Internet operating system through embeddable applet-style application

• US 7,890,574 B2
• Filed: 05/10/2006
• Issued: 02/15/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Brent J. Angeline
• Original Assignee: Brent J. Angeline
• Inventors: Angeline, Brent J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Avellino, Joseph
• Assistant Examiner(s): Afolabi, Mark O
• Application Number:
  US11/431,679
• Publication Number:
  US 20060259592A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,742 Days
• Field of Search: 709/204, 709220-228, 709/201, 709/209, 370/270, 370/465, 370/477, 370351-358, 310 26- 28, 705/4
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/549 Remote execution
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• 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 67/306 User profiles
• 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

An Internet-based operating system providing data and application software stored on a server that may be selectively downloaded to a client device upon request, allowing server-based applications to be accessed and executed on the client device. The end user, operating a client device may access a wide variety of application software with no need to purchase, install, and maintain the software on his machine. Using an easy-to-use GUI, a user selects an application, opens existing or creates new files. The application executable code is identified by a link embedded in a stream of markup language, typically XML. The operating system allows complex applications to be executed on thin clients having limited memory/storage capacity.

Claims

1. An Internet operating system, comprising:

a server on which is stored an operating system made usable by various devices through portable coding methods comprising at least one application program comprising executable code that executes on said server and at least one embeddable applet-style application program for execution on a client device, at least one data file associated with a user, and preferences information associated with a user;

a client device adapted to execute a client-side web browser application program, said client-side web browser application program comprising means for parsing a stream of markup language, means for executing said at least one embeddable applet-style application program linked to by said stream of markup language; and

a user interface, said interface comprising at least one action activation area adapted for initiating at least one category of processes;

said client device being communicatively connected to said server;

means, disposed at said server, for embedding a link to said executable embeddable applet-style application program in a stream of markup language upon a command generated by a user of said client device;

whereby said embeddable applet-style application program is executed within said client-side web browser application program of said client device and all user interaction with said application program is via said user interface;

wherein said user preference information comprises user security information and, further comprising;

means disposed at said server for controlling access to said at least one data file and to said at least one application program based upon said user security information; and

wherein each of said at least one action activation areas comprises a button.

2. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein said server further comprises:

a web server layer.

3. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 2, wherein said web server layer comprises Apache web server software.

4. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein said server further comprises means for implementing at least one of:

CGI, and FastCGI.

5. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein said means for controlling access comprises a sign-in screen generated at said server, and a user-supplied access code.

6. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 5, wherein said user-supplied access code comprises at least a user log-in ID and a password.

7. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

means, disposed at said server, for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) having an appearance determined at least in part by said user preferences information.

8. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 7, wherein said at least one action activation area is disposed in adjacent peripheral corners of said GUI.

9. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 8, wherein said processes comprise “

new”

, “

open”

, “

next”

, and “

settings”

.

10. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 9, wherein said processes comprising “

new”

, “

open”

, “

next” and

“

settings”

allow a user to do something new, open something saved, indicate to the system that he or she is prepared, and modify settings, respectively.

11. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein each of said at least one action activation areas comprises a different color background button.

12. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein said stream of markup language comprises at least one of:

HTML, XML, and XHTML.

13. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein said at least one application program comprises an application selected from the group:

office/productivity, database, communication, multimedia, imaging, and games.

14. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein said executable code comprises at least one of Java source code, and Java byte code.

15. The Internet operating system as recited in claim 1, wherein at least one of said at least one application programs comprises open source code.