Methods, Systems, and Computer Program Products for Browsing Via a Communications Agent

• US 20140172998A1
• Filed: 12/16/2012
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gummarus, LLC (Oso IP, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Deep River Ventures, LLC
• Inventors: Morris, Robert Paul
• Application Number:
  US13/716,159
• Publication Number:
  US 20140172998A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• 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: G06Q 30/00 Commerce
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/08 Annexed information, e.g. attachments
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

Methods and systems are described for browsing via a communications agent. In an aspect, request information identify a URI is received by a by a first communications agent operating in a first execution environment. A communications request is generate based on the URI. The communications request is sent to a communications service. A communications response is received in response to sending the communications request. In another aspect, for a user a communications request that identifies a URI is received by a communications service from a first execution environment. The communications request is processed. A communications response is generated based on the processing. The communications response is sent to an agent representing the user.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a first user, via an input detected by an input device, by a first communications agent operating in a first execution environment, request information identifying a first universal resource identifier (URI);

generating, based on the first URI, by the first communications agent, a communications request;

sending, in response to receiving the request information by the first communications agent via a network in a communication, the communications request; and

receiving, by the first execution environment in response to the sending of the communications request, a communications response,

wherein performing at least one of the preceding actions comprising the method includes execution of an instruction by a processor.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the URI includes at least one of a path portion and a query portion.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the request information includes identifying a URI in a plurality of bookmarks.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the communications request is sent automatically in response receiving the request information

5. The method of claim 1 wherein sending the communications request includes automatically identifying, in response to receiving the request information, a contactee communicant identifier that identifies a communications service.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the communications service is associated with a second user identified by the contactee communicant identifier and represented by a second communications agent operatively coupled to the communications service.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein sending the communications request includes sending the communications request in the communication along with a communicant message addressed to present to the second user.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein sending the communications request includes:

identifying a first plurality of contactee communicant identifiers each identifying a respective communications service; and

sending the communications request to the respective communications services to process the communications request by at least one communications service in the plurality.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the communications response is included in a plurality of communications responses received in response to sending the communications request.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the communications response includes:

receiving the communications response along with a communicant message addressed with a first communicant identifier that identifies the first user; and

presenting the communicant message via an output device.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving the communications response includes sending presentation information based on the first resource to present a representation of the communications response via an output device in a previously presented communicant message, wherein the request information is received in response to the input that corresponds to the previously presented communicant message.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein presenting the representation includes replacing a previously presented communicant message, wherein the request information is received in response to the input that corresponds to the previously presented communicant message.

13. A system comprising:

a processor that executes an instruction included in at least one of a URI director component, a request constructor component, a com-out component, and a response director component during operation of the system;

the URI director component during operation of the system is included in receiving, from a first user, via an input detected by an input device, by a first communications agent operating in a first execution environment, request information identifying a first universal resource identifier (URI);

the request constructor component during operation of the system is included in generating, based on the first URI, by the first communications agent, a communications request;

the com-out component during operation of the system is included in sending, in response to receiving the request information by the first communications agent via a network in a communication, the communications request; and

the response director component during operation of the system is included in receiving, by the first execution environment in response to the sending of the communications request, a communications response.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, by a communications service via a network, a communications request from a communications agent in a communication representing a first user and operating in a first execution environment, wherein the communications request identifies a first universal resource identifier (URI);

processing, based on the first URI, the communications request;

generating, based on the processing, a communications response; and

sending, in response to receiving the communications request, the communications response to an execution environment including an agent representing the first user,

wherein performing at least one of the preceding actions comprising the method includes execution of an instruction by a processor.

15. The method of claim 14 wherein receiving the communications request includes:

identifying in the communication a CC communicant identifier identifying a CC communicant; and

automatically sending data in a communication to a CC communications agent representing the CC communicant in response to the processing of the communications request.

16. The method of claim 14 wherein sending the communications response includes sending the communications response in a plurality of communications responses in response to receiving the communications request

17. The method of claim 14 wherein the communications response is sent to a user agent operating in the first execution environment