Server side processing of user interactions with a web browser

• US 8,606,852 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2011
• Issued: 12/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Saillet, Yannick
• Primary Examiner(s): Phung, Luat
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHANG, KAI J
• Application Number:
  US13/330,095
• Publication Number:
  US 20120089672A1
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-203, 715/205, 715/234, 715/240, 715/243, 715/246
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web

Abstract

A method includes receiving input at a computer. The input is associated with an application frame of a client-side web browser. The method includes encoding control characteristics of the input as at least a portion of a request to a server-side web application. The method includes sending the request to the server-side web application and receiving an executable response from the server-side web application at a mediator frame of the client-side web browser. The method also includes executing the executable response via the mediator frame to update at least a portion of the application frame of the client-side browser.

Claims

1. A method of updating an application frame of a client-side web browser comprising:

detecting input at a computer, wherein the input is associated with the application frame of the client-side web browser, and wherein the input is detected by a script of the application frame without reloading the script for each update to the application frame;

encoding control characteristics of the input as at least a portion of a request to a server-side web application, wherein the control characteristics of the input are encoded in the request by the script of the application frame resulting in the request being generated by the application frame, and wherein content of the application frame is visible on a display and wherein the request generated by the application frame is independent of the content of the application frame;

sending the request generated by the application frame to the server-side web application at a server;

receiving an executable response from the server-side web application at a mediator frame of the client-side web browser responsive to the request generated by the application frame, wherein the mediator frame is configured to be reloaded for each update to the application frame by replacing any content and any script of the mediator frame; and

executing the executable response via the mediator frame to update at least a portion of the application frame of the client-side web browser.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request generated by the application frame is sent to the server-side web application via the application frame and wherein the request generated by the application frame includes information indicating that the executable response is to be sent to the mediator frame.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the request generated by the application frame is sent to the server-side web application via the mediator frame.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the mediator frame is hidden on the display.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the mediator frame is visible on the display as a region without visible content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises mouse input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the input comprises at least one key entry.

8. A computer readable storage device storing instructions to update an application frame of a client-side web browser, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

detect input, wherein the input is associated with the application frame of the client-side web browser, and wherein the input is detected by a script of the application frame without reloading the script for each update to the application frame;

encode control characteristics of the input as at least a portion of a request to a server-side web application, wherein the control characteristics of the input are encoded in the request by the script of the application frame resulting in the request being generated by the application frame, and wherein content of the application frame is visible on a display and wherein the request generated by the application frame is independent of the content of the application frame;

send the request generated by the application frame to the server-side web application;

receive an executable response from the server-side web application at a mediator frame of the client-side web browser responsive to the request generated by the application frame, wherein the mediator frame is configured to be reloaded for each update to the application frame by replacing any content and any script of the mediator frame; and

execute the executable response via the mediator frame to update at least a portion of the application frame of the client-side web browser.

9. The computer readable storage device of claim 8, further comprising instructions executable by the processor to send the application frame and the mediator frame to the display.

10. The computer readable storage device of claim 9, wherein settings of a width and a height for the mediator frame are set to zero so that the mediator frame is hidden when sent to the display.

11. The computer readable storage device of claim 9, wherein the mediator frame includes no visible content when sent to the display.

12. The computer readable storage device of claim 8, wherein the application frame sends the request generated by the application frame to the server-side web application and wherein the request generated by the application frame includes information indicating that the executable response is to be sent to the mediator frame.

13. The computer readable storage device of claim 8, wherein the control characteristics of the input are encoded as text-based key-value pairs.

14. The computer readable storage device of claim 8, wherein the executable response comprises a script.

15. A system comprising:

a processor,

a memory including instructions to update an application frame of a web browser executable by the processor to;

send content of the application frame of the web browser to a display;

detect input associated with the content of the application frame sent to the display, wherein the input is detected by a script of the application frame without reloading the script for each update to the application frame;

encode control characteristics of the input as at least a portion of a request to a server-side web application, wherein the control characteristics of the input are encoded in the request by the script of the application frame resulting in the request being generated by the application frame, and wherein content of the application frame is visible on a display and wherein the request generated by the application frame is independent of the content of the application frame;

send the request generated by the application frame to the server-side web application;

receive an executable response from the server-side web application at a mediator frame of the web browser responsive to the request generated by the application frame, wherein the mediator frame is configured to be reloaded for each update to the application frame by replacing any content and any script of the mediator frame; and

execute the executable response via the mediator frame to update at least a portion of the application frame of the web browser.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the input includes a button click, and wherein the control characteristics are descriptive of a screen position at which the button click occurred.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the application frame sends the request generated by the application frame to the server-side web application and wherein the request generated by the application frame includes information indicating that the executable response is to be sent to the mediator frame.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the mediator frame sends the request generated by the application frame to the server-side web application.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the executable response comprises a script.