Delivery of instructions in host application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10003639-B2
Application number	US-201715494355-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2017
Priority date	Dec 5, 2014
Publication date	Jun 19, 2018
Grant date	Jun 19, 2018

Abstract

Embodiments of the systems described herein can implement one or more processes remotely delivering customized code to a host application and/or computing device. The host application may be configured as an Application Programming Interface with a customized code processing library that may configure the host application to receive further instructions remotely. The host application may be further configured to execute host code and/or third-party code. The host application may be configured to receive remote application logic, after the host application has been installed on a computing device, and to execute the received application logic to alter the behavior of the host application, such as selectively tracking end user interactions.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A method of tracking with an electrical computer and digital processing system, the method comprising:
under control of a physical user computing device comprising digital logic circuitry:
executing a host application comprising first instructions that are configured to generate a first event indicating a first user interaction with the physical user computing device;
determining, using the first instructions, to ignore the first event;
executing the host application to generate a second event indicating a second user interaction with the physical user computing device;
loading, in the host application, second application logic received from a first remote network server, the second application logic comprising second instructions which are different from the first instructions, wherein the second application logic is loadable by a browser application which is different from the host application;
before recompiling the host application with the second instructions, determining, using the second application logic, to track the second event; and
executing the second instructions specified by the second application logic to cause the physical user computing device to transmit data associated with the second event.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second application logic further comprises JavaScript.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein executing the second instructions specified by the second application logic further causes the physical user computing device to:
construct an HTTP call comprising the data associated with the second event, wherein transmitting the data associated with the second event further comprises executing the HTTP call.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
sending a request to a second remote network server;
receiving, from the second remote network server, a response to the request, the response comprising a token; and
sending the token to the first remote network server.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the second application logic received from the first remote network server further comprises the token, and wherein transmitting the data associated with the second event further comprises transmitting the token.

6. The method of claim 4 , further comprising:
executing a background thread to wait for the response from the second remote network server.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the step of before recompiling the host application with the second instructions comprises determining, using the second application logic, to track the second event without recompiling the host application with the second instructions.

8. Non-transitory physical computer storage comprising instructions stored thereon for implementing, in one or more computer hardware processors, a method comprising:
executing a host application comprising first instructions that are configured to generate a first event indicating a change in a first state of the physical user computing device;
loading, in the host application, second application logic received from a first remote network server, the second application logic comprising second instructions which are different from the first instructions;
before recompiling the host application with the second instructions, determining, using the second application logic, to track the first event; and
executing the second instructions specified by the second application logic to cause the physical user computing device to transmit data associated with the first event.

9. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 8 , wherein the second application logic further comprises JavaScript.

10. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 8 , wherein executing the second instructions specified by the second application logic further causes the physical user computing device to:
construct an HTTP call comprising the data associated with the first event, wherein transmitting the data associated with the first event further comprises executing the HTTP call.

11. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 8 , wherein the method further comprises:
sending a request to a second remote network server;
receiving, from the second remote network server, a response to the request, the response comprising a token; and
sending the token to the first remote network server.

12. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 11 , wherein the second application logic received from the first remote network server further comprises the token, and wherein transmitting the data associated with the first event further comprises transmitting the token.

13. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 11 , wherein the method further comprises:
executing a background thread to wait for the response from the second remote network server.

14. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 8 , wherein the second application logic is loadable by a browser application which is different from the host application.

15. The non-transitory physical computer storage of claim 8 , wherein the step of before recompiling the host application with the second instructions comprises determining, using the second application logic, to track the second event without recompiling the host application with the second instructions.

16. A system comprising:
non-transitory physical computer storage configured to store a host application; and
a computer hardware processor in a physical user computing device, the computer hardware processor being in communication with the non-transitory physical computer storage and configured to:
execute the host application comprising first instructions that are configured to generate a first event indicating a change in a first state of the physical user computing device;
load, in the host application, second application logic received from a first remote network server, the second application logic comprising second instructions which are different from the first instructions;
before recompiling the host application with the second instructions, determine, using the second application logic, to track the first event; and
execute the second instructions specified by the second application logic to cause the physical user computing device to transmit data associated with the first event.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the second application logic further comprises JavaScript.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein executing the second instructions specified by the second application logic further causes the physical user computing device to:
construct an HTTP call comprising the data associated with the first event, wherein transmitting the data associated with the first event further comprises executing the HTTP call.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the computer hardware processor is further configured to:
send a request to a second remote network server;
receive, from the second remote network server, a response to the request, the response comprising a token; and
send the token to the first remote network server.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein the second application logic received from the first remote network server further comprises the token, and wherein transmitting the data associated with the first event further comprises transmitting the token.

21. The system of claim 16 , wherein the second application logic is loadable by a browser application which is different from the host application.

22. The system of

Assignees

• Tealium Inc

Inventors

• Mcwilliams Patrick
• Koo Jason Lap-Wing
• Hartman Chad Major
• Webster Iv George Thomas
• Hoang Son Phi

Classifications

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title

• G06F9/542 Primary

  Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications · CPC title

• H04L67/22

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L67/10 Primary

  in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network (software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46) · CPC title

• H04L67/42

  Electricity · mapped topic