Mapping behavior to data

• US 8,661,334 B1
• Filed: 03/30/2010
• Issued: 02/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shalla, Zachary M., Victor, Anand, Boynes, Jeremy, Dugaw, John Ingram Baker, Huntwork, Andrew S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cortes, Howard
• Application Number:
  US12/749,567
• Time in Patent Office: 1,428 Days
• Field of Search: 715/721, 715/722, 715/234, 715/237, 719/331
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/00 Commerce

Abstract

Disclosed are various embodiments for the mapping of behavior to data. Multiple behavior elements from a code library that are compatible with one or more data elements of a document are automatically determined according to a data contract associated with each one of the behavior elements. Each of the behavior elements is configured to consume one or more data elements and produce a network page feature according to a behavior. One or more of the behavior elements are selected automatically according to a plurality of rules, thereby producing one or more selected behavior elements. A mapping of the one or more selected behavior elements to the one or more data elements is automatically generated.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program executable in a computing resource, the program comprising:

code that obtains a request for a network page;

code that automatically determines a plurality of behavior elements of a code library that are compatible with a data element of a document object model according to a respective data contract associated with individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, the respective data contract defining which input data is valid for the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements configured to consume at least one data element and produce a network page feature according to a behavior;

code that automatically selects one of the plurality of behavior elements according to a plurality of rules, thereby producing a single selected behavior element, a first one of the plurality of rules enforcing compliance with a data security standard, and a second one of the plurality of rules defining a user request for a behavior to be applied to a set of data elements;

code that automatically generates a mapping of the single selected behavior element to the data element; and

code that generates the network page according to the document object model and the mapping, the single selected behavior element being applied to the data element when the network page is generated.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the code that automatically selects is further configured to select the one of the plurality of behavior elements based at least in part on data describing a current cost associated with the one of the plurality of behavior elements.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1, wherein the data security standard comprises a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

4. A system, comprising:

at least one computing device; and

a data contract marketplace service executable in the at least one computing device, the data contract marketplace service comprising;

logic that obtains a request for a network page;

logic that automatically determines a plurality of behavior elements of a code library that are compatible with a data element of a document object model according to a respective data contract associated with individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, the respective data contract defining which input data is valid for the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements configured to consume at least one data element and produce a network page feature according to a behavior;

logic that automatically selects one of the behavior elements according to a plurality of rules, thereby producing a single selected behavior element, a first one of the plurality of rules enforcing compliance with a data security standard, and a second one of the plurality of rules defining a user request for a behavior to be applied to a set of data elements;

logic that automatically generates a mapping of the selected behavior element to the data element; and

logic that generates the network page according to the document object model and the mapping, the single selected behavior element being applied to the data element when the network page is generated.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of rules defines an incompatibility between a first behavior element and a second behavior element of the plurality of behavior elements.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the data security standard comprises a Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS).

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the logic that automatically selects is further configured to select the one of the plurality of behavior elements based at least in part on data describing current marketplace conditions.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the data describing current marketplace conditions is obtained from at least one computing device operated by a third party.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the data describing current marketplace conditions comprises a respective cost associated with the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, and the logic that automatically selects is further configured to select the one of the plurality of behavior elements based at least in part on the respective cost.

10. The system of claim 4, wherein the data element comprises at least one extensible markup language (XML) element.

11. The system of claim 4, wherein the data element includes at least one form input element.

12. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of behavior elements is configured to perform address validation on at least one address input element.

13. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of behavior elements is configured to perform spell checking on at least one form input element.

14. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of behavior elements is configured to enable a roll-over help function.

15. The system of claim 4, wherein at least one of the plurality of behavior elements comprises Java Script code.

16. A method, comprising:

obtaining, in at least one computing device, a request for a network page;

automatically determining, in the at least one computing device, a plurality of behavior elements of a code library that are compatible with a data element of a document object model according to a respective data contract associated with individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, the respective data contract defining which input data is valid for the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements, the individual ones of the plurality of behavior elements configured to consume at least one data element and produce a network page feature according to a behavior;

automatically selecting, in the at least one computing device, one of the plurality of behavior elements according to a plurality of rules, thereby producing a single selected behavior element, a first one of the plurality of rules enforcing compliance with a data security standard, and a second one of the plurality of rules defining a user request for a behavior to be applied to a set of data elements;

generating, in the at least one computing device, a mapping of the single selected behavior element to the data element; and

generating, in the at least one computing device, the network page according to the document object model and the mapping, the single selected behavior element being applied to the data element in the network page.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the single selected behavior element comprises code configured to be executed in the at least one computing device.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the single selected behavior element comprises code configured to be executed in a client.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein automatically selecting the one of the plurality of behavior elements further comprises automatically selecting the one of the plurality of behavior elements further based at least in part on data describing current marketplace conditions.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising obtaining the data describing current marketplace conditions from another computing device operated by a third party.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the data describing current marketplace conditions comprises a respective cost associated with the individual ones the plurality of behavior elements, and automatically selecting the one of the plurality of behavior elements further comprises automatically selecting the one of the plurality of behavior elements further based at least in part on the respective cost.