Network based JIT on a priori knowledge of a set of disparate clients

• US 8,713,091 B2
• Filed: 10/03/2008
• Issued: 04/29/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Phillips, Thomas G., Xu, Zhangwei, Hall, Martin Harm, Silverstein, Dana L., Prenzlow, Shawn Amelia, Holladay, Martin
• Primary Examiner(s): Najjar, Saleh
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gao, Shu Chun
• Application Number:
  US12/245,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20100088359A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,034 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/221, 709/227
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/541 Client-server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/48 Incremental compilation software reuse G06F8/36
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services

Abstract

Network based just-in-time compilation based on A Priori knowledge of a set of disparate clients is disclosed. One embodiment comprises using a web service to register a device and store a device profile containing the capabilities of the device, receiving a request from the device to subscribe to a content service, and to create a client runtime for the device for a requested service corresponding to the device capabilities. In this way, the embodiment may send the client runtime to the device to allow the device to communicate with the content service through the web service.

Claims

1. On a web service, a method of providing network based just-in-time compilation, the method comprising:

registering with the web service a device having a device profile containing device capabilities, the device being one of a plurality of devices having different device capabilities associated with a user identity;

receiving via a communication service of the web service a request from a requesting device among the plurality of devices to subscribe to a content service running on one or more of an external service provider and an external content provider, the content service providing a compilation of content corresponding to the user identity for selection from any device of the plurality of devices, wherein at least some content of the compilation of content is not supported by the requesting device;

upon receiving the request, obtaining device capabilities for the plurality of devices associated with the user identity;

receiving a selection of selected content from among the compilation of content provided by the content service;

selecting a selected device from among the plurality of devices appropriate for the selected content from the content service, based on the obtained device capabilities, the selected device not necessarily being the requesting device;

dynamically performing just-in-time creation of a client runtime specifically configured for the selected device based on the selected device capabilities; and

performing just-in-time delivery of the client runtime via the communication service to the selected device to provide functionality for the selected device to communicate with the content service through the communication service of the web service to receive the selected content;

wherein registering a device having a device profile containing device capabilities involves registering a first device having a first device profile, the method further comprising;

registering a second device having a second device profile, the second device being another of the plurality of devices associated with the user identity; and

creating a client runtime for the second device corresponding to a device capability contained in the second device profile.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

logging in to at least one of a plurality of services associated with the user identity in response to a selected device authentication.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

providing a service directory on the selected device corresponding to the plurality of services; and

creating a client runtime for the selected device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of services in the service directory in response to a subscription request.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

after performing just-in-time delivery of the client runtime to the selected device, connecting the selected device with the content service; and

providing via a pluggable request handler additional functionality to the selected device to communicate with the content service.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the additional functionality includes at least one of media transcription, content caching, or protocol conversion.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein registering the device further comprises storing the device profile.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the device capabilities include at least one of a device capability at a user interface level, a transport level, or a protocol level.

8. A system for network based just-in-time (JIT) compilation, the system comprising:

a web service to register a device and store a device profile comprising device capabilities in memory, the device being one of a plurality of devices having different device capabilities associated with a user identity;

a protocol endpoint to receive a request from the device to subscribe to a content service, the content service providing a compilation of content to the user identity for selection from any device of the plurality of devices, wherein at least some content of the compilation of content is not supported by the requesting device;

a runtime service to receive a selection of selected content from among the compilation of content provided by the content service, select a selected device from a plurality of devices appropriate for the selected content, wherein the selected device selected from the plurality of devices appropriate for the selected content is based on obtained device capabilities, the selected device not necessarily being the requesting device, and dynamically perform just-in-time creation of a client runtime specifically configured for the selected device based on selected device capabilities contained in the device profile for the selected device, the client runtime configured to communicate with the content service when run on the selected device to receive the selected content from an external content service; and

a communication service to perform just-in-time delivery of the client runtime to the selected device and to provide communication between the client runtime on the selected device and the content service upon receipt of the client runtime by the selected device;

wherein registering a device having a device profile containing device capabilities involves registering a first device having a first device profile, the method further comprising;

registering a second device having a second device profile, the second device being another of the plurality of devices associated with the user identity; and

creating a client runtime for the second device corresponding to a device capability contained in the second device profile.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the user identity corresponds to a plurality of services, wherein the web service further comprises an identity service to associate the user identity with the device, wherein the web service uses the identity service to log in to at least one of the plurality of services in response to a device authentication.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the web service is configured to provide a service directory corresponding to the plurality of services, and the runtime service is configured to create a client runtime for the selected device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of services in the service directory in response to a subscription request.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the runtime service is further configured to create a client runtime for the selected device corresponding to a user selected group of services out of the plurality of services in the service directory.

12. The system of claim 8, further comprising a pluggable request handler to provide additional functionality to the selected device to communicate with the content service.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the additional functionality includes at least one of media transcription, content caching, or protocol conversion.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the device capabilities include at least one of a device capability at a user interface level, a transport level, or a protocol level.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the web service is configured to register a plurality of devices having a plurality of device profiles, and to create a corresponding plurality of client runtimes for the plurality of devices.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising stored instructions executable by a computing device to provide network based just-in-time compilation, the instructions being executable to perform a method comprising:

registering with a web service a device having a device profile containing device capabilities the device being one of a plurality of devices having different device capabilities associated with a user identity;

receiving a request from the device to subscribe to a content service that provides a compilation of content to the user identity for selection from any device of the plurality of devices, wherein at least some content of the compilation of content is not supported by the requesting device;

upon receiving the request, obtaining the device capabilities from the device profile;

receiving a selection of selected content from among the compilation of content provided by the content service;

selecting a selected device from among the plurality of devices appropriate for the selected content from the content service, based on the obtained device capabilities, the selected device not necessarily being the requesting device;

dynamically performing just-in-time creation of a client runtime for the selected device based on the obtained device capabilities;

performing just-in-time delivery of the client runtime to the selected device, the client runtime configured to provide functionality for the selected device to communicate with and obtain the selected content from the content service through the web service;

after performing just-in-time delivery of the client runtime to the selected device, connecting the selected device with the content service; and

providing via a pluggable request handler additional functionality to the selected device to communicate with the content service;

wherein registering a device having a device profile containing device capabilities involves registering a first device having a first device profile, further comprising stored instructions executable for;

registering a second device having a second device profile; and

creating a client runtime for the second device corresponding to a device capability contained in the second device profile.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16, further comprising stored instructions executable for:

providing a service directory on the selected device corresponding to a plurality of services; and

creating a client runtime for the selected device corresponding to at least one of the plurality of services in the service directory in response to a subscription request.