Data transmission and rendering techniques implemented over a client-server system

• US 7,853,870 B2
• Filed: 02/17/2009
• Issued: 12/14/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: JUNE RAY LIMITED
• Original Assignee: IpVenture, Inc.
• Inventors: Paila, Narasimha Rao, Mayya, Ajit Ramachandra, Nguyen, Huy, Norrell, Shannon
• Primary Examiner(s): Ries, Laurie
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US12/378,643
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 665 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/201, 715/202, 715/203, 715/205, 715/206, 715/226, 715/231, 715/234, 715/243, 715/253, 715/255, 715/256, 715/271, 715/273, 715/700, 715/748, 715/749, 715/760, 715/762, 709201-204, 709/207, 709/216, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/223, 709/225, 709/226, 709/230, 709/232, 709/233, 717/100, 717/103, 717/114, 717/115, 717/118, 717/140, 707/609, 707/705, 707/706, 707/707, 707/709, 707/710, 707/713, 707/732, 707/769, 707/70, 707/805, 707/999.001, 707/999.003, 707/999.004, 707/999.1, 705/14.11, 705/26, 705/27, 705/29
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/45512 Command shells
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0609 Buyer or seller confidence or verification
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0611 Request for offers or quotes
• 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

Abstract

A technique is disclosed for generating formatted information for display on a computing device. The computing device may be configured to include at least one interface for communicating with a server system. A request is sent from the computing device to the server system. According to one embodiment, the request may correspond to an HTTP request for information relating to a specific HTML page or web page. A response is then received from the server system. According to one embodiment, the response includes response information comprising embedded instructions and data. The embedded instructions may include instructions for using the data to generate formatted markup information for display on the computing device. The embedded instructions are then executed on the data to thereby generate formatted markup information for display on the computing device. According to a specific embodiment, the formatted markup information corresponds to HTML data to be rendered for display on the computing device.

Claims

1. A computer readable storage medium comprising a plurality of instructions for facilitating accessing information by a user and displaying information for the user via a network, the plurality of instructions, when executed by a computing device, result in the computing device:

receiving a request from another computing device via the network regarding at least a portion of a first set of formatted markup information to be displayed on the another computing device;

transmitting a response to the another computing device, the response being responsive to the request and including embedded data and embedded instructions, giving the another computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information for display on the another computing device by executing at least a portion of the embedded instructions on at least a portion of the embedded data, with the byte size of the at least a portion of the embedded instructions and the at least a portion of the embedded data together being less than the byte size of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information being generated for display, thereby improving the response time for the transmission of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information;

subsequently receiving another request from the another computing device via the network regarding at least a portion of additional formatted markup information to be displayed on the another computing device; and

transmitting another response to the another computing device, the another response being responsive to the another request and including at least another set of embedded data, giving the another computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the additional formatted markup information for display on the another computing device by executing at least a portion of the previously transmitted embedded instructions on at least a portion of the another set of embedded data, wherein the at least a portion of the additional formatted markup information is able to be generated without having to re-transmit the previously transmitted embedded instructions,

wherein the first set of formatted markup information includes a plurality of items for the user to select via the another computing device, and a search user interface to enable the user to submit search data to the computing device,

wherein in response to submitted search data, the computing device enables formatted markup information regarding search results to be displayed by the another computing device, and

wherein at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information corresponds to hypertext markup language (HTML) data to be rendered for display on the another computing device.

2. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the embedded instructions include scripting language code, which can be interpreted by the browser application.

3. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 2, wherein at least a portion of the scripting language code is implemented using JavaScript.

4. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the embedded data is in ASCII text format.

5. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the embedded data is in Unicode.

6. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the search data submitted corresponds to a selection of one of the items.

7. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 6, wherein the search results are related to the one of the items.

8. The computer readable storage medium as recited in claim 1, wherein the search user interface enables the user to submit search data to a webstore, which, upon receiving the search data, accesses a database to retrieve at least a portion of the search results.

9. A computing device for facilitating accessing information by a user and displaying information for the user via a network, the computing device comprising:

at least one CPU;

memory; and

at least one interface for communicating with another computing device;

the computing device being configured or designed to receive a request from the another computing device via the network regarding at least a portion of a first set of formatted markup information to be displayed on the another computing device;

the computing device being further configured or designed to transmit a response to the another computing device, the response being responsive to the request and including embedded data and embedded instructions, giving the another computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information for display on the another computing device by executing at least a portion of the embedded instructions on at least a portion of the embedded data, with the byte size of the at least a portion of the embedded instructions and the at least a portion of the embedded data together being less than the byte size of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information being generated for display, thereby improving the response time for the transmission of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information;

the computing device being further configured or designed to subsequently receive another request from the another computing device via the network regarding at least a portion of additional formatted markup information to be displayed on the another computing device; and

the computing device being further configured or designed to transmit another response to the another computing device, the another response being responsive to the another request and Including at least another set of embedded data, giving the another computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the additional formatted markup information for display on the another computing device by executing at least a portion of the previously transmitted embedded instructions on at least a portion of the another set of embedded data, wherein the at least a portion of the additional formatted markup Information can be able to be generated without having to re-transmit the previously transmitted embedded instructions,

wherein the first set of formatted markup information includes a plurality of items for the user to select via the another computing device, and a search user interface to enable the user to submit search data to the computing device,

wherein in response to submitted search data, the computing device enables formatted markup information regarding search results to be displayed by the another computing device, and

wherein at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup Information corresponds to hypertext markup language (HTML) data to be rendered for display on the another computing device.

10. The computing device as recited in claim 9, wherein the embedded instructions include scripting language code, which can be interpreted by the browser application.

11. The computing device as recited in claim 10 wherein at least a portion of the scripting language code is implemented using JavaScript.

12. The computing device as recited in claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the embedded data is in ASCII text format.

13. The computing device as recited in claim 9 wherein at least a portion of the embedded data is in Unicode.

14. The computing device as recited in claim 9 wherein the search data submitted corresponds to a selection of one of the items.

15. The computing device as recited in claim 14, wherein the search results are related to the one of the items.

16. The computing device as recited in claim 9 wherein the search user interface enables the user to submit search data to a webstore, which, upon receiving the search data, accesses a database to retrieve at least a portion of the search results.

17. A computer device for facilitating accessing information by a user and displaying information for the user via a network, the computing device comprising:

at least one CPU;

memory; and

at least one interface for communicating with another computing device;

the computing device being configured or designed to receive a request from the another computing device via the network regarding at least a portion of a first set of formatted markup Information to be displayed on the another computing device;

the computing device being further configured or designed to transmit a response to the another computing device, the response being responsive to the request and including embedded data and embedded instructions, giving the another computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup Information for display on the another computing device by executing at least a portion of the embedded instructions on at least a portion of the embedded data, with the byte size of the at least a portion of the embedded instructions and the at least a portion of the embedded data together being less than the byte size of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information being generated for display, thereby improving the response time for the transmission of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information;

the computing device being further configured or designed to subsequently receive another request from the another computing device via the network regarding at least a portion of additional formatted markup Information to be displayed on the another computing device; and

the computing device being further configured or designed to transmit another response to the another computing device, the another response being responsive to the another request and including at least another set of embedded data, giving the another computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the additional formatted markup Information for display on the another computing device by executing at least a portion of the previously transmitted embedded instructions on at least a portion of the another set of embedded data, wherein the at least a portion of the additional formatted markup information can be generated without having to re-transmit the previously transmitted embedded instructions,

wherein the first set of formatted markup information includes contact information,

wherein the additional formatted markup information includes additional contact information, and

wherein at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup Information corresponds to hypertext markup language (HTML) data to be rendered for display on the another computing device.