Dynamically updating web pages using messaging-oriented middleware

• US 9,218,435 B2
• Filed: 05/27/2008
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/28/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Dorai, Chitra, Fakhouri, Ahmad-Sameh Afif, Gisolfi, Daniel A., Li, Jianren, Buttner, Gerard John
• Primary Examiner(s): Casanova, Jorge A
• Application Number:
  US12/127,167
• Publication Number:
  US 20080263179A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,765 Days
• Field of Search: 707/613
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

System, computer implemented method and computer program product for dynamically updating a Web page using browser-based messaging. A system for dynamically updating a Web page using browser-based messaging includes a Web page that includes a plurality of Web messaging tags, and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags, and at least one messaging client for accepting at least one message from a message server and for processing the accepted at least one message into the selected data model.

Claims

1. A system for dynamically updating a Web page using browser-based messaging, comprising:

a processor coupled to a memory;

a Web page that includes a plurality of Web messaging tags, and a selected data model bound to the Web messaging tags; and

at least one messaging client accepting at least one message from a message server and processing the accepted at least one message into the data model,

wherein responsive to a request for the Web page and simultaneously with a downloading of the Web page, computer code included in a web messaging control component of the web page is generated and downloaded along with the Web page, and

wherein the computer code

establishes a connection with the message server based on a configuration including a port number and a topic,

transports the at least one message published on the message server to the Web page,

updates a portion of the data model using the message and without performing a page refresh, and

updates the Web messaging tags to reflect the updates in the data model.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of Web messaging tags comprises a plurality of Web message tags in at least one of a server-side component that generates responses and Hyper Text Markup Language.

3. The system according to claim 2, wherein a plurality of Web messaging tags comprises a plurality of Web messaging attributes in Hyper Text Markup Language for dynamically updating data directly into a Document Object Model on the Web page.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of Web messaging tags comprises Web messaging tags for configuring a port number of the message server, for selecting a messaging client type, for binding messaging topic and property to the data model on the Web page, and for generating code for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein the selected data model comprises an On Demand Client Browser Framework data model.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one messaging client comprises one of a messaging client type that uses code for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications and a messaging client type that uses programs that are embedded in other applications, in the web page displayed in a web browser for accepting the at least one message from the message server, for processing the accepted at least one message, and for updating the accepted at least one message into the selected data model.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the messaging client comprises the type that uses programs that are embedded in other applications, in the web page displayed in a web browser, and wherein the system further comprises libraries for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications and a library which programs can call at runtime for accepting the at least one message from the message server, for processing the accepted at least one message, and for updating the accepted at least one message into the selected data model.

8. The system according to claim 6, and further comprising a server-side library for handling communication with the at least one messaging client.

9. A computer implemented method for dynamically updating a Web page using browser-based messaging, comprising:

providing a Web page that includes a plurality of Web messaging tags, and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags;

establishing a connection to a message server;

subscribing to at least one topic from the message server;

receiving at least one message relating to the at least one subscribed topic from the message server; and

updating the received at least one message into the data model to update the Web page, wherein, responsive to a request for the Web page and simultaneously with a downloading of the Web page, computer code included in a web messaging control component of the web page is generated and downloaded along with the Web page, and wherein the computer code establishes a connection with the message server based on a configuration including a port number and a topic, transports the at least one message published on the message server to the Web page, updates a portion of the data model using the message and without performing a page refresh, and updates the Web messaging tags to reflect the updates in the data model.

10. The computer implemented method according to claim 9, wherein providing a Web page that includes a plurality of Web Messaging tags and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags, comprises:

providing a plurality of Web messaging tags in at least one of a server-side component that generates responses and Hyper Text Markup Language.

11. The computer implemented method according to claim 9, wherein providing a Web page that includes a plurality of Web Messaging tags and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags, comprises:

providing a plurality of Web messaging tags for configuring a port number of the message server, for selecting a messaging client type, for binding messaging topic and property to the data model on the Web page, and for generating code for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications.

12. The computer implemented method according to claim 9, wherein the selected data model comprises an On Demand Client Browser Framework data model.

13. The computer implemented method according to claim 9, and further comprising:

selecting a messaging client of one of a messaging client type that uses code for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications and a messaging client type that uses programs that are embedded in other applications, in the web page displayed in a web browser for accepting the at least one message from the message server, for processing the accepted at least one message, and for updating the accepted at least one message into the selected data model.

14. The computer implemented method according to claim 13, wherein selecting a messaging client of one of a messaging client type that uses code for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications and a messaging client type that uses programs that are embedded in other applications, in the web page displayed in a web browser comprises selecting a messaging client of a messaging client type that uses programs that are embedded in other applications, in the web page displayed in a web browser, and wherein the method further comprises:

providing libraries for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications and a library which programs can call at runtime for accepting the at least one message from the message server, for processing the accepted at least one message, and for updating the accepted at least one message into the selected data model.

15. The computer implemented method according to claim 9, and further comprising:

providing a server-side library for handling communication with the at least one messaging client.

16. A computer program product comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer readable storage devices;

computer usable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage devices for dynamically updating a Web page using browser-based messaging, the computer program product comprising;

computer usable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage devices for providing a Web page that includes a plurality of Web messaging tags, and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags;

computer usable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage devices for establishing a connection to a message server;

computer usable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage devices for subscribing to at least one topic from the message server;

computer usable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage devices for receiving at least one message relating to the at least one subscribed topic from the message server; and

computer usable program code stored in the one or more computer readable storage devices for updating the received at least one message into the data model to update the Web page, wherein, responsive to a request for the Web page and simultaneously with a downloading of the Web page, computer code included in a web messaging control component of the web page is generated and downloaded along with the Web page, and wherein the computer code establishes a connection with the message server based on a configuration including a port number and a topic, transports the at least one message published on the message server to the Web page, updates a portion of the data model using the message and without performing a page refresh, and updates the Web messaging tags to reflect the updates in the data model.

17. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer usable program code for providing a Web page that includes a plurality of Web messaging tags, and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags, comprises:

computer usable program code for providing the plurality of Web messaging tags in one of a server-side component that generates responses or Hyper Text Markup Language.

18. The computer program product according to claim 16, wherein the computer program code for providing a Web page that includes a plurality of Web Messaging tags, and a selected data model that can be bound to the Web messaging tags, comprises:

computer usable program code for providing a plurality of Web messaging tags for configuring a port number of the message server, for selecting a messaging client type, for binding messaging topic and property to the data model on the Web page and for generating code for an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications.

19. The computer program product according to claim 16, and further comprising:

computer program code for selecting a messaging client type of one of a type that uses an object-oriented scripting language used to enable programmatic access to objects within both the client application and other applications and a type that uses programs that are embedded in other applications, in the web page displayed in a web browser, for accepting the at least one message from the message server, for processing the accepted at least one message, and for updating the accepted at least one message into the selected data model.

20. A computer implemented method for dynamically updating a Web page, comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure configured to;

serve a Web page that includes a plurality of Web messaging tags, and an On Demand Client Browser Framework model which can be bound to the plurality of Web messaging tags; and

publishing at least one message for broadcast to at least one Web messaging client that has subscribed to at least one message topic, wherein the Web page establishes a connection with the message server, transports the at least one message published on the message server to the Web page, updates the data model on the Web page, and updates the Web messaging tags to reflect the updates in the data model.