Web document transfers

• US 9,253,182 B1
• Filed: 08/25/2014
• Issued: 02/02/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Veen, Jaskirat Singh
• Primary Examiner(s): Thier, Michael
• Assistant Examiner(s): MYERS, ERIC A
• Application Number:
  US14/468,190
• Time in Patent Office: 526 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/612 for unicast
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/75 Media network packet handling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/756 adapting media to device capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

Methods and systems for enabling transfer of digital content of a webpage to a user device for subsequent consumption by the user device are described. A client computing system receives user input indicating selection of a graphical user interface (GUI) element while presenting a webpage in a browser of the client computing system. The client computing system sends an unauthenticated request to transfer the digital content of the webpage presented in the browser and prompts a user of the browser to login to an account in response to the unauthenticated request. The client computing system sends an authentication request with login information to authenticate the user to automatically authorize operations to transfer the digital content. The client computing system sends an authenticated transfer request to a server computing system to transfer the digital content presented in the browser to the user device for the subsequent consumption by the user device.

Claims

1. A method, implemented by a client computing system programmed to perform the following, the method comprising:

while presenting a webpage in a browser of the client computing system, receiving user input indicating selection of a graphical user interface (GUI) element displayed in connection with the browser;

based at least in part on receiving the selection of the GUI element, initiating a transfer of digital content of the webpage to a user device for subsequent consumption by the user device, wherein the user device is a different device than the client computing system;

sending an unauthenticated request to transfer the digital content of the webpage presented in the browser;

prompting a user of the browser to login to an account in response to the unauthenticated request, wherein the unauthenticated request comprises information to identify the account, which identifies the user device to which the digital content is to be transferred when the GUI element is selected and the user is logged into the account;

sending an authentication request with login information to authenticate the user to automatically authorize operations to transfer the digital content; and

sending an authenticated transfer request to a server computing system to transfer the digital content presented in the browser to the user device for the subsequent consumption by the user device, and wherein the transfer of the digital content to the user device is performed by the server computing system without additional user interaction at the client computing system after sending the authenticated transfer request.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

redirecting the browser to a login webpage to authenticate the user, and

returning the browser to the webpage being presented before the prompting.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the authenticated transfer request comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) of the webpage, wherein the server computing system retrieves the digital content from the URL for transferring the digital content to the user device.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising sending the digital content to the server computing system in connection with the authenticated transfer request.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

compressing the digital content into compressed digital content; and

sending the compressed digital content to the server computing system in connection with the authenticated transfer request.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the digital content is digital content of a web document presented in the browser.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the user device is an electronic book reader.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including instructions that, when executed by a processing device of a client computing system, cause the processing device to perform operations comprising:

while presenting a webpage in a browser of the client computing system, receiving user input indicating selection of a graphical user interface (GUI) element displayed in connection with the browser;

based at least in part on receiving selection of the GUI element, initiating a transfer of digital content of the webpage to a user device for subsequent consumption by the user device, wherein the user device is a different device than the client computing system;

sending an unauthenticated request to transfer the digital content of the webpage presented in the browser;

prompting a user of the browser to login to an account in response to the unauthenticated request, wherein the unauthenticated request comprises information to identify the account, which identifies the user device to which the digital content is to be transferred when the GUI element is selected and the user is logged into the account;

sending an authentication request with login information to authenticate the user to automatically authorize operations to transfer the digital content; and

sending an authenticated transfer request to a server computing system to transfer the digital content presented in the browser to the user device for the subsequent consumption by the user device, and wherein the transfer of the digital content to the user device is performed by the server computing system without additional user interaction at the client computing system after sending the authenticated transfer request.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

redirecting the browser to a login webpage to authenticate the user, and

returning the browser to the webpage being presented before the prompting.

10. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the authenticated transfer request comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) of the webpage, wherein the server computing system retrieves the digital content from the URL for transferring the digital content to the user device.

11. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise sending the digital content to the server computing system in connection with the authenticated transfer request.

12. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise:

compressing the digital content into compressed digital content; and

sending the compressed digital content to the server computing system in connection with the authenticated transfer request.

13. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the digital content is digital content of a web document presented in the browser.

14. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the user device is an electronic book reader.

15. A client computing system comprising:

a network interface device;

a memory device to store instructions of a browser; and

a processing device coupled to the memory device and the network interface device, wherein the processing device is operable to;

receive user input, indicating selection of a graphical user interface (GUI) element displayed in connection with the browser, while presenting a webpage in the browser;

initiate a transfer of digital content of the webpage to a user device for subsequent consumption by the user device based at least in part on receiving the selection of the GUI element, wherein the user device is a different device than the client computing system;

send an unauthenticated request to transfer the digital content of the webpage presented in the browser;

prompt a user of the browser to login to an account in response to the unauthenticated request, wherein the unauthenticated request comprises information to identify the account, which identifies the user device to which the digital content is to be transferred when the GUI element is selected and the user is logged into the account;

send an authentication request with login information to authenticate the user to automatically authorize operations to transfer the digital content; and

send an authenticated transfer request to a server computing system to transfer the digital content presented in the browser to the user device for the subsequent consumption by the user device, and wherein the transfer of the digital content to the user device is performed by the server computing system without additional user interaction at the client computing system after sending the authenticated transfer request.

16. The client computing system of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further operable to:

redirect the browser to a login webpage to authenticate the user, and

return the browser to the webpage being presented before prompting the use of the browser to login to the account.

17. The client computing system of claim 15, wherein the authenticated transfer request comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) of the webpage, wherein the server computing system retrieves the digital content from the URL for transferring the digital content to the user device.

18. The client computing system of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further operable to send the digital content to the server computing system in connection with the authenticated transfer request.

19. The client computing system of claim 15, wherein the processing device is further operable to:

compress the digital content into compressed digital content; and

send the compressed digital content to the server computing system in connection with the authenticated transfer request.

20. The client computing system of claim 15, wherein the digital content is digital content of a web document presented in the browser, and wherein the user device is an electronic book reader.