Context transfer from web page to application

• US 9,900,367 B2
• Filed: 12/18/2013
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivanti, Inc. (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AppSense US, LLC (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Inventors: Branton, Paul Keith
• Primary Examiner(s): Taylor, Nicholas
• Assistant Examiner(s): Roy, Sanjoy
• Application Number:
  US14/132,307
• Publication Number:
  US 20140337743A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,525 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1441 Countermeasures against malicious traffic countermeasures against attacks on cryptographic mechanisms H04L9/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/20 for managing network security; network security policies in general filtering policies H04L63/0227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/37 Managing security policies for mobile devices or for controlling mobile applications

Abstract

Systems and methods are described for a web event framework. A computerized method includes receiving, at a framework plugin coupled to a web browser, a framework action from a framework server, the framework action including arguments specifying context data to retrieve from a web page loaded on the web browser; executing the framework action by the framework plugin, wherein executing the framework action comprises retrieving the specified context data from the web page and generating, by the framework plugin, a framework event including the context data; forwarding the framework event to a framework server coupled to the framework plugin; receiving at the framework server the framework event from the framework plugin; determining, at the framework server, a framework action based on the framework event, including the specified data, and a framework policy; and sending instructions to an external process based on the specified data and the framework action.

Claims

1. A computerized method, comprising:

receiving, at a server, a first framework event, the first framework event associated with a page load of a web page on a web browser;

determining, at the server, a first action based on the first framework event and a policy, the first action (1) associated with a Globally Unique Identifier (GUID) that associates the first action with a second framework event and (2) including an argument indicating context data to retrieve from the web page loaded on the web browser;

sending the first action to a plugin associated with the web browser such that the plugin, in response to receiving the first action, executes the first action to;

retrieve the context data from the web page; and

generate the second framework event that includes the context data and the GUID;

receiving, at the server, the second framework event from the plugin;

determining, at the server, a second action based on the second framework event and the policy; and

initiating an external process based on the second action by sending instructions to an application such that the application, in response to receiving the instructions, performs the external process.

2. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the first framework event is generated by the plugin in response to receiving a web event from the web browser.

3. The computerized method of claim 2, wherein the web event is the web browser loading the web page.

4. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the web browser runs on a compute device, wherein performing the external process includes running a desktop application on the compute device.

5. The computerized method of claim 4, wherein performing the external process further includes submitting inputs based on the context data to the desktop application via a user interface.

6. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising receiving the policy from a policy store.

7. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising customizing the server based on the policy.

8. The computerized method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the server, an external event from an external event source, the external event source being a source other than the web browser; and

determining, at the server, the second action based on the external event and the policy.

9. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the server is a first server and the policy is a first policy, the computerized method further comprising sending the second action over a network to a second server such that the second server, in response to receiving the second action, initiates the external process based on the second action.

10. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the server is a first server and the policy is a first policy, the computerized method further comprising sending the second framework event over a network to a second server such that the second server, in response to receiving the second event, determines a third action based on the second framework event and a second policy.

18. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the web browser runs on a first compute device and the application is on a second compute device separate from the first compute device.

19. The computerized method of claim 1, wherein the web browser is a first type of web browser, the application is a second type of web browser different than the first type of web browser.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium having executable instructions operable to, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:

receive, at a server, a first framework event, the first framework event associated with a page load of a web page on a web browser, the web browser located on a first compute device;

determine, at the server, a first action based on the first framework event and a policy, the first action (1) associated with a unique identifier that associates the first action with a second framework event and (2) including an argument indicating context data to retrieve from the web page loaded on the web browser;

send the first action to a plugin associated with the web browser such that the plugin, in response to receiving the first action, executes the first action to;

retrieve the context data from the web page; and

generate the second framework event that includes the context data and the unique identifier;

receive, at the server, the second framework event from the plugin;

determine, at the server, a second action based on the second framework event and the policy; and

initiate an external process based on the second action by sending instructions to an application located on a second compute device such that the application, in response to receiving the instructions, performs the external process.

12. A computer system for a web event framework, comprising:

a processor associated with a server, the processor configured to;

receive a first framework event, the first framework event associated with a page load of a web page on a first web browser;

determine a first action based on the first framework event and a policy, the first framework action (1) associated with a unique identifier that associates the first action with a second framework event and (2) including an argument indicating context data to retrieve from the web page loaded on the first web browser;

send the first action to a plugin associated with the first web browser such that the plugin, in response to receiving the first action, executes the first action to;

retrieve the context data from the web page; and

generate the second framework event that includes the context data and the unique identifier;

receive the second framework event from the plugin,

determine a second framework action based on the second framework event and the policy, and

initiate an external process based on the second action by sending instructions to a second web browser separate from the first web browser such that the second web browser, in response to receiving the instructions, performs the external process.

13. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to receive the policy from a policy store.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the processor is further configured to customize the server based on the policy.

15. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor is further configured to send the second action to the plugin such that the plugin, in response to receiving the second action, generates or modifies the web page.

16. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to:

receive an external event from an external event source, the external event source being a source other than the web browser; and

determine the second action based on the external event and the policy.

17. The computer system of claim 12, wherein the plugin is a first plugin and the web browser is a first web browser, the processor is further configured to communicate with a second plugin associated with a second web browser.