Method, system, and program for providing data updates to a page including multiple regions of dynamic content

• US 7,000,008 B2
• Filed: 04/16/2001
• Issued: 02/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/16/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Markel, Arieh, Bautista-Lloyd, David
• Primary Examiner(s): Follansbee, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): PEREZ DAPLE, AARON C
• Application Number:
  US09/836,125
• Publication Number:
  US 20020152239A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,765 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/229, 709/232, 709/228, 709/236
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

Disclosed is a method, system, and program for providing data updates to a page, wherein the page includes multiple regions of dynamic content that may be separately updated independently of each other. The regions of the page are displayed within a presentation program executing on a client. A server transfers the page to the client over a network. The server detects state changes and queues information on the state changes. The server further generates an update package including content indicating the state changes and sends the update package to the client. The presentation program in the client renders the information on the state changes to the regions of the page including the dynamic content modified by the content indicating the state changes.

Claims

1. A method for providing data updates to a page, wherein the page includes multiple regions of dynamic content, wherein the regions and the page are displayed within a presentation program executing on a client, wherein a server transfers the page to the client over a network, and wherein the server performs:

detecting state changes;

queuing information on the state changes, by;

i) maintaining one client session object for each client that has received one page; and

ii) maintaining a plurality of queues for each client session object to queue information on state changes rendered in the regions of the page, wherein a plurality of queues are associated with client session objects, and wherein the plurality of queues associated with each one client session object include state change information for regions in the page sent to the client;

receiving a refresh request from one client;

determining the client session object for the one client submitting the refresh request;

determining a queue from the plurality of queues for the determined client session object;

returning to the requesting one client state change information from the determined queue to render in at least one region in the page by;

i) generating an update package including content indicating the detected state changes;

ii) sending the update package to the client, wherein the presentation program in the client renders the content in the update package in at least one region;

wherein the refresh request indicates one region in the page, and wherein determining the queue for the determined client session object further comprises;

determining the queue for the client session object that includes state change information for the region indicated in the refresh request.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the update package is generated and sent to the client computer in response to a request from the client computer.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the presentation program comprises a web browser and wherein the request comprises a HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) request.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein queuing information on the state changes further comprises:

maintaining one update queue for at least one region of dynamic content that is capable of being displayed in the presentation program, wherein the update queue includes state change information to be rendered in the at least one region associated with the update queue.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing an event listener capable of detecting state changes, wherein one event listener is associated with the update queue;

detecting, with the event listener, a state change; and

adding, with the event listener, information on the state change to the update queue associated with the event listener.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein one event listener and associated update queue provide state change information for one instance of a component type, wherein the region associated with the update queue renders information in the client presentation program on the instance of the component type.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing one servlet for each monitored component type; and

instantiating, with the servlet, one event listener for each instance of the component type.

8. The method of claim 4, wherein the at least one region and the corresponding update queue provide state change information for one component type.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a client request for the page;

generating a client session object for the client request; and

generating an update queue array for the client session object including one update queue for the regions of dynamic content in the page.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

receiving a client request for information on a requested component instance from one region of the page; and

registering the client session with an event listener providing state change information for the requested component instance, wherein the event listener adds state change information to one update queue for the component type in the update queue array for the registered client session.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining one event listener providing state change information to the update queue for an instance of the component type other than the requested instance of the component type; and

submitting a request to the determined event listener to unregister the client session for the client submitting the client request.

12. A system for providing data updates to a page, wherein the page includes multiple regions of dynamic content, wherein the regions and the page are displayed within a presentation program executing on a client, comprising:

a processing unit;

a network connection enabling the processing unit to transfer the page to the client over a network;

a memory device; and

a computer readable medium including code executed by the processing unit to perform;

detecting state changes;

queuing information on the state changes in the memory device by;

i) maintaining one client session object for each client that has received one page; and

ii) maintaining a plurality of queues for each client session object to queue information on state changes rendered in the regions of the page, wherein a plurality of queues are associated with client session objects, and wherein the plurality of queues associated with each one client session object include state change information for regions in the page sent to the client;

receiving a refresh request from one client;

determining the client session object for the one client submitting the refresh request;

determining a queue from the plurality of queues for the determined client session object;

returning to the requesting one client state change information from the determined queue to render in at least one region in the page by;

i) generating an update package including content indicating the detected state changes;

ii) sending the update package to the client, wherein the presentation program in the client renders the content in the update package in at least one region;

wherein the refresh, request indicates one region in the page, and wherein determining the queue for the determined client session object further comprises;

determining the queue for the client session object that includes state change information for the region indicated in the refresh request.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the processing unit executes the code to further perform:

receiving a client request for the page;

generating a client session object for the client request; and

generating an update queue array in the memory device for the client session object including one update queue for the regions of dynamic content in the page.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the processing unit executes the code to further perform:

receiving a client request for information on a requested component instance from one region of the page; and

registering the client session with an event listener providing state change information for the requested component instance, wherein the event listener adds state change information to one update queue for the component type in the update queue array for the registered client session.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the processing unit executes the code to further perform:

determining one event listener providing state change information to the update queue for an instance of the component type other than the requested instance of the component type; and

submitting a request to the determined event listener to unregister the client session for the client submitting the client request.

16. A system for providing data updates to a page, wherein the page includes multiple regions of dynamic content, wherein the regions and the page are displayed within a presentation program executing on a client, wherein a server transfers the page to the client over a network, comprising:

means for detecting state changes;

means for queuing information on the state changes by;

i) maintaining one client session object for each client that has received one page; and

ii) maintaining, a plurality of queues for each client session object to queue information on state changes rendered in the regions of the page, wherein a plurality of queues are associated with client session object, wherein the plurality of queues associated with each one client session object include state change information for regions in the page sent to the client;

means for receiving a refresh request from one client;

means for determining the client session object for the one client submitting the refresh request;

means for determining a queue from the plurality of queues for the determined client session object;

means for returning to the requesting one client state change information from the determined queue to render in at least one region in the page by;

i) generating an update package including content indicating, the detected state changes;

ii) sending the update package to the client, wherein the presentation program in the client renders the content in the update package in at least one region;

wherein the refresh request indicates one region in the page, and wherein determining the queue for the determined client session object further comprises;

means for determining the queue for the client session object that includes state change information for the region indicated in the refresh request.

17. The system of claim 16, further comprising:

means for receiving a client request for the page;

means for generating a client session object for the client request; and

means for generating an update queue array for the client session object including one update queue for the regions of dynamic content in the page.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising:

means for receiving a client request for information on a requested component instance from one region of the page; and

means for registering the client session with an event listener providing state change information for the requested component instance, wherein the event listener adds state change information to one update queue for the component type in the update queue array for the registered client session.

19. The system of claim 18, further comprising:

means for determining one event listener providing state change information to the update queue for an instance of the component type other than the requested instance of the component type; and

means for submitting a request to the determined event listener to unregister the client session for the client submitting the client request.

20. An article of manufacture for providing data updates to a page, wherein the page includes multiple regions of dynamic content that may be separately updated independently of each other, wherein the regions and the page are displayed within a presentation program executing on a client, wherein a server transfers the page to the client over a network, and wherein the article of manufacture causes operations to be performed, the operations comprising:

detecting state changes;

queuing information on the state changes by;

i) maintaining one client session object for each client that has received one page; and

ii) maintaining a plurality of queues for each client session object to queue in formation on state changes rendered in the regions of the page, wherein a plurality of queues are associated with client session objects, and wherein the plurality of queues associated with each client session object include state change information for regions in the page sent to the client;

receiving a refresh request from one client;

determining the client session object for the one client submitting the refresh request;

determining a queue from the plurality of queues for the determined client session object;

returning to the requesting one client state change information from the determined queue to render in at least one region in the page by;

i) generating an update package including content indicating, the detected state changes;

ii) sending the update package including content indicating presentation program in the client renders the content in the update package in at least one region;

wherein the refresh request indicates one region in the page and wherein determining the queue for the determined client session object further comprises;

determining the queue for the client session object that includes state change information for the region indicated, in the refresh request.

21. The article of manufacture of claim 20, wherein queuing information on the state changes further comprises:

maintaining one update queue for at least one region of dynamic content that is capable of being displayed in the presentation program, wherein the update queue includes state change information to be rendered in the at least one region associated with the update queue.

22. The article of manufacture of claim 21, further comprising:

providing an event listener capable of detecting state changes, wherein one event listener is associated with the update queue;

detecting, with the event listener, a state change; and

adding, with the event listener, information on the state change to the update queue associated with the event listener.

23. The article of manufacture of claim 22, wherein one event listener and associated update queue provide state change information for one instance of a component type, wherein the region associated with the update queue renders information in the client presentation program on the instance of the component type.

24. The article of manufacture of claim 21, further comprising:

providing one servlet for each monitored component type; and

instantiating, with the serviet, one event listener for each instance of the component type.

25. The article of manufacture of claim 21, wherein the at least one region and the corresponding update queue provide state change information for one component type.

26. The article of manufacture of claim 20, further comprising:

receiving a client request for the page;

generating a client session object for the client request; and

generating an update queue array for the client session object including one update queue for the regions of dynamic content in the page.

27. The article of manufacture of claim 26, further comprising:

receiving a client request for information on a requested component instance from one region of the page; and

registering the client session with an event listener providing state change information for the requested component instance, wherein the event listener adds state change information to one update queue for the component type in the update queue array for the registered client session.

28. The article of manufacture of claim 27, further comprising:

determining one event listener providing state change information to the update queue for an instance of the component type other than the requested instance of the component type; and

submitting a request to the determined event listener to unregister the client session for the client submitting the client request.