Web Application Framework Method Enabling the Creation of Applications That Provide an Interface With Clients That Is Independent of Scripting Capability

• US 20100100585A1
• Filed: 06/29/2009
• Published: 04/22/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 10/19/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Guney, Ergin, Fresko, Nedim
• Granted Patent: US 8,458,246 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles

Abstract

An improved web application framework methodology enables the creation of web applications which can respond to client requests in a fashion that results in rendering which appears on the client to be independent of scripting capability.

Claims

1. A method of interfacing a server with a client from among a plurality of clients, the method comprising:

receiving on the server a request from a data object of a data set stored on the client, the request being one of;

a first type of request when the data object is a first version of the data object and has a first type of instruction set, and

a second type of request when the data object is a second version of the data object and has the first type of instruction set plus a second type of instruction set; and

sending to the client as a response to the request;

an updated version of the data set when the request is the first type, and

a communication that is less than the entirety of the data set when the request is the second type.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the first type of instruction set is a markup instruction set, and wherein the second type of instruction set is a script instruction set.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

responsive to the request, changing a state of a variable from one state to another state;

when the request is the first type, providing as part of the updated version of the data set an alternate first version of the data object reflective of the another state of the variable; and

when the request is the second type, providing as the response a confirmation of the another state of the variable.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving:

an http POST request when the request is the first type, and

an XMLhttpRequest when the request is the second type.

5. A server structured to interface with a client from among a plurality of clients, the server comprising:

a processor; and

a memory having stored therein instructions which, when executed on the processor, cause the server to perform operations comprising;

receiving a request from a data object of a data set stored on the client, the request being one of;

a first type of request when the data object is a first version of the data object and has a first type of instruction set, and

a second type of request when the data object is a second version of the data object and has the first type of instruction set plus a second type of instruction set; and

sending to the client as a response to the request;

an updated version of the data set when the request is the first type, and

a communication that is less than the entirety of the data set when the request is the second type.

6. The server of claim 5 wherein the first type of instruction set is a markup instruction set, and wherein the second type of instruction set is a script instruction set.

7. The server of claim 5 wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to the request, changing a state of a variable from one state to another state;

when the request is the first type, providing as part of the updated version of the data set an alternate first version of the data object reflective of the another state of the variable; and

when the request is the second type, providing as the response a confirmation of the another state of the variable.

8. The server of claim 5 wherein the operations further comprise receiving:

an http POST request when the request is the first type, and

an XMLhttpRequest when the request is the second type.

9. A machine-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions which, when executed on a processor of a server that is structured to interface with a client from among a plurality of clients, cause the server to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request from a data object of a data set stored on the client, the request being one of;

a first type of request when the data object is a first version of the data object and has a first type of instruction set, and

a second type of request when the data object is a second version of the data object and has the first type of instruction set plus a second type of instruction set; and

sending to the client as a response to the request;

an updated version of the data set when the request is the first type, and

a communication that is less than the entirety of the data set when the request is the second type.

10. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the first type of instruction set is a markup instruction set, and wherein the second type of instruction set is a script instruction set.

11. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the operations further comprise:

responsive to the request, changing a state of a variable from one state to another state;

when the request is the first type, providing as part of the updated version of the data set an alternate first version of the data object reflective of the another state of the variable; and

when the request is the second type, providing as the response a confirmation of the another state of the variable.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 9 wherein the operations further comprise receiving:

an http POST request when the request is the first type, and

an XMLhttpRequest when the request is the second type.