Method and apparatus for widget and widget-container distribution control based on content rules

• US 9,495,084 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2015
• Issued: 11/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Allen, Stewart O., Cosby, Scott F., Debutts, Hasseltine R., Fath, John A., Keesan, Matthew J., Radfar, Hooman, Reverte, Carlos F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Anya, Charles E
• Application Number:
  US14/684,591
• Publication Number:
  US 20160041714A1
• Time in Patent Office: 582 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2111 Location-sensitive, e.g. geographical location, GPS
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226

Abstract

A method includes receiving an instruction used to define a widget-container containing a service module associated with a widget. The widget-container is a procedural software framework configured to be executed at a widget-container processing device in response to a reference to the widget-container being accessed from a content aggregation point. The widget-container has a portion configured for receiving the widget. The method also includes determining whether processing of the widget within the portion of the widget-container is restricted and/or allowed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

identifying a widget-container requested to be processed at a widget-container processing device based at least in part on a reference to the widget-container being accessed at the widget-container processing device, the widget-container including a plurality of widgets;

determining, in response to a result of identifying the widget-container, whether processing of a portion of the widget-container is restricted based at least in part on a parameter associated with the portion of the widget-container, wherein the determining based at least in part on the parameter is performed using default rules and cross-referencing control information in a control table accessed from a control database;

removing the portion of the widget-container from the widget-container to produce a modified widget-container comprising at least one widget of the plurality of widgets in the widget-container when the processing of the portion is determined to be restricted;

delivering the modified widget-container from a widget-container server to the widget-container processing device through a first network element when it is determined that the processing of the portion of the widget-container is restricted; and

processing the modified widget-container at the widget-container processing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining that the processing of the widget-container is restricted is based in part or in whole on an identifier associated with a web-page on the widget-container processing device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the widget-container from a widget-container host device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the widget-container is a reference to a widget associated with the widget-container, and the processing the modified widget-container includes processing the at least one widget in the modified widget-container.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of widgets comprise a widget, a software module, or a reference to the widget or the software module.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

after the modified widget-container is delivered to the widget-container processing device, determining whether processing the modified widget-container is restricted based in part or in whole on control information in a control database;

adjusting processing of a first widget in the modified widget-container at the widget-container processing device based in part or in hole upon a result of determining whether processing the modified widget-container is restricted; and

transmitting a notification to an entity associated with the first widget that the processing of the first widget has been adjusted.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

dynamically generating the widget-container in response to a widget-container reference accessed from the widget-container processing device;

dynamically customizing the widget-container;

dynamically customizing at least some of the plurality of widgets in the widget-container;

tracking the widget-container;

tracking at least one of the plurality of widgets in the widget-container;

identifying a control table comprising control information from at least one or more owners of at least some widgets in the widget-container;

determining a plurality of control categories based in part or in whole on one or more assessments of a plurality of content aggregation points where the widget-container has been placed;

classifying the control information into the plurality of control categories;

compiling control results for the modified widget-container with a specific genealogical lineage; and

sending the control results in a notification.

8. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor, the code comprising instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive a widget-container to be processed at a widget-container processing device based at least in part on a reference to the widget-container being accessed at the widget-container processing device, the widget-container including a plurality of widgets;

determine, in response to a result of receiving the widget-container, whether processing of a portion of the widget-container is restricted based at least in part on a parameter associated with the portion of the widget-container, wherein the instructions that cause the processor to determine based at least in part on the parameter are executed using default rules and cross-referencing control information in a control table accessed from a control database;

modify, based on the determining, the widget-container at least by removing the portion of the widget-container to produce a modified widget-container comprising at least one widget of the plurality of widgets in the widget-container when the processing of the portion is determined to be restricted; and

deliver the modified widget-container from a widget-container server to the widget- container processing device through a first network element when the processing of the portion of the widget-container is determined to be restricted; and

process the modified widget-container at the widget-container processing device such that a widget associated with the widget-container is executed within the widget-container at the widget-container processing device.

9. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the code to cause the processor to determine includes additional code to cause the processor to determine that the processing of the portion of the widget-container is restricted based in part or in whole on an identifier associated with a web-page on the widget-container processing device.

10. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the code to cause the processor to receive includes additional code to cause the processor to receive the widget-container from a widget-container host device.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of widgets include a widget, a software module, or a reference to the widget or the software module in the widget-container.

12. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the plurality of widgets comprise at least one of a static data object, a media object or a software object.

13. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 8, wherein the code to cause the processor to modify includes additional code to cause the processor to modify the widget to be placed within the widget-container to produce the modified widget-container.

14. An apparatus, comprising:

a widget-container processing device including a memory and a processor, the widget-container processing device configured to;

receive a widget-container requested to be processed at a widget-container processing device based at least in part upon a reference to the widget-container being accessed at the widget-container processing device, the widget-container including a plurality of widgets,

determine whether processing of a portion of the widget-container at the widget-container processing device is restricted based in part or in whole on at least one parameter associated with the portion of the widget-container, wherein the widget-container that is configured to determine based at least in part or in whole on the parameter uses default rules and cross-referencing control information in a control table accessed from a control database,

modify the widget-container at least by at least by removing the portion from the widget-container to produce a modified widget-container that comprises at least one widget of the plurality of widgets based in part or in whole on the at least one parameter to produce a modified widget-container when the processing of the portion is determined to be restricted,

receive the modified widget-container from a widget-container server through a first network element when it is determined that the at least one parameter indicates that the processing of the portion is restricted, and

process the modified widget-container.

15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one parameter is based in part or in whole on a control determination associated with the widget-container.

16. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the widget-container processing device is configured to receive the at least one parameter from a widget-container host device.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the at least one parameter is associated with a web-page including a reference to the widget-container.

18. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the widget-container processing device is configured to stop the processing the portion of the widget-container based in part or in whole on the at least one parameter.

19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the plurality of widgets in the widget-container comprise a widget, a software module, or a reference to the widget or the software module.

20. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the modified widget-container is configured to process the at least one widget when the widget-container processing device processes the modified widget-container.