METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER INTERFACE EVENT SNOOPING AND PREFETCHING

• US 20090293000A1
• Filed: 05/22/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ViaSat Incorporated
• Original Assignee: ViaSat Incorporated
• Inventors: Lepeska, Peter
• Granted Patent: US 8,949,719 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

The present invention relates to systems, apparatus, and methods for utilizing user interface (UI) snooping to optimize network connections. The method includes accessing, by a client proxy running on a client system, a UI events queue. The UI events queue is stored on the client system. The method further includes identifying events within the UI events queue. The identifying includes filtering the events for events to be optimized. The method further includes, based on the identified events, determining at least one command, and optimizing the at least one command, and executing the optimized command.

Claims

1. A method for utilizing user interface (UI) snooping to optimize network connections, the method comprising:

accessing, by a client proxy running on a client system, a UI events queue, wherein the UI events queue is stored on the client system;

identifying events within the UI events queue, wherein the identifying includes filtering the events for events to be optimized;

based on the identified events, determining at least one command;

optimizing the at least one command; and

executing the optimized command.

2. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 1, further comprising parsing the events within the UI events queue.

3. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 2, further comprising comparing the parsed events to a commands dictionary to determine a type of command.

4. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 3, wherein the type of command includes one or more of the following:

a directory move, a file move, a directory delete, a file delete, a file open, an application open, an application close, and a file transfer.

5. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 3, wherein the commands dictionary is configured to provide translation of events into commands.

6. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 1, wherein the optimizing of the at least one command includes at least one or more of the following:

reducing network traffic associated with executing the at least one command, reducing sub-commands associated with the at least one command, and reducing round trip time (RTT) associated with the at least one command.

7. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 1, further comprising filtering information included in the UI event queue in order to capture information used for network acceleration.

8. A method for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 7, wherein the information used for network acceleration include one or more of the following:

mouse clicks, drag and drops, right mouse clicks, and keystrokes.

9. A system for utilizing user interface (UI) snooping to optimize network connections, the system comprising:

a client system including a client proxy configured to access a UI events queue, wherein the UI events queue is stored on the client system, to identify events within the UI events queue which are optimizable, based on the identified events, to determine at least one command, to optimize the at least one command, and to execute the optimized command;

a proxy server in communication with the client system configured to receive the optimized command and transmit the optimized command; and

a content server in communication with the proxy server, the content server configured to process the optimized command and transmit the requested content to the client system.

10. A system of utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 9, wherein the content server comprises one or more of the following:

a file server, a web server, a mail server, and a FTP server.

11. A system of utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 9, wherein the client system and the proxy server are in communication via a high latency link.

12. A system of utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 11, wherein the high latency link includes at least one of the following:

a wireless link, a cellular link, and a satellite link.

13. A system of utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 9, wherein the proxy server and the content server are in communication via a low latency link.

14. A system of utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 13, wherein the high latency link includes at least one of the following:

a cable modem link, a DSL link, a broadband link, fiber optic link, a T1 connection, a T3 connection, and an ISDN.

15. A system of utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 9, wherein the optimizing of the at least one command includes at least one or more of the following:

reducing network traffic associated with executing the at least one command, reducing sub-commands associated with the at least one command, and reducing round trip time (RTT) associated with the at least one command.

16. A machine-readable medium for utilizing user interface (UI) snooping to optimize network connections, including sets of instructions stored thereon which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

access, by a client proxy running on a client system, a UI events queue, wherein the UI events queue is stored on the client system;

identify events within the UI events queue, wherein the identifying includes filtering the events for events to be optimized;

based on the identified events, determine at least one command;

optimize the at least one command; and

execute the optimized command.

17. A machine-readable medium for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 16, wherein the sets of instructions which, when further executed by the machine, cause the machine to parse the events within the UI events queue.

18. A machine-readable medium for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 17, wherein the sets of instructions which, when further executed by the machine, cause the machine to compare the parsed events to a commands dictionary to determine a type of command.

19. A machine-readable medium for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 18, wherein the type of command includes one or more of the following:

a directory move, a file move, a directory delete, a file delete, a file open, an application open, an application close, and a file transfer.

20. A machine-readable medium for utilizing UI snooping to optimize network connections as in claim 18, wherein the commands dictionary is configured to provide translation of events into commands.