Generic download and upload functionality in a client/server web application architecture
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for downloading files from a server to a client, the method comprising:
- sending, from a browser application at the client to the server, a request to download at least one file;
receiving, by the client, a transmission from the server;
parsing, by one or more processors at the client, the transmission from the server to identify a control command;
parsing, by the one or more processors at the client, the control command to determine if the control command comprises a download command;
in response to determining that the control command comprises a download command, parsing, by the one or more processors at the client, the transmission from the server to detect a download manifest that is associated with the download command and executable code included in the download manifest; and
executing, by a background agent application at the client, the executable code to download the at least one file from the server, the background agent application being independent from the browser application.
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Abstract
The present invention relates generally to client-server architectures for allowing generic upload and download functionality between a web application at a server and a client. One exemplary method includes sending a download/upload request to a web application at the server, where the download/upload request specifies at least one file to download/upload; receiving a transmission from the server; parsing the transmission to identify a download/upload command and an associated download/upload manifest, where the download/upload manifest includes executable code that, when executed on the client, will perform the download/upload of the at least one file.
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16 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for downloading files from a server to a client, the method comprising:
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sending, from a browser application at the client to the server, a request to download at least one file; receiving, by the client, a transmission from the server; parsing, by one or more processors at the client, the transmission from the server to identify a control command; parsing, by the one or more processors at the client, the control command to determine if the control command comprises a download command; in response to determining that the control command comprises a download command, parsing, by the one or more processors at the client, the transmission from the server to detect a download manifest that is associated with the download command and executable code included in the download manifest; and executing, by a background agent application at the client, the executable code to download the at least one file from the server, the background agent application being independent from the browser application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer-implemented method for downloading files from a server to a client, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the server from the client, a request to download at least one file, the request being sent by a browser application at the client; generating, by one or more processors at the server, a transmission to be transmitted to the client, the transmission including a control command and the at least one file to be downloaded by the client, the control command including a download command and an associated download manifest, and the download manifest including executable code that, when executed by the client, will perform the download of the at least one file from the server to the client; and sending, from the server, the transmission to the client, wherein, in response to receiving the transmission from the server, the client parses the transmission to identify the control command, parses the control command to determine that the control command comprises the download command, parses the transmission to detect the download manifest that is associated with the download command and the executable code included in the download manifest, and executes the executable code included in the download manifest to download the at least one file by a background agent application at the client that is independent from the browser application. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for uploading files from a client to a server, the method comprising:
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sending, from a browser application at the client to the server, a request to upload at least one file; receiving, by the client, a transmission from the server; parsing, by one or more processors at the client, the transmission from the server to identify a control command; parsing, by the one or more processors at the client, the control command to determine if the control command comprises an upload command; in response to determining that the control command comprises an upload command, parsing, by the one or more processors at the client, the transmission from the server to detect an upload manifest that is associated with the upload command and executable code included in the upload manifest; and executing, by a background agent application at the client, the executable code to upload the at least one file from the server, the background agent application being independent from the browser application. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer-implemented method for uploading files from a client to a server, the method comprising:
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receiving, at the server from the client, a request to upload at least one file, the request being sent by a browser application at the client; generating, by one or more processors at the server, a transmission to be transmitted to the client, the transmission including a control command, the control command including upload command and an associated upload manifest, and the upload manifest including executable code that, when executed by the client, will perform the upload of the at least one file from the client to the server; and sending, from the server, the transmission to the client, wherein, in response to receiving the transmission from the server, the client parses the transmission to identify the control command, parses the control command to determine that the control command comprises the upload command, parses the transmission to identify the upload manifest that is associated with the upload command and the executable code included in the upload manifest, and executes the executable code included in the upload manifest to upload the least one file by a background agent application at the client that is independent from the browser application. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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