Concurrent web based multi-tasks support for computer system

• US 20130007901A1
• Filed: 01/06/2012
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/06/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: STT WebOS, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sheng Tai Tsao
• Inventors: Tsao, Sheng Tai (Ted)
• Granted Patent: US 8,812,682 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/30
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2009/45595 Network integration; Enabling network access in virtual machine instances
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/541 Client-server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45558 Hypervisor-specific management and integration aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/5016 the resource being the memory
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/526 Mutual exclusion algorithms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0806 for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/783 Distributed allocation of resources, e.g. bandwidth brokers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols

Abstract

The traditional web based computing system did no support user space multitasking, therefore, if a task is submitted by a user from a web browser window via a user interface (“UI”), the user has to wait the task to be completed before the user can submit another task. Thus the web browser window will experience being blocked or hanged and the user can not do anything but wait. A method is disclosed herein for controlling each user initiated task to be run in background of the web based computing system for solving such problem.

Claims

1-41. -41. (canceled)

42. A computer program product, tangibly stored in a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising computer readable program instructions, when executed by a computing device for the computing device to control web based tasks, the computer program product comprising:

program instructions for a native operating system (hereinafter “

NOS”

) being operable to manage computer resources and to allow other programs to execute and use the resources on the computing device;

program instructions for a web browser being used for retrieving, displaying, and traversing information resources on the world wide web or on the computing device; and

program instructions for a web based computer user interactive work environment (hereinafter “

WCUWE”

), being operable to the NOS and to the web browser, for controlling to submit execution for each of the tasks initiated via the information resources displayed on the computing device without interfering with the web browser displaying.

43. The program product of claim 42, wherein said controlling submission of execution for each of one or more tasks further comprising program instructions to activate a web multitasking support mechanism for processing each task by:

storing information of the task into a user space task list;

executing the task in background, and providing a response to the web browser regardless of whether the task execution is completed or not; and

cleaning up the stored information of the task upon the completion of executing the task;

wherein

the web multitasking support mechanism invokes at least a lock to protect the processing of the task.

44. The program product of claim 43, wherein said executing the task further comprises program instructions for:

validating permission of the task before executing the task, and program instructions for obtaining status of the task execution.

45. The program product of claim 43, wherein said executing the task comprises program instructions for:

sending the task to a server across the world wide web for further execution when the task requests to access an information resource on the server, or executing the task on the computing device when the task requests to access an information resource on the computing device.

46. The program product of claim 45, wherein the server executes the task received from the computing device and sends, in accordance to the task, a result to the computing device when the result is required.

47. The program product of claim 42, wherein said controlling submission of executing each of one or more tasks further comprising:

allowing to submit at least a second one of the tasks immediately following a submission of a first one of the tasks without waiting for completion of executing the first one of the tasks.

48. The program product of claim 47, wherein said one or more tasks comprises at least a task to access a streaming video on a server across the world wide web.

49. The program product of claim 47, wherein said one or more tasks comprises at least a task to access an assigned storage space of a predefine capacity on a server across the world wide web.

50. The program product of claim 47, further comprising program instruction for the web based computer user interactive environment to configure a web user interface (“

UI”

) to be displayed vi the web browser in response to a requirement of locally accessing information resources on the computing device.

51. The program product of claim 47, wherein said one or more tasks comprises at least a task to create a file folder in a storage space of the computing device.

52. The program product of claim 51, wherein said one or more tasks comprises:

performing operations to a file being stored in a storage space including to moving or transfer the file to another location.

53. A web operating system operable to a computing device that connects to a network and is configured with at least a hardware processor, a network interface, a native operating system (hereinafter “

NOS”

), a web browser, and a web based computer user interactive works environment (hereinafter “

WCUWE”

),

the web operating system being a computer program product, tangibly stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium, comprising computer readable program instructions, when executed by the computing device for the computing device to control web based tasks,

the web operating system comprising;

program instructions for a native operating system (hereinafter “

NOS”

) being operable to manage computer resources and to allow other computer programs to execute and use the resources on the computing device;

program instructions for a web browser being used for retrieving, displaying, and traversing information resources on the world wide web or on the computing device; and

program instructions for a web based computer user interactive work environment (hereinafter “

WCUWE”

), being operable to the NOS and to the web browser, for controlling to submit execution for each of the tasks initiated via the information resources displayed on the computing device without interfering with the web browser displaying.

54. A computing device configured with a web operating system to control web based tasks, the computing device comprising:

at least a hardware processor,

a network interface, and

a web operating system, the web operating system being a computer program product, tangibly stored in non-transitory computer readable medium of the computing device, comprising computer readable program instructions, including program instructions for a native operating system (“

NOS”

), program instructions for a web browser, and program instructions for a web based computer user interactive work environment (“

WCUWE”

), the web operating system when executed by the computing device, configures the computing device to;

execute a web browser to retrieve and display information resources, and

control submitting execution for each of the tasks initiated via the information resources displayed on the computing device without blocking the web browser displaying information resources on the computing device.

55. The computing device of claim 54, wherein said retrieving and displaying of information resources comprises retrieving and displaying information resources on the world wide web.

56. The computing device of claim 54, wherein said retrieving and displaying of information resources comprises retrieving and displaying information resources on the computing device.

57. The computing device of claim 54, wherein said control submitting execution for each of the tasks further comprises:

activating a web multitasking support mechanism for processing each task by;

storing information of the task into a user space task list;

processing the task in background, and providing a response to the web browser regardless of whether the task execution is completed or not; and

cleaning up the stored information of the task upon the completion of executing the task;

wherein

the web multitasking support mechanism invokes at least a lock to protect the processing of each task.

58. The computing device of claim 54, wherein said processing the task in background comprises:

sending the task to a server across the world wide web for further execution when the task requests accessing an information resource on the server, or executing the task on the computing device when the task requests accessing an information resource on the computing device.

59. The computing device of claim 58, wherein the server executes the task received from the computing device and sends, in accordance to the task, a result to the computing device when the result is required.

60. The computing device of claim 54, wherein said submitting execution for each of the tasks further comprising:

allowing to submit at least a second one of the tasks, immediately following a submission of a first one of the tasks, without waiting for completion of executing the first one of the tasks.

61. The computing device of claim 54, further comprising to configure a web user interface (“

UI”

) to be displayed via the web browser in response to a requirement of locally accessing an information resource on the computing device.