Online computing system

• US 9,105,005 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2008
• Issued: 08/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jianqing Wu
• Original Assignee: Jianqing Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Jianqing
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, PHUOC H
• Application Number:
  US12/057,030
• Publication Number:
  US 20130346622A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,693 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 17/10 Complex mathematical operations function generation by table look-up G06F1/03; evaluation of elementary functions by calculation G06F7/544
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

An online computing system hosting a plurality of computing projects in the form of database records allows users to search computing projects by search keys, project ID or category names, conduct computation for found computing projects, and create new computing projecs at client computers. Each computing job is performed by searching the database, selecting a computing project by clicking on one of the found links on a search result page, and providing data in a computing data input form for submission.

Claims

1. A computing system for conducting computation comprising

a server which runs a database application;

at least one client computer being connected to the server through a network connection, the client computer further comprising means for rendering and displaying web pages from the server according to a communication protocol;

means for storing plural computing projects in the form of computing project records which are searchable and retrievable from the database application, the project record of each of the computing projects comprising form-making data used in generating a computing data input form and computation data used in conducting mathematical computation;

means for generating a search interface page allowing a user to conduct searches for computing projects by typing in suitable search keys;

means for searching and finding computing projects from the database in response to a search;

means for generating a search result page containing one or more links, each of which is associated with a computing project;

means for generating a computing data input form in response to the clicking of a link on the search result page, the computing data input form containing input boxes for at least one variable name and at least one result name, and a submission button;

means for retrieving user data from the computing data input form submitted by the user;

means for retrieving necessary computation data from the computing data input form or from the database record of the selected computing project;

means for conducting computation using the computation data and the user data using a computing algorithm associated with the computing project; and

means for generating a result page for displaying the computed result in response to the user'"'"'s submission of the computing data input form.

2. The computing system of claim 1 wherein the final result page is substantially the same as the computing data input form which contains the computation result from the previous computation so that the system allows the user to fill new data to recompute for a new result.

3. The computing system of claim 1 wherein each of the computing projects stored in the database comprises use description, at least one constant, at least one variable name, at least one variable unit, at least one result name, and at least one result unit.

4. The computing system of claim 3 wherein searches are conducted by using one of the methods selected from the group consisting of matching user-provided search keys with the search keys in the project records, matching a search number with the project ID of a computing project record in the database, and matching search keys with computing result names and variable names.

5. The computing system of claim 3 wherein computing projects are stored in plural database tables according to the number of variables or the number of results.

6. The computing system of claim 3 further comprising means for hosting computing projects by project group numbers.

7. The computing system of claim 1 wherein plural computing projects as one group of project records in the database vary in at least one variable unit or at least one result unit, the computing system further comprising:

means for generating one single computing data input form for the one group of project records by placing all variable units in the drop-down box for the variable unit and by placing all result units in the drop-down box for the result unit; and

means for retrieving necessary computation data from one of the one group of project records all of whose units match all the units selected by the user on the computing data input form.

8. The computing system of the claim 1 further comprising means for generating a project-uploading page for creating a new computing project by providing computing project data, including use description, necessary constants, at least one variable name, at least one variable unit, at least one result name, and at least one result unit.

9. The computing system of claim 8 further comprising means for generating a method table while the project-uploading page is opened on a client computer, the method table showing a list of mathematical equations, associated programs for conducting computation, and method flags.

10. The computing system of claim 1 further comprising means for conducting computation by using one constant that defines the quantitative relationship between a variable and a result, at least one constant that defines the quantitative relationship between the two units of the variable between two neighboring project records, and at least one constant that defines the quantitative relationship between the two units of the result between two neighboring project records.

11. The computing system of claim 1 further comprising means for packing computing input form'"'"'s data to form a continuous data string so that it is passed on to an executable program for further processing.

12. The computing system of claim 11 further comprising means for passing computing input form'"'"'s data from a server application to an executable program and means for receiving returned data from the executable program.

13. The computing system of claim 1 further comprising a standalone power calculator or means for evaluating algebra expressions which serve as variable values in the computing data input form.

14. A process for implementing network computing system, the computing system comprising a web server and at least one client computer connected to the server through a network connection, the process comprising the steps of:

generating a search interface page allowing a user to conduct searches by typing in suitable search keys;

searching and finding computing projects from a database containing computing projects in response to a search;

generating a search result page containing plural links, each of the links being associated with a computing project;

generating a computing data input form for a selected computing project upon the user'"'"'s clicking of a link on the search result page, the computing data input form containing at least one variable name, at least one variable unit, at least one result name, at least one result unit, and a submission button;

retrieving user-provided data for the variable, the variable unit and the result unit from the computing data input form submitted by the user;

retrieving computation data necessary for conducting final computation from the project record of the selected computing project or from the computing data input form submitted by the user;

using the computing program and a mathematical equation associated with the selected computing project to conduct final computation to get a result; and

generating a web page containing the result in the computing data input form and sending the web page to the client computer for display.

15. The process of claim 14 further comprising all the steps from sending new data in the computing data input form to the server and to displaying a new computation result on the client computer.

16. The process of claim 15 further comprising the step of changing the number of input boxes for variables.

17. The process of claim 15 further comprising the step of uploading a computation program in a compiler language and compiling and installing the program in a designated path.