CLOUD SERVER/THIN CLIENT/GATEWAY SELECTIVE BROWSER INSTANTIATION

• US 20150229739A1
• Filed: 04/08/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avago Technologies International Sales Pte Limited (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Broadcom Corporation (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chen, Sherman (Xuemin), Erickson, David, Silyaev, Vladimir, Trerise, Alan, Kellerman, Marcus C.
• Granted Patent: US 9,591,102 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• 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 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable

Abstract

A gateway having at least one communications interface and processing circuitry establishes communications with at least one service provider device and at least one serviced client device. The gateway then determines that a serviced client device is to establish an Internet browsing session. Based upon characteristics of the serviced client device, the gateway determines where to instantiate a web browser to service the Internet browsing session. Based upon the determination, in a first operation, instantiates the web browser to service the Internet browsing session at the gateway or client device. In a second operation, the gateway instantiates the web browser to service the Internet browsing session at a service provider server. In other operations, the gateway may determine to instantiate a browser for a first client device at a cloud server and to instantiate a browser for a second client device either locally or at the second client device.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method for operating a gateway device having at least one communications interface and processing circuitry, the method comprising:

establishing communications with a service provider server via a service provider network;

establishing communications with at least one serviced client device via a local network;

determining that the serviced client device has instantiated a web browser to service an Internet browsing session;

monitoring web browsing activity of the serviced client device

determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device; and

instantiating a web browser on the service provider server to continue servicing of the Internet browsing session for the serviced client device.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein when the web browser is instantiated on the service provider server, an Internet browsing interface is streamed from the service provider server to the client device.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the Internet browsing interface is streamed from the service provider server to the client device via the gateway device.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising receiving browsing directions from the serviced client device and forwarding the browsing directions to the service provider server.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device considers a web site and/or web address requested by the serviced client device.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device considers ability of the serviced client device to protect itself from malware, IP service attack, or viruses.

8. The method of claim 2, further comprising instantiating the web browser on the gateway device to continue servicing of the Internet browsing session for the serviced client device.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device comprises comparing a site requested by the serviced client device to a list of safe sites.

10. A gateway device comprising:

a communications interface; and

processing circuitry coupled to the at least one communications interface, the processing circuitry and/or the communications interface configured to;

establish communications with a service provider server via a service provider network;

establish communications with at least one serviced client device via a local network;

determine that the serviced client device has instantiated a web browser to service an Internet browsing session;

monitor web browsing activity of the serviced client device

determine that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device; and

instantiate a web browser on the service provider server to continue servicing of the Internet browsing session for the serviced client device.

11. The gateway device claim 10, wherein when the web browser is instantiated on the service provider server, an Internet browsing interface is streamed from the service provider server to the client device.

12. The gateway device claim 11, wherein the Internet browsing interface is streamed from the service provider server to the client device via the gateway device.

13. The gateway device claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry and/or the communications interface are further configured to receive browsing directions from the serviced client device and to forward the browsing directions to the service provider server.

14. The gateway device claim 10, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device considers a web site and/or web address requested by the serviced client device.

15. The gateway device claim 10, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device considers ability of the serviced client device to protect itself from malware, IP service attack, or viruses.

16. The gateway device claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry and/or the communications interface are further configured to instantiate the web browser on the gateway device to continue servicing of the Internet browsing session for the serviced client device.

17. The gateway device claim 10, wherein the processing circuitry and/or the communications interface are further configured to determine that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device by comparing a site requested by the serviced client device to a list of safe sites.

18. A gateway device comprising:

a communications interface; and

processing circuitry coupled to the at least one communications interface, the processing circuitry and/or the communications interface configured to;

establish communications with a service provider server via a service provider network;

establish communications with at least one serviced client device via a local network;

determine that the serviced client device has instantiated a web browser to service an Internet browsing session;

monitor web browsing activity of the serviced client device

determine that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device;

instantiate a web browser to continue servicing of the Internet browsing session for the serviced client device; and

stream an Internet browsing interface to the client device.

19. The gateway device claim 18, wherein the processing circuitry and/or the communications interface are further configured to receive browsing directions from the serviced client device and to service the browsing instructions for the serviced client device.

20. The gateway device claim 18, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device considers a web site and/or web address requested by the serviced client device.

21. The gateway device claim 18, wherein determining that the web browsing activity of the serviced client device exceeds servicing ability of the serviced client device considers ability of the serviced client device to protect itself from malware, IP service attack, or viruses.