Method and device for alternative status notification

• US 8,935,376 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2012
• Issued: 01/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Blue Coat Systems Incorporated (Gen Digital Inc.)
• Inventors: Campbell, Alexander Wade
• Primary Examiner(s): Bates, Kevin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jeyaratnam, Jeyanath
• Application Number:
  US13/446,974
• Publication Number:
  US 20130275491A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,005 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/225
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/126 the source of the received data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2876 Pairs of inter-processing entities at each side of the network, e.g. split proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

In a system for delivering notifications to a network administrator'"'"'s web browser during normal web browsing, a transaction state management module disposed between the web browser and the Internet tracks and manages various states of communications, a notification module stores notification messages, and an authentication module is configured to authenticate web page requests. Upon identifying the administrator through the authentication module, a client-side proxy temporarily stores the original HTTP request. A notification generator module constructs a notification data, and a special link to acknowledge the notice, which are returned to the web browser. Once the administrator selects the link, the original HTTP request is extracted from storage and forwarded by a server-side proxy to the original destination server.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a web page request at a proxy device communicatively coupled to a web browser and a web server;

following a determination that the web page request is from a network administrator, determining if a queue contains a notification message directed to the network administrator;

in response to determining that the queue contains said notification message directed to the network administrator, (i) storing the web page request in a temporary request storage for subsequent use prior to fulfilling the web page request, and (ii) sending the notification message to the web browser, the notification message including a link; and

in response to receiving an indication of an activation of the link, (i) extracting the web page request from the temporary storage, (ii) forwarding the web page request to the web server, (iii) receiving a web page from the web server, the web page received in response to the forwarded web page request, and (iv) transmitting the web page to the web browser.

2. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving a web page request at a proxy device communicatively coupled to a web browser and a web server;

following a determination that the web page request is from a network administrator, storing the web page request in a temporary request storage for subsequent use prior to fulfilling the web page request and determining if a queue contains a notification message directed to the network administrator; and

in response to determining that the queue contains said notification message directed to the network administrator, (i) extracting the web page request from the temporary storage, (ii) sending the web page request to the web server receiving a web page from the web server, the web page received in response to the web page request, (iii) modifying the web page to include the notification message, and (iv) sending the modified web page to the web browser.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the web page is modified by placing the notification message at the top of the web page.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the web page is modified by injecting JavaScript into HTML code of the web page so as to display the notification message as a floating message.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 2, wherein the web page is modified by embedding the notification message into the web page.

6. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a web page request at a proxy device communicatively coupled to a web browser and a web server;

following a determination that the web page request is from a network administrator, determine if a queue contains a notification message directed to the network administrator; and

in response to determining that the queue contains said notification message directed to the network administrator, (i) store the web page request in a temporary request storage for subsequent use prior to fulfilling the web page request, and (ii) send the notification message to the web browser, the notification message including a link; and

in response to receiving an indication of an activation of the link, (i) extract the web page request from the temporary storage, (ii) forward the web page request to the web server, (iii) receive a web page from the web server, the web page received in response to the forwarded web page request, and (iv) transmit the web page to the web browser.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising software instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive a web page request at a proxy device communicatively coupled to a web browser and a web server;

following a determination that the web page request is from a network administrator, store the web page request in a temporary request storage for subsequent use prior to fulfilling the web page request and determine if a queue contains a notification message directed to the network administrator; and

in response to determining that the queue contains said notification message directed to the network administrator, (i) extract the web page request from the temporary storage, (ii) send the web page request to the web server receiving a web page from the web server, the web page received in response to the web page request, (iii) modify the web page to include the notification message, and (iv) send the modified web page to the web browser.