Server side web browsing and multiple lens system, methods and apparatus

• US 9,684,734 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2011
• Issued: 06/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CDN Innovations, LLC (IP Investments Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: Zarbana Digital Fund LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Hiang-Swee
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Faber, David
• Application Number:
  US13/160,356
• Publication Number:
  US 20110246570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,198 Days
• Field of Search: 715200, 715201, 715234, 715239, 715243, 715252, 715273, 715255, 715249
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles

Abstract

A user may access a host server and receive display information within a single browser window. The display information includes at least one lens, wherein each lens controls server side web browsing and allows the user to view a separate web page from the Internet. The host server provides personalized web browsing capability specific to a particular user independent of the browser, device or location of the user. After the user submits a request to view a particular web page, the web page information is retrieved by the host server and transmitted to the user for display within a selected lens. Each lens controls server-side web browsing through independent navigational controls, such as a horizontal and vertical scroll bar, a resize button and the like. One lens may also control the web content displayed in another lens. The host server may reformat entire web pages so that they can be displayed within a lens without the need for scrolling. Additionally, each lens may have multiple cookies associated therewith. Users may further submit bookmarks which are applicable to one or more of the lenses. Bookmarks may be recognized through initiating a single command.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an electronic device configured to;

receive, over a network, a request for a first user session, the request originating from a first remote device;

wherein the first user session comprises a first remote web browser session;

prior to receiving the request for the first user session, detect an end of a second user session that is different than the first user session, wherein the second user session comprises a second remote web browser session that is different than the first remote web browser session, the second remote web browser session corresponding to a second remote device;

access a particular one of a plurality of records of a database responsive to detecting the end of the second user session, wherein the database comprises fields for storing user names, passwords, and a history of web pages viewed;

responsive to receiving the request for the first user session, recognize predetermined information included in the received request and, responsive to recognizing the predetermined information included in the request, match the request to the particular one of the records and use information added to said record at a time of said accessing to generate display information to correspond to a display user interface configuration of the end of the second user session, said display information for presentation within a window of a web browser on the first remote device;

transmit, over the network, said display information to the first remote device;

wherein the display information is based on received command data that includes a URL (uniform resource locator) having attributes comprising at least a port number and a command name-value pair, the received command data to implement a programming script to perform at least one of displaying a presentation lens associated with the web browser at a position in the window based on coordinates specified by the received command data, tiling the presentation lens and at least one other presentation lens associated with the web browser, or showing the presentation lens and the at least one other presentation lens in a horizontal row of the window.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first remote device and the second remote device comprise different platforms.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second remote device is different than the first remote device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is configured to:

responsive to detecting the end of the second user session, retain information about the display user interface configuration in non-volatile memory.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the presentation lenses are to be arranged according to an arrangement of a plurality of presentation lenses of a web browser used in the second user session.

6. The apparatus of claim 5, further comprising:

a memory configured to store a plurality of cookies,

wherein the electronic device is further configured to associate each cookie with a respective one of the plurality of records in the database, and to designate each cookie as belonging to a respective one of the plurality of presentation lenses of said web browser used in the second user session.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving, over a network, a request for a first user session, the request originating from a first remote device;

wherein the first user session comprises a first remote web browser session;

prior to receiving the request for the first user session, detecting an end of a second user session that is different than the first user session, wherein the second user session comprises a second remote web browser session that is different than the first remote web browser session, the second remote web browser session corresponding to a second remote device;

accessing a particular one of a plurality of records of a database responsive to detecting the end of the second user session, wherein the database comprises fields for storing user names, passwords, and a history of web pages viewed;

responsive to receiving the request for the first user session, matching the request to the particular one of the records and using information added to said record at a time of said accessing to generate display information configured for creating a plurality of presentation lenses to be displayed within a window of a web browser on the first remote device, wherein the plurality of presentation lenses is to be arranged according to the display information in a first display user interface configuration to correspond with a second display user interface configuration of the end of the second user session; and

transmitting, over the network, said display information to the first remote device;

wherein the display information is based on received command data that includes a URL (uniform resource locator) having attributes comprising at least a port number and a command name-value pair, the received command data to implement a programming script to perform at least one of displaying a presentation lens of the plurality of presentation lenses at a position in the window based on coordinates specified by the received command data, tiling the presentation lens and at least one other presentation lens of the plurality of presentation lenses, or showing the presentation lens and the at least one other presentation lens in a horizontal row of the window.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing a plurality of cookies;

associating each cookie with a respective one of the plurality of records in the database; and

designating each cookie as belonging to a respective one of a plurality of presentation lenses of the associated record.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

storing a plurality of histories of web pages visited;

associating each history with a respective one of the plurality of records in the database; and

designating each history as belonging to a respective one of a plurality of presentation lenses of the associated record.

10. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

wherein a first one of the lenses of the plurality of presentation lenses comprises a first display area and first navigation controls configured to control information displayed in the first display area; and

wherein a second one of the lenses of the plurality of presentation lenses comprises a second display area and second navigation controls configured to control information displayed in the second display area.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

at a start of the first user session, displaying in the first display area a last web page visited in a corresponding presentation lens of the second user session.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the electronic device is configured to:

at the start of the first user session, display in the second display area a last web page visited in a different corresponding presentation lens of the second user session.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the first remote device and the second remote device comprise different platforms.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the second remote device is different than the first remote device.

15. An electronic device, comprising:

means for associating user identifiers with stored display user interface configuration settings, wherein a first one of the stored display user interface configuration settings is different than a second one of the stored display user interface configuration settings;

means for matching a user identifier value included in a request for a first user session received over a network and originating from a first remote device to a particular one of the stored display user interface configuration settings that was accessed in response to detection of an end of a second user session that is different than the first user session;

wherein the first user session comprises a first remote web browser session and the second user session comprises a second remote web browser session that is different than the first remote web browser session, the second remote web browser session corresponding to a second remote device and associated with the user identifier value; and

means for generating, using information added to said particular one of the stored display user interface configuration settings at a time of said accessing, display information to be transmitted over the network and which is configured for creating a plurality of presentation lenses to be displayed within a window of a web browser on the first remote device, wherein the plurality of presentation lenses is to be arranged in a first display user interface configuration according to the display information to correspond with a second display user interface configuration of the end of the second user session;

wherein the display information is based on received command data that includes a URL (uniform resource locator) having attributes comprising at least a port number and a command name-value pair, the received command data to implement a programming script to perform at least one of displaying a presentation lens of the plurality of presentation lenses at a position in the window based on coordinates specified by the received command data, tiling the presentation lens and at least one other presentation lens of the plurality of presentation lenses, or showing the presentation lens and the at least one other presentation lens in a horizontal row of the window.

16. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising:

means for storing a plurality of cookies; and

means for associating each cookie with a respective one of a plurality of presentation lenses of a respective one of the stored display user interface configuration settings.

17. The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising:

means for storing a plurality of histories of web pages visited; and

means for associating each history with a respective one of a plurality of presentation lenses of a respective one of the stored display user interface configuration settings.

18. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the display information is configured to cause a different last web page to be displayed in each presentation lens of the plurality of presentation lenses.

19. The electronic device of claim 15, wherein the second remote device is different than the first remote device.