Remote browsing session management

• US 8,799,412 B2
• Filed: 06/30/2011
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Trahan, Matthew L., Gigliotti, Samuel S., Jenkins, Jonathan A., Taylor, Brett R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Baturay, Alicia
• Application Number:
  US13/174,671
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007241A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 709/219
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A remote browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a remote browse session at a network computing and storage provider. A client computing device loads a local browser process and obtains network content from content providers. The local browser process additionally requests a browse session instance corresponding to the network content at a network computing and storage provider. The network computing and storage provider instantiates a browser process in response to the request. The remote browser process retrieves the network content, and generates a processing result corresponding to a first representation of the network content. The processing result may be provided to the client computing device for display. The local browser process may display either the first representation of the network content corresponding to the processing result or a second representation of the network content processed locally at the client computing device.

Claims

1. A system for remote session browsing comprising:

one or more computer processors of a user computing device;

at least one computer memory accessible by at least one of the one or more computer processors; and

a browser component comprising an executable software module executed by the one or more computer processors, wherein the browser component is operable to;

provide a request for network content to a network computing component, wherein the request for network content includes an identification of at least one of a network resource and one or more embedded resources, and wherein at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources can be processed with a plurality of processing actions;

obtain a first processing result from the network computing component, wherein the first processing result corresponds to the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources in which the plurality of processing actions have not been completed;

process the first processing result at the user computing device to generate a local processing result corresponding to completion of at least one of the plurality of processing actions;

obtain a second processing result from the network computing component, wherein the second processing result corresponds to the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources in which the plurality of processing actions have been completed, and wherein at least a portion of the local processing result is generated by the user computing device in parallel with generation of the second processing result by the network computing component;

determine whether to generate a representation of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on either the local processing result or the second processing result; and

cause display of the generated representation at the user computing device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the network computing component is configured to instantiate a network based browser process executing at the network computing component in response to the request for network content.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the browser component determines whether to generate a representation of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on either the local processing result or the second processing result based on instructions received from the network computing component.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the browser component determines whether to generate a representation of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on either the local processing result or the second processing result based on a time of completion of the local processing result or the second processing result.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the browser component determines whether to generate a representation of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on either the local processing result or the second processing result based on historical information related to the processing of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein determining whether to generate a representation of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on either the local processing result or the second processing result includes a determination to generate a representation of the at least one of the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on a combination of the local processing result and the second processing result.

7. A method of remote session browsing comprising:

under control of a user computing device configured with specific computer-executable instructions,

providing a request for network content to a network computing component, wherein the network content is processed in accordance with a plurality of processing actions;

obtaining the network content in which at least one of the plurality of processing actions have not been completed;

processing, by a browser component executing on the user computing device, the network content to generate a local processing result corresponding to completion of the plurality of processing actions;

obtaining a network processing result from the network computing component, wherein the network processing result corresponds to a representation of the network content in which the plurality of processing actions have been completed, and wherein at least a portion of the local processing result is generated by the browser component in parallel with generation of the network processing result by the network computing component;

determining, by the browser component, whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result; and

causing display, on the user computing device, of the generated representation.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the network computing component is configured to instantiate a network based browser process executing at the network computing component in response to the request for network content.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the representation of the network content based on the local processing result and the network processing result are identical.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result includes determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on instructions received from the network computing component.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result includes determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on a time of completion of the local processing result or the network processing result.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result includes determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on historical information related to the processing of the network content.

13. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

determining to generate a representation of the network content based on the local processing result; and

generating an updated representation of the network content based on the network processing result.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result includes determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on one or more selection factors including at least one of a data format of the network content, a content type of the network content, a size of the network content, processing requirements of the network content, network latency, network bandwidth, user computing device processing resources, network computing component processing resources, or a user preference.

15. The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining the network content in which at least one of the plurality of processing actions have not been completed includes obtaining the network content from the network computing component.

16. The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining the network content in which at least one of the plurality of processing actions have not been completed includes obtaining the network content from a content provider.

17. The method of claim 7, wherein obtaining the network content in which at least one of the plurality of processing actions have not been completed includes obtaining the network content from a cache component associated with the user computing device.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon for managing remote session browsing, wherein the instructions, when executed by a user computing apparatus, cause the user computing apparatus to:

provide a request for network content to a network computing component, wherein the network content is processed in accordance with a plurality of processing actions;

process the network content, by the user computing apparatus, to generate a local processing result corresponding to completion of the plurality of processing actions;

obtain a network processing result from the network computing component, wherein the network processing result corresponds to a representation of the network content in which the plurality of processing actions have been completed, and wherein at least a portion of the local processing result is generated by the user computing apparatus in parallel with generation of the network processing result by the network computing component;

determine, by the user computing apparatus, whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result; and

cause display, at the user computing apparatus, of the generated representation.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the network computing component is configured to instantiate a network based browser process executing at the network computing component in response to the request for network content.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user computing apparatus determines whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on instructions received from the network computing component.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user computing apparatus determines whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on a time of completion of the local processing result or the network processing result.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user computing apparatus determines whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result based on historical information related to the processing of the network content.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein determining whether to generate a representation of the network content based on either the local processing result or the network processing result includes a determination to generate a representation of the network content based on a combination of the local processing result and the network processing result.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the user computing apparatus generates a representation of the network content based on the local processing result, the user computing apparatus further operable to generate an updated representation of the network content based on the network processing result.