Method and apparatus integrating navigation and saving the writable state of applications

• US 9,092,262 B2
• Filed: 11/05/2014
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/27/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jan Rippingale, Susan Pottish
• Original Assignee: I-Rescue Technologies LLC (General Patent Corporation)
• Inventors: Rippingale, Jan
• Primary Examiner(s): Bullock, Jr., Lewis A
• Assistant Examiner(s): GOORAY, MARK A
• Application Number:
  US14/533,336
• Publication Number:
  US 20150058856A1
• Time in Patent Office: 265 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1402 Saving, restoring, recovering or retrying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1438 Restarting or rejuvenating
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1469 Backup restoration techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/443 Optimisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/461 Saving or restoring of program or task context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4881 Scheduling strategies for dispatcher, e.g. round robin, multi-level priority queues
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

The invention includes a computerized method responding to a navigation cue from a user by saving the writable state of the application and directing the computer through the window operating system to perform the navigation task 36 indicated by the navigation cue. The invention includes the following, which will each be discussed in turn. An alteration mechanism including means for altering window operating system by altering the hook triggered by each navigation cue to integrate saving the writable state. The window operating system integrating response to each navigation cue and saving the writable state. Source code artifacts which can be installed to implement navigation cues triggering saving the writable state. A business method generating revenue for a business entity.

Claims

1. A method, comprising the step of:

responding to a navigation cue within an application by an window operating system directing at least one computer, further comprising the step of;

operating a hook triggered by said navigation cue that saves a writable state of said application, while said navigation cue is being executed, comprising

invocation of a trigger to said navigation cue to insert at least one task entry into a task list maintained by said window operating system,

executing said task entry and thereby saving a said writable state of said application using said window operating system directing said computer, further comprising

writing said writable state of said application to a non-volatile memory encapsulating enough of the state of said application that at least one view open at the time of writing may be reconstructed,

posting said writable state to a cache with a save-to-non-volatile memory flag, or

forcing said cache to flush said writable state to said non-volatile memory; and

directing said computer through the window operating system to perform the navigation task indicated by said navigation cue.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the step invocation of a trigger to said navigation cue to insert, further comprises the steps:

inserting a first of said task entries into said task list to perform a saving task of said writable state of said application using said window operating system directing said computer; and

inserting a second of said task entries into said task list directing said computer through the window operating system to perform said navigation task indicated by said navigation cue.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said writable state is saved to said non-volatile memory.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step:

altering a second window operating system to create said window operating system, comprising the step;

altering the hook of said second window operating system triggered by said navigation cue to integrate saving said writable state of said application, for each of a plurality of navigation cues.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step altering said hook, further comprises the step:

intercepting a trigger to said navigation cue to insert at least one task entry into the task list maintained by the second window operating system to perform

saving said writable state of said application using said window operating system directing said computer and

directing said computer through the window operating system to perform said navigation task indicated by said navigation cue.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of using an artifact further comprising at least one of the steps of:

downloading said artifact;

accessing said artifact from a removable memory device;

using said artifact to alter said window operating system for said computer;

using said artifact to build said window operating system for another of said computers;

using said artifact to alter a second of said window operating system; and

using said artifact to build said second of said window operation system.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein said artifact, comprising:

a response directive to said navigation cue for said window operating system, comprising;

a first directive to save said writable state of said application; and

a second directive to perform said navigation task indicated by said navigation cue.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein said artifact is included in a removable memory device or a download package.

9. The method of claim 6, wherein for at least one of the steps of using, further comprises at least one of the steps of:

installing said artifact on said computer;

decompressing at least part of said artifact to create a decompressed content;

building a directory structure populated at least in part by said decompressed content;

compiling based upon the contents of said artifact to create a compiled result;

assembling based upon at least one of said contents of said artifact and said compiled result to create an assembled result;

compiling based upon at least one of said contents of said artifact, said compiled result, and said assembler result to create a linked result;

using at least one of said directory structure, said decompressed content, said compiled result, said assembled result, and said link result to alter said window operating system;

using at least one of said directory structure, said decompressed content, said compiled result, said assembled result, and said link result to create said window operating system;

using at least one of said directory structure, said decompressed content, said compiled result, said assembled result, and said link result to alter said second of said window operating system; and

using at least one of said directory structure, said decompressed content, said compiled result, said assembled result, and said link result to create said second of said window operating system.