Managing Data Access on a Computing Device

• US 20160323414A1
• Filed: 04/29/2015
• Published: 11/03/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Bernstein, Ran, Guy Ifergan, Nili, Ben-Harrush, Idan, Shachor, Gal
• Granted Patent: US 9,961,126 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Managing data access on a computing device by receiving at a first computing device first webpage-related content received from a second computing device via a communications network, storing the first webpage-related content in a locally-accessible data storage medium that is locally accessible to the first computing device, causing an agent executed by the first computing device to access the first webpage-related content from the locally-accessible data storage medium, intercepting an attempt by the agent to receive second webpage-related content via the communications network, and providing the second webpage-related content to the agent from the locally-accessible data storage medium.

Claims

1. A method for managing data access on a computing device, comprising:

receiving at a first computing device first webpage-related content received from a second computing device via a communications network;

storing the first webpage-related content in a locally-accessible data storage medium that is locally accessible to the first computing device;

causing an agent executed by the first computing device to access the first webpage-related content from the locally-accessible data storage medium;

intercepting an attempt by the agent to receive second webpage-related content via the communications network; and

providing the second webpage-related content to the agent from the locally-accessible data storage medium.

2. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

determining whether retrieval of the second webpage-related content via the communications network is required; and

if retrieval of the second webpage-related content via the communications network is required,

receiving the second webpage-related content via the communications network, and

storing the second webpage-related content in the locally-accessible data storage medium.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the determining comprises determining whether the second webpage-related content is present in the locally-accessible data storage medium.

4. The method of claim 2 wherein the determining comprises determining whether there is an indication that the second webpage-related content is dynamic content that is to be generated in response to a content retrieval request.

5. The method of claim 2 wherein the determining comprises determining whether there is an indication that the second webpage-related content is has changed or expired since it was last acquired

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing comprises serving the second webpage-related content to the agent.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the providing comprises causing the agent to access the second webpage-related content from the locally-accessible data storage medium.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving, storing, causing, intercepting, and providing are performed by an application that is executed by the first computing device.

9. The method of claim 8 and further comprising configuring the application prior to its execution by the first computing device by

identifying static resources of a web application including the first webpage-related content and the second webpage-related content;

and

packaging the application together with the static resources.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving, storing, causing, intercepting, and providing are implemented in any of

a) computer hardware, and

b) computer software embodied in a non-transitory, computer-readable medium.

11. A system for managing data access on a computing device, comprising:

a data retrieval manager configured to

receive at a first computing device first webpage-related content received from a second computing device via a communications network, and

store the first webpage-related content in a locally-accessible data storage medium that is locally accessible to the first computing device; and

an agent manager configured to

cause an agent executed by the first computing device to access the first webpage-related content from the locally-accessible data storage medium,

intercept an attempt by the agent to receive second webpage-related content via the communications network, and

provide the second webpage-related content to the agent from the locally-accessible data storage medium.

12. The system of claim 11 wherein the data retrieval manager is configured to

determine whether retrieval of the second webpage-related content via the communications network is required;

and

if retrieval of the second webpage-related content via the communications network is required,

receive the second webpage-related content via the communications network, and

store the second webpage-related content in the locally-accessible data storage medium.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the data retrieval manager is configured to determine whether the second webpage-related content is present in the locally-accessible data storage medium.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the data retrieval manager is configured to determine whether there is an indication that the second webpage-related content is dynamic content that is to be generated in response to a content retrieval request.

15. The system of claim 12 wherein the data retrieval manager is configured to determine whether there is an indication that the second webpage-related content is has changed or expired since it was last acquired

16. The system of claim 11 wherein the agent manager is configured to serve the second webpage-related content to the agent.

17. The system of claim 11 wherein the agent manager is configured to cause the agent to access the second webpage-related content from the locally-accessible data storage medium.

18. The system of claim 11 wherein the data retrieval manager and the agent manager are embodied in application that is executed by the first computing device.

19. The system of claim 18 and further comprising a web application analyzer configured to

identify static resources of a web application including the first webpage-related content and the second webpage-related content, and

package the application together with the static resources.

20. The system of claim 11 wherein the data retrieval manager and the agent manager are implemented in any of

a) computer hardware, and

b) computer software embodied in a non-transitory, computer-readable medium.