Enhanced information and presence service

• US 20060090006A1
• Filed: 12/12/2005
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jonathan Wu
• Original Assignee: Jonathan Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Jonathan
• Granted Patent: US 7,823,166 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/238
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45529 Embedded in an application, e.g. JavaScript in a Web browser
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/28 Timers or timing mechanisms used in protocols

Abstract

A network-based system for routing data between software applications with access to the network is taught, the system including at least one router connected to the network for routing between applications and the router, software in the router for creating and deleting routes and for converting incoming data of differing markup languages into a common format, at least one client device connected to the network, the device adapted for communication with the router, and software in the client device for determining how data sent to its host device is rendered for use by the device. The client device receives data from the router in the form of the common format wherein the receiving device reads the data, builds an object model from logic instructions embedded in the data and executes the object model to implement the logic at the device for data rendering.

Claims

1-23. -23. (canceled)

24. A method for client-side control of how data is rendered on a client device interacting with a Web based information and presence service comprising steps of:

(a) providing a server application capable of object modeling and object execution to reside and execute on the client device;

(b) providing an HTML template and JavaScript library to the client for use in developing query applications that contain data rendering logic;

(c) developing a query application containing a message requesting data and logic instructions for data rendering;

(d) sending the query application to the information and presence service;

(e) receiving a response from the service, the response containing message data and the data rendering logic;

(f) interpreting the data response and building a JavaScript object representing the logic instructions; and

(g) executing the JavaScript object and applying the results to render the message data according to display and function of the device according to the logic instructions.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (a) the server application includes full Web browser functionality.

26. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (a) the client device is a mobile device and connects to the service through a wireless network.

27. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (c) the message requesting data is of the form of XML or SOAP.

28. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (d) the query application is specific to particular data source hosted by the service.

29. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (e) the response is of the form of a compact markup language rendered from a traditional markup language.

30. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (e) the response is compressed for transport.

31. The method of claim 24 wherein in step (f) response is decompressed before interpretation.

32-35. -35. (canceled)