Data transmission process

• US 7,860,979 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2004
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lars Laukamm, Thomas Laukamm
• Original Assignee: Lars Laukamm, Thomas Laukamm
• Inventors: Laukamm, Lars, Laukamm, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Etienne; Ario
• Assistant Examiner(s): Williams; Clayton R
• Application Number:
  US10/807,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20050120129A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,470 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A process for transmission of data sets between at least one server and a client, a display data set on the server being accessible to the client via a connection to the server. The display data is automatically retrieved from the server, transmitted to the client and diplayed from the client. A request for inputting of response data is sent automatically from the client to the user of the client at least a partially overlapping in time with the display of the display data set which takes place from the client based on a query data set which is different from the display set. Additionally, for example, a modified Internet browser with a backward channel can be implemented, with which any Internet pages can be displayed, questioning can take place simultaneously with these Internet pages and the corresponding response data can be collected and evaluated centrally on the feedback server.

Claims

1. Data transmission process for transmission of data sets between at least one query data server, at least one display data server and at least one client comprising the steps of:

upon initiation of a data transmission process by a user of the at least one client using a browser without a backward channel, automatically recognizing with a control mechanism on the at least one query data server that the data transmission process to be started requires use of a browser with a backward channel;

causing a browser with the backward channel to be started on the at least one client and using the browser with the backward channel for the data transmission process, the data transmission process comprising the steps of;

maintaining a display data set on the at least one display data server and making the display data set accessible to the at least one client via an online connection which has been set up at least temporarily from the at least one client to the at least one display data server,

automatically retrieving and transmitting the display data set from the at least one display data server to the at least one client via the online connection which has been set up at least temporarily, and displaying the retrieved display data set at the at least one client for viewing by the user in a first display window,

initiating of a query process by an input from the user in a second display window, and

in response to said input, at least partially overlapping in time with displaying of the display data set retrieved from the at least one display data server in said first display window, based on a query data set which is different from the display data set, automatically sending from the at least one query data server to the user of the at least one client, an input request for inputting of response data from the at least one client, wherein the input request is displayed in the second display window at least partially overlapping in time with retrieved data displayed in said first display window.

2. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the response data input by the user in response to the input request are automatically transmitted to the at least one feedback server.

3. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, wherein displaying of the display data set retrieved from the at least one display data server and the input request based on the query data set take place synchronously from the at least one client to the user of the at least one client for input of response data.

4. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the query data set is transmitted automatically online via a connection which has been set up at least temporarily from the at least one query data server to the at least one client.

5. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the at least one feedback server is used as at least one query data server.

6. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the input of the response data and automatic transmission of the response data to the at least one feedback server takes place via the at least one client.

7. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a shared display device is used for displaying of the display data set, for inputting requests based on the query data set and for inputting of response data.

8. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of display data sets are automatically transmitted in succession in time from the at least one display data server to the at least one client and are displayed by the at least one client, a respective request for inputting of response data being sent automatically from the at least one client to the user thereof in a manner at least partially overlapping in time with displaying of the respective display data set from the at least one client based on a respective query data set which differs from the display data set.

9. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 8, wherein there is a predetermined control mechanism in which the display data set which is to be displayed and the pertinent respective query data set for the input request, are fixed for controlling of an automatic progression.

10. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 9, wherein the control mechanism is kept at the at least one client or is transmitted automatically via a connection which has been set up at least temporarily from the at least one query data server to the client.

11. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the progression of the process is automatically protocolled.

12. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the automatic protocolling is performed on at least one server which is different from the at least one client.

13. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, further comprising performing the data transmission process by the user of the at least one client using the browser over a browser channel different from the backward channel.

14. Data transmission process as claimed in claim 1, further comprising initiating of the query process by the input from the user in the second display window, the second display window being provided in association with and adjacent to the first display window.