that cause the processor to store the loopback identifier in a user session associated with the request;

instructions that cause the processor to generate a script that includes the URL, the first window identifier, and the loopback identifier; and

instructions that cause the processor to send the script to the window that originated the first request.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 12 wherein the script is executable by the web browser running on the client computer system to facilitate determination of whether the window that originated the first request is a new window or an existing window.

14. A server computer system comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive a first request originating from a window of a web browser running on a client computer system, the first request including a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) and a first window identifier;

generate a loopback identifier;

store the loopback identifier in a user session associated with the request;

generate a script that includes the URL, the first window identifier, and the loopback identifier; and

send the script to the window that originated the first request.

15. The server computer system of claim 14 wherein the script is executable by the web browser running on the client computer system to facilitate determination of whether the window that originated the first request is a new window or an existing window.