Cross-reference of shared browser applications

• US 9,613,011 B2
• Filed: 06/20/2013
• Issued: 04/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Cable Television Laboratories Incorporated
• Inventors: Lund, Robert M., Johnson, Steven E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Huang, Jian
• Application Number:
  US13/922,386
• Publication Number:
  US 20140181639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,384 Days
• Field of Search: 715230, 7155001, 715234, 715753
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• 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 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/148 Migration or transfer of sessions
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41265 having a remote control device for bidirectional communication between the remote control device and client device unidirectional remote control device H04N21/42204
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42208 Display device provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42224 Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/436 Interfacing a local distribution network, e.g. communicating with another STB or one or more peripheral devices inside the home
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4782 Web browsing , e.g. WebTV
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/21 for social networking applications

Abstract

Manipulation of a Web page displayed through a first device as a function of user interaction with a second device is contemplated. The manipulation may include operating the second device as a touchscreen or other gesture-based controllable device and automatically providing corresponding navigation within the Web page as a function of interactions registered through the second device.

Claims

1. A computer-readable medium having non-transitory instructions operable with a processor to facilitate manipulating a first Web page executing in a first Web browser of a first device as a function of user interaction with a second Web page executing in a second Web browser of a second device, the first Web browser generating a first document object model (DOM) for the first Web page, the computer-readable medium comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining a first user interaction with the second Web page without the second Web browser being aware, at least as a result of information communicated from the first device, of attributes or values set for at least one of a plurality of first DOM objects associated with the first DOM;

publishing a first interaction command to a first administration agent operating on the first device to represent the first user interaction with the second Web page, the first administration agent manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects according to the first interaction command, thereby manipulating the first Web page as a function of the first user interaction with the second Web page;

determining a second user interaction with the second Web page as a selection event, the selection event corresponding with disengaging a finger or a stylus from engagement with a second display used to display the second Web page, the second interaction occurring after the first user interaction;

publishing a second interaction command to represent the selection event to the first administration agent, the first administration agent correspondingly manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects to facilitate selection of a link within the first Web page;

downloading a third Web page to the second Web browser following selection of the link, the third Web page being a remote control Web page suitable for remotely controlling a fourth Web page downloaded to the first Web browser following selection of the link;

publishing a remote control command to the first administration agent, the remote control command representing user interaction with the remote control Web page, the first administration agent manipulating at least one of a plurality of second DOM objects associated with a second DOM generated by the first Web browser for the fourth Web page according to the remote control command, thereby manipulating the fourth Web page as a function of user interaction with the remote control Web page;

determining the remote control command without displaying on the second device any content or objects displayed within the fourth Web page; and

determining the remote control command without the second device being aware of content within the fourth Web page.

2. The computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining the first user interaction to correspond with user movement from a first coordinate to a second coordinate, the first and second coordinates being defined relative to a second x-y plane of the second display used to display the second Web page; and

publishing the first interaction command to represent the user movement from the first coordinate to the second coordinate, the first administration agent correspondingly manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects to move a cursor showing within the first Web page from a third coordinate to a fourth coordinate, the third and fourth coordinates being defined relative to a first x-y plane of a first display used to display the first Web page.

3. The computer-readable medium of claim 2 further comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining the first user interaction to correspond with a touch event, the touch event corresponding with dragging of a finger or a stylus across the second display; and

including x-y positioning information with the first interaction command sufficient for the first administration agent to scale movement of the cursor within the first display as a function of a disparity in aspect ratio or size of the first and second displays.

4. The computer-readable medium of claim 2 further comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining the first user interaction to correspond with a mouse event, the mouse event corresponding with a mouse causing a cursor to move across the second display; and

including positioning information with the first interaction command sufficient for the first administration agent to scale movement of the cursor within the first display as a function of a disparity in aspect ratio or size of the first and second displays.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:

determining the remote control command as a function of user movement across a target shown within the remote control web page, the target occupying substantially all of the remote control web page and not being displayed within the fourth web page.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:

determining the remote control command without displaying user selectable buttons within the remote control web page.

5. A computer-readable medium having non-transitory instructions operable with a processor to facilitate manipulating a first Web page executing in a first Web browser of a first device as a function of user interaction with a second Web page executing in a second Web browser of a second device, the first Web browser generating a first document object model (DOM) for the first Web page, the computer-readable medium comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:

determining a first user interaction with the second Web page without the second Web browser being aware, at least as a result of information communicated from the first device, of attributes or values set for at least one of a plurality of first DOM objects associated with the first DOM;

publishing a first interaction command to a first administration agent operating on the first device to represent the first user interaction with the second Web page, the first administration agent manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects according to the first interaction command, thereby manipulating the first Web page as a function of the first user interaction with the second Web page;

publishing a remote control command to the first administration agent, the remote control command representing user interaction with a remote control Web page downloaded to the second Web browser, the first administration agent manipulating at least one of a plurality of second DOM objects associated with a second DOM generated by the first Web browser for a fourth Web page according to the remote control command, the fourth Web page having been downloaded to the first Web browser following manipulation of the at least one of the first DOM objects according to the first interaction command; and

determining the remote control command without the second device being aware of content within the fourth Web page.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 5 further comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining the first user interaction to correspond with user movement from a first coordinate to a second coordinate, the first and second coordinates being defined relative to a second x-y plane of the second display used to display the second Web page; and

publishing the first interaction command to represent the user movement from the first coordinate to the second coordinate, the first administration agent correspondingly manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects to move a cursor showing within the first Web page from a third coordinate to a fourth coordinate, the third and fourth coordinates being defined relative to a first x-y plane of a first display used to display the first Web page.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 further comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining the first user interaction to correspond with a touch event, the touch event corresponding with dragging of a finger or a stylus across the second display; and

including x-y positioning information with the first interaction command sufficient for the first administration agent to scale movement of the cursor within the first display as a function of a disparity in aspect ratio or size of the first and second displays.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8 further comprising instructions sufficient for:

determining the first user interaction to correspond with a mouse event, the mouse event corresponding with a mouse causing a cursor to move across the second display; and

including positioning information with the first interaction command sufficient for the first administration agent to scale movement of the cursor within the first display as a function of a disparity in aspect ratio or size of the first and second displays.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:

determining the remote control command as a function of user movement across a target shown within the remote control web page, the target occupying substantially all of the remote control web page and not being displayed within the fourth web page.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 5 further comprising non-transitory instructions sufficient for:

determining the remote control command without displaying user selectable buttons within the remote control web page.

13. A computer-implemented system comprising:

a first device executing a first Web page in a first Web browser, the first device including a first processor for executing a first plurality of non-transitory instructions stored on a first non-transitory computer-readable medium associated therewith, the first priority of non-transitory instructions being sufficient for generating a first document object model (DOM) for the first Web page; and

a second device executing a second Web page in a second Web browser, the second device including a second processor for executing a second plurality of non-transitory instructions stored on a second non-transitory computer-readable medium associated therewith for purposes of manipulating of the first Web, the second plurality of non-transitory instructions being sufficient for;

i) determining a first user interaction with the second Web page without the second Web browser being aware, at least as a result of information communicated from the first device, of attributes or values set for at least one of a plurality of first DOM objects associated with the first DOM;

ii) publishing a first interaction command to a first administration agent operating on the first device to represent the first user interaction with the second Web page, the first administration agent manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects according to the first interaction command, thereby manipulating the first Web page as a function of the first user interaction with the second Web page;

iii) determining a second user interaction with the second Web page as a selection event, the selection event corresponding with disengaging a finger or a stylus from engagement with a second display used to display the second Web page, the second interaction occurring after the first user interaction;

iv) publishing a second interaction command to represent the selection event to the first administration agent, the first administration agent correspondingly manipulating at least one of the first DOM objects to facilitate selection of a link within the first Web page;

v) downloading a third Web page to the second Web browser following selection of the link, the third Web page being a remote control Web page suitable for remotely controlling a fourth Web page downloaded to the first Web browser following selection of the link;

vi) publishing a remote control command to the first administration agent, the remote control command representing user interaction with the remote control Web page, the first administration agent manipulating at least one of a plurality of second DOM objects associated with a second DOM generated by the first Web browser for the fourth Web page according to the remote control command, thereby manipulating the fourth Web page as a function of user interaction with the remote control Web page;

vii) determining the remote control command without displaying on the second device any content or objects displayed within the fourth Web page; and

viii) determining the remote control command without the second device being aware of content within the fourth Web page.