Methods and systems for dynamically generating and reusing dynamic web content

• US 9,906,579 B2
• Filed: 11/22/2015
• Issued: 02/27/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Citicorp Credit Services Incorporated (Citigroup Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Citicorp Credit Services Incorporated (Citigroup Incorporated)
• Inventors: Law-How-Hung, France, Ram, Ramadurai V.
• Primary Examiner(s): RECEK, JASON D
• Application Number:
  US14/948,370
• Publication Number:
  US 20160080463A1
• Time in Patent Office: 828 Days
• Field of Search: 709203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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

Methods and systems for generating and reusing dynamic web content involve, for example, automatically generating client-side code on a server at run time, and automatically downloading the client-side code to the client side at run time. The client-side code is executed on the client side to become a widget with dynamic behavior attributes displayed as a component of a web page on a display screen of a client-side computing device. Dynamic behavior of the client-side code may triggered via an event handler mechanism wherein properties of the client-side code are dynamically changed without affecting any other content on the web page. The widget may be redisplayed on a subsequent occasion with a change in the widget without regenerating the client-side code.

Claims

1. A method for generating dynamic web page components, comprising:

executing, by a client-side processor, client-side code for content of a web page embedded with at least one tag to become a widget with dynamic behavior attributes displayed as a component of the web page on a display screen of a client-side computing device;

triggering dynamic behavior of the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag on the client-side processor via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by an occurrence of an event at the client-side processor based at least in part on a user interaction with the client-side processor;

caching, on the client-side processor, the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag according to a tag parameter when no change is implemented in the widget by said occurrence of the event at the client-side processor;

caching, on a server-side processor, the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag according to the tag parameter when a change is implemented in the widget by said occurrence of the event at the client-side processor; and

redisplaying, by the client-side processor, the widget as the component of the web page on a subsequent occasion without regenerating the client-side code.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising automatically generating, by the server-side processor, the client-side code for content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag with dynamic behavior attributes for the widget within the client-side code for the content of the web page at run time.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising automatically downloading, by the server-side processor, the client-side code embedded with the at least one tag to the client-side processor at run time.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein automatically downloading the client-side code to the client-side processor at run time further comprises automatically downloading multiple functions in the client-side code simultaneously to the client side processor using a non-blocking mechanism.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein automatically downloading the multiple functions in the client-side code simultaneously to the client-side processor using the non-blocking mechanism further comprises automatically downloading the multiple functions in the client-side code simultaneously to the client-side processor using a JavaScript non-blocking mechanism.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein automatically generating the client-side code by the server-side processor at run time further comprises providing the at least one tag that is executable on the server-side processor at run time to create the client-side code.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein providing the at least one tag that is executable on the server-side processor at run time to create the client-side code further comprises embedding the at least one tag within content for the web page using a content management system.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein providing the at least one tag that is executable on the server-processor at run time to create the client-side code further comprises providing the at least one tag that is executable on the server-side processor at run time to create client-side widget code.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein automatically generating the client-side code by the server-side processor at run time further comprises automatically generating the client-side code by the server-side processor at run time that is executable on the client side-side processor.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein automatically generating the client-side code by the server-side processor at run time that is executable on the client-side processor further comprises automatically generating the client-side code by the server-side processor at run time that is executable on the client-side processor running a client-side browser.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein automatically generating the client-side code on the server-side processor at run time that is executable on the client-side processor running the client-side browser further comprises automatically generating the client-side code by the at least one tag at run time, the client-side code being executable on the client-side processor running the client-side browser.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein automatically generating the client-side code by the at least one tag at run time further comprises automatically generating the client-side code by the at least one tag at run time that is executable on the on the client-side processor running the client-side browser as a component of the web page with dynamic behavior.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein automatically generating the client-side code by the at least one tag at run time further comprises automatically generating the client-side code by the at least one tag at run time that is executable on the client-side processor running the client-side browser as the component of the web page with dynamic behavior that refreshes itself.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein automatically generating the client-side code by the at least one tag at run time further comprises automatically generating rich Internet application code that is executable on the client-side processor running the client-side browser as the component of the web page with dynamic behavior that refreshes itself.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein executing the client-side code on the client-side processor to become a widget displayed as a component of a web page further comprises executing the client-side code on the client-side processor to become a widget displayed as a main body of the web page on the display screen of the client-side computing device.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering the dynamic behavior of the client-side code via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by the occurrence of the at least one event further comprises triggering the dynamic behavior of the client-side code by the occurrence of a user action on the web page.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein triggering the dynamic behavior of the client-side code by the occurrence of the user action on the web page further comprises triggering the dynamic behavior of a rich Internet application component by the occurrence of the user action on the web page.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering the dynamic behavior of the client-side code via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by an occurrence of the at least one event further comprises dynamically changing properties of the client-side code on the server-side processor based on the occurrence of the at least one event.

19. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering the dynamic behavior of the client-side code via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by an occurrence of the at least one event further comprises automatically updating content of the widget by the widget to reflect the occurrence of the at least one event.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein automatically updating the content of the widget by the widget to reflect the occurrence of the at least one event further comprises automatically updating content of the widget by the widget to reflect the occurrence of the at least one event without affecting any other content on the web page.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein triggering the dynamic behavior of the client-side code via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by an occurrence of the at least one event further comprises registering by the widget in an event handler mechanism for the occurrence of the at least one event.

22. The method of claim 1, wherein redisplaying the widget as the component of the web page on a subsequent occasion without regenerating the client-side code further comprises redisplaying the widget from the server-side processor as a component of the web page on the subsequent occasion with a change in the widget without regenerating the client-side code.

23. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium with an executable program stored thereon for generating dynamic web page components, wherein the program instructs one or more client-side processors to:

execute client-side code for content of a web page embedded with at least one tag to become a widget with dynamic behavior attributes displayed as a component of the web page on a display screen of a client-side computing device;

trigger dynamic behavior of the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag on the client-side processor via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by an occurrence of an event at the client-side processor based at least in part on a user interaction with the client-side processor;

cache, on the client-side processor, the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag according to a tag parameter when no change is implemented in the widget by said occurrence of the event at the client-side processor;

caching, on a server-side processor, the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag according to the tag parameter when a change is implemented in the widget by said occurrence of the event at the client-side processor; and

redisplay the widget as the component of the web page on a subsequent occasion without regenerating the client-side code.

24. A system for generating dynamic web page content, comprising:

a client-side processor coupled to memory and being programmed for;

executing client-side code for content of a web page embedded with at least one tag to become a widget with dynamic behavior attributes displayed as a component of the web page on a display screen of a client-side computing device;

triggering dynamic behavior of the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag on the client-side processor via the dynamic behavior attributes of the widget by an occurrence of an event at the client-side processor based at least in part on a user interaction with the client-side processor;

caching, on the client-side processor, the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag according to a tag parameter when no change is implemented in the widget by said occurrence of the event at the client-side processor;

caching, on a server-side processor, the client-side code for the content of the web page embedded with the at least one tag according to the tag parameter when a change is implemented in the widget by said occurrence of the event at the client-side processor; and

redisplaying the widget as the component of the web page on a subsequent occasion without regenerating the client-side code.