Updating web resources

• US 9,525,587 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2012
• Issued: 12/20/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Workday Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Aleksandrov, Anton, Ben-Sheffer, Amit, Avidor, Raanan, Bodor, Yoav, Borovoy, Ishai, Goldberg, Yaron, Kaplinger, Todd Eric, Levin, Iddo, Magen, Ran Enriko, Perry, Ron, Spector, Artem
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Jimmy H
• Application Number:
  US13/474,371
• Publication Number:
  US 20130311613A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,678 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Updating web resources includes downloading an application to a client device, extracting web resources from the application to local files, and querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of the client device.

Claims

1. A method for updating web resources, comprising:

downloading an application to a client device;

extracting web resources from said application to local files; and

querying an external server for web resource updates specific to at least one operating condition of said client device,

wherein said at least one operating condition is a version of a native container for implementing said application, the native container defining an interface with which a user interacts with the application through the client device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one operating condition is a type of operating system of said client device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one operating condition is a version of said web resources.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein querying an external server for web resource updates specific to said at least one operating condition of said client device includes sending a query that comprises an operating system identification.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein querying an external server for web resource updates specific to said at least one operating condition of said client device includes sending a query that comprises a native container version identification.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein querying an external server for web resource updates specific to said at least one operating condition of said client device includes sending a query that comprises a web resource identification.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising downloading said web resource updates to said client device.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein downloading said web resource updates to said client device includes updating a web resource version identification stored in a native container of said client device.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein further comprising extracting said web resources updates after downloading said web resource updates is complete.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising running said application using contents from said local files.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein querying an external server for web resource updates specific to said at least one operating condition of said client device includes querying said external server during an application start-up.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein extracting web resources from said application to local files includes extracting in response to an application start-up.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein said web resource updates include specific updates that are compatible with a type of operating system.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said web resource updates include common updates that are compatible with multiple types of operating systems.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising overriding said common updates with said specific updates in response to a conflict between said common and specific updates.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein querying an external server for web resource updates specific to said at least one operating condition of said client device includes querying said external server in response to a change in an application'"'"'s foreground/background status.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein querying an external server for web resource updates specific to said at least one operating condition of said client device includes sending a notice that said client device is updating said web resources.

18. A method for updating web resources, comprising:

sending a query from a client device for updates to web resources that were pre-packed into an application downloaded to said client device;

receiving a specific update in response to said query that is specific to at least one operating condition of said client device,

determining whether there is a conflict between a common update and the specific update; and

responsive to a determination that there is a conflict between the common update and the specific update, overriding the common update with the specific update.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein said operating conditions are selected from a group consisting of a version of a native container, a type of operating system, a web resource version, and combinations thereof.

20. A method for updating web resources, comprising:

downloading an application into a native container of a client device;

extracting web resources from said application to local files in response to an initial start-up of said application; and

querying an external server for web resource updates with a query that contains a native container identification in response to a query triggering event,

wherein the query triggering event is a change in an application'"'"'s foreground/background status.

21. A method for updating web resources, comprising:

generating an update bundle for an application downloadable on a client device, said update bundle comprising at least one update that is specific to an operating condition of said client device; and

sending said update bundle to a server that is capable of receiving update queries from said client device,

sending the update bundle from the server to the client device in response to a change in the application'"'"'s foreground/background status.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein said update bundle comprises a common update, said common update being compatible with multiple operating conditions of client devices.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein said operating condition is a native container version of said client device, a type of operating system of said client device, or combinations thereof.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein said update bundle comprises a native container identification that matches a version of a native container of said client device, an operating system identification that matches a type of operating system of said client device, or combinations thereof.