SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO CONSISTENTLY GENERATE WEB CONTENT

• US 20140067910A1
• Filed: 08/29/2012
• Published: 03/06/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Zhong, Tie, Ramu, Raja
• Granted Patent: US 9,516,088 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Methods and systems to consistently generate web content are described. The system receives a request, at a server machine, for an interface, from a client machine and generates the interface. The interface includes a plurality of view components that includes a first view component. The system generates the first view component by utilizing a data binding engine that executes on the server machine to apply at least one interface element to a first position on the interface based on a presentation template and first view component information. The first view component is updated on the client machine utilizing a data binding engine that executes on the client machine to apply the at least one interface element to the first position on the interface based on the presentation template and the first view component information. The interface element is visibly displayed at the client machine.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request, over a network at a server machine, for an interface, from a client machine;

generating the interface at the server machine, the generating including generating a plurality of view components on the interface including a first view component, the generating of the first view component on the interface including utilizing a data binding engine executing on the server machine to apply at least one interface element to a first position on the interface based on a presentation template and first view component information, the at least one interface element being hidden from display at the client machine;

communicating the interface, over the network, to the client machine;

receiving a request for updating the first position on the interface; and

communicating an update to the client machine, the update including the first view component information, the updating of the first view component on the interface including utilizing a data binding engine that executes on the client machine to apply at least one interface element to the first position on the interface based on the presentation template and the first view component information, the at least one interface element being visibly displayed at the client machine.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating the interface at the server machine includes generating the interface to include the presentation template.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the presentation template includes style information and a view component module.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the generating of the first view component at the server machine includes loading the data binding engine with the presentation template.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the generating of the first view component at the server machine includes utilizing the data binding engine to execute the view component module.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the first view component at the server machine includes loading the data binding engine with the first view component information.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the generating of the first view component at the server machine includes utilizing the data binding engine to utilize style information to apply the first view component information to the first position on the interface.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the data binding engine that executes at the server is a JavaServer Pages data binding engine and wherein the data binding engine that executes at the client machine is a JavaServer Pages data binding engine

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving of the request includes receiving an asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) request.

10. A system comprising:

a communication module to receive a request, over a network at a server machine, for an interface, from a client machine; and

an interface generation module to generate the interface at the server machine, the interface including a plurality of view components that includes a first view component, the interface generation module includes a data binding engine to execute on the server machine to apply at least one interface element to a first position on the interface based on a presentation template and first view component information, the at least one interface element is hidden from display at the client machine, the communication module to communicate the interface, over the network, to the client machine and to receive a request for an update to the first position on the interface, the communication module further to communicate the update to the client machine, the update includes the first view component information, the update causes a data binding engine to execute on the client machine to apply the at least one interface element to the first position on the interface based on the presentation template and the first view component information, the at least one interface element being visibly displayed at the client machine.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the interface includes the presentation template.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the presentation template includes style information and a view component module.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the data binding engine is loaded with the presentation template.

14. The system of claim 12, wherein the data binding engine executes the view component module.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the data binding engine is loaded with the first view component information.

16. The system of claim 10, wherein the data binding engine utilizes style information to apply the first view component information to the first position on the interface.

17. The system of claim 10, wherein the data binding engine that executes at the server is a JavaServer Pages data binding engine and wherein the data binding engine that executes at the client machine is a JavaServer Pages data binding engine

18. The system of claim 10, wherein the communication module is to receive an asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) request.

19. A non-transitory machine-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to execute a method comprising:

receiving a request, over a network at a server machine, for an interface, from a client machine;

generating the interface at the server machine, the generating including generating a plurality of view components on the interface including a first view component, the generating of the first view component on the interface including utilizing a data binding engine executing on the server machine to apply at least one interface element to a first position on the interface based on a presentation template and first view component information, the at least one interface element being hidden from display at the client machine;

communicating the interface, over the network, to the client machine;

receiving a request for updating the first position on the interface; and

communicating an update to the client machine, the update including the first view component information, the updating of the first view component on the interface including utilizing a data binding engine that executes on the client machine to apply the at least one interface element to the first position on the interface based on the presentation template and the first view component information, the at least one interface element being visibly displayed at the client machine.

20. A system comprising:

a communication module to receive a request, over a network at a server machine, for an interface, from a client machine; and

a first means for generating the interface at the server machine, the interface including a plurality of view components that includes a first view component, the first means including a data binding engine to execute on the server machine to apply at least one interface element to a first position on the interface based on a presentation template and first view component information, the at least one interface element being hidden from display at the client machine, the communication module to communicate the interface, over the network, to the client machine and to receive a request for an update to the first position on the interface, the communication module further to communicate the update to the client machine, the update including the first view component information, the update causing a data binding engine to execute on the client machine to apply the at least one interface element to the first position on the interface based on the presentation template and the first view component information, the at least one interface element being visibly displayed at the client machine.