REMOTE BROWSING SESSION MANAGEMENT

• US 20130054675A1
• Filed: 08/26/2011
• Published: 02/28/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jenkins, Jonathan A., Taylor, Brett R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,195,768 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/146 Markers for unambiguous identification of a particular session, e.g. session cookie or URL-encoding
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions

Abstract

A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote persistent browsing context at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote persistent browsing context instance at a network computing provider. The network computing provider provides processing results corresponding to processed representations of requested content to the client computing device. The persistent browsing context may be maintained at the network computing provider subsequent to the user ending his interaction with the browser application at the client device. A client computing device may subsequently request access to the persistent browsing context maintained at the network computing and storage device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for remote session browsing comprising:

obtaining a request for a persistent browsing context from a first client computing device;

initializing a new network based browser software application corresponding to the request for the persistent browsing context;

obtaining content requested by the first client computing device, the content comprising a network resource referencing one or more embedded resources;

processing the content to generate a first processing result, wherein the first processing result is associated with a first state of the requested content, and wherein the first processing result corresponds to a first representation of the requested content for display on the first computing device;

providing the first processing result to the first client computing device, wherein the first client computing device is configured to display the first representation of the requested content;

obtaining a request to access the persistent browsing context from a second client computing device; and

providing a second processing result to the second client computing device, wherein the second processing result is generated based, at least in part, on the first state of the requested content, wherein the second processing result corresponds to a second representation of the requested content for display at the second client computing device, and wherein the second client computing device is configured to display the second representation of the requested content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first client computing device and the second client computing device are associated with the same user.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second client comprises the same computing device as the first client computing device at a subsequent point in time.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the second processing result comprises the first processing result.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first state of the requested content is based on one or more user interactions with a representation of the requested content displayed at the first client computing device.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

obtaining a request for a second persistent browsing context by a third client computing device; and

providing one or more processing results to the third client computing device, wherein the one or more processing results correspond to a one or more representations of content requested by the third client computing device, and wherein the third client computing device is configured to display the first one or more representations of the requested content.

7. A computer-implemented method for remote session browsing comprising:

obtaining, at a network computing provider, a request for a first persistent browsing context from a first client computing device;

providing, by the network computing provider, processing results to the first client computing device, wherein the processing results correspond to representations of content responsive to the initial persistent browsing context;

obtaining, at the network computing provider, a request to access a second persistent browsing context by a second client computing device, wherein the first and second persistent context are the same; and

providing, by the network computing provider, second processing results to the second client computing device, wherein the second processing results correspond to second representation of the content associated with the second persistent browsing context.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the second client comprises the first client computing device.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the second processing results include the first processing results.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first representations of the content requested by the first client computing device correspond to one or more states of the content requested by the first client computing device.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the second representations of the content requested by the second client computing device correspond to the one or more states of the content requested by the first client computing device.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 7 further comprising:

obtaining, at a network computing provider, a request for a third persistent browsing context by a third client computing device; and

providing, by the network computing provider, third processing results to the third client computing device, wherein the third processing results correspond to a third representation of content requested by the third client computing device.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 12 further comprising duplicating the first persistent browsing context to generate the third persistent browsing context.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, wherein user interactions with representations of content associated with the third persistent browsing context do not modify the first persistent browsing context.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the first persistent browsing context and the second persistent browsing context are associated with the same shared browser configuration information.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, wherein the shared browser configuration information includes at least one of persistent browsing context display preferences, bookmark information, browser application visual appearance preferences, and browse history common to the first remote persistent browsing context and the second remote persistent browsing context.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 12, wherein the third client computing device comprises at least one of the first client computing device and the second client computing device.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the third client computing device is configured to display the first one or more representations of the requested content and the third one or more representations of the requested content in at least one of separate software browser application windows, separate browser frames, and separate browser tabs.

19. A system for remote session browsing comprising:

one or more computer processors;

at least one computer memory accessible by at least one of the one or more computer processors; and

a network computing component comprising an executable software module executed by the one or more computer processors, wherein the network computing component is operable to;

obtain a request for a persistent browsing context from a first client computing device;

process content associated with the persistent browsing context to generate a first processing results, wherein the first processing results correspond to a first representations of the content for display at the first client computing device;

obtain a request to access the persistent browsing context from a second client computing device; and

process the content associated with the persistent browsing context to generate a second processing results, wherein the second processing results correspond to a second representation of the content for display at the second client computing device.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the second client comprises the same computing device as the first client computing device at a subsequent point in time.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the second one or more processing results comprises the first one or more processing results.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the first representations of the content associated with the persistent browsing context correspond to one or more states of the content associated with the persistent browsing context.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the second representations of the content associated with the persistent browsing context correspond to the first one or more states of the content associated with the persistent browsing context.

24. The system of claim 19, wherein the network computing component is further operable to:

obtain a request for a subsequent persistent browsing context by a third client computing device; and

provide a third processing results to the third client computing device, wherein the third processing results correspond to a third representations of content requested by the third client computing device, and wherein the third client computing device is configured to display the third representation of the requested content.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the network computing component is further operable to duplicate the persistent browsing context to generate the subsequent persistent browsing context.

26. The system of claim 25, wherein user interactions with representations of content associated with the subsequent persistent browsing context do not modify the persistent browsing context.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein the first remote persistent browsing context and the second persistent browsing context are associated with shared browser configuration information.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the shared browser configuration information includes at least one of persistent browsing context display preferences, bookmark information, browser application visual appearance preferences, and browse history common to the first remote persistent browsing context and the second remote persistent browsing context.

29. The system of claim 24, wherein the third client computing device comprises at least one of the first client computing device and the second client computing device.

30. The system of claim 29, wherein the third client computing device is configured to display the first one or more representations of the requested content and the third one or more representations of the requested content in at least one of separate software browser application windows, separate browser frames, and separate browser tabs.