Controlling a proxy tool with injected widget code

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10346002-B2
Application number	US-201314915371-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 30, 2013
Priority date	Sep 30, 2013
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

A proxy tool can be controlled by injecting widget code into application code of a response to an application request. That response is returned client device such that when the application and widget code are processed, the widget code inserts a widget viewable with the rendered application code. Upon a determination that a subsequent request from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget and not the rendered application code, a state of the proxy tool is updated based on the sub sequent request.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A non-transitory memory resource storing instructions that when executed cause a processing resource to:
inject widget code into application code of a response to an application request, the response to be returned to a client device, the widget code when processed with the application code by the client device inserts a widget viewable with the rendered application code;
upon a determination that a subsequent request from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget and not the rendered application code, modify a state of a proxy tool based on the subsequent request; and
upon a determination that the subsequent request from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget and not the rendered application code, return a response with updated widget code that when processed by the client device causes an update to the widget viewable with the rendered application code.

2. The memory resource of claim 1 , wherein:
the application code when rendered includes controls for interacting with the application; the widget code, when processed inserts a widget having controls for interacting with the proxy tool.

3. The memory resource of claim 2 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processing resource to:
determine whether a subsequent request from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the rendered application code or the controls of the widget;
pass the subsequent request to the control module upon a determination that the subsequent request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the widget;
pass the subsequent request to the application upon a determination that the subsequent request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the rendered application code.

4. The memory resource of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processing resource to selectively inject one of:
widget code that, when processed with the application code by the client device, inserts a widget that overlays the rendered application code; or
widget code that, when processed with the application code by the client device, inserts a widget that does not overlay but is displayed simultaneously with the rendered application code.

5. The memory resource of claim 1 , wherein the proxy tool is a recording tool and wherein:
the instructions are further to cause the processing resource to:
intercept requests from the client device and responses to the requests from the application;
upon a determination that the subsequent request from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget, modify a state of the recording tool such that the recording tool records data from future subsequent requests from the client device.

6. A system for controlling a proxy tool comprising:
at least one processor;
a non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine readable instructions that when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to:
intercept requests from a client devices and responses to those requests from an application to which the requests are directed and to pass the intercepted requests and responses to their intended destinations;
inject widget code into application code of the intercepted responses, the intercepted responses to be passed to the client device, the widget code when processed with the application code by the client device inserts a widget viewable with the rendered application code;
upon a determination that given one of the intercepted requests from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget and not the rendered application code, modify a state of the proxy tool based on the given request; and
upon a determination that a given one of the intercepted requests the requests from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget, return a response with updated widget code that when processed by the client device causes an update to the widget viewable with the rendered application code.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the application code when rendered includes controls for interacting with the application, and the widget code, when processed inserts a widget having controls for interacting with the proxy tool and wherein the instructions are further to cause the at least one processor to:
determine whether a particular one of the intercepted requests from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the rendered application code or the controls of the widget;
pass the particular request to the control module upon a determination that the particular request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the widget; and
pass the particular request to the application upon a determination that the particular request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the rendered application code.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the proxy tool is a recording tool and wherein:
the instructions are further to cause the at least one processor to, upon a determination that the given request corresponds to user interaction with the widget, modify a state of the recording tool such that the recording tool records data from future intercepted requests directed to the application.

9. A method for controlling a proxy tool comprising:
intercepting a response from an application directed to a client device, the response corresponding to a first request from the client device directed to the application;
injecting widget code into the application code of the response, the widget code when processed with the application code by the client device inserts a widget viewable with the rendered application code;
intercepting a second request from the client device and determining whether the second request corresponds to user interaction with the widget or the rendered application code,
upon a determination that the second request corresponds to user interaction with the widget, modifying a state of the proxy tool based on the second request, and
upon a determination that the second request from the client device corresponds to user interaction with the widget and not the rendered application code, returning a response with updated widget code that when processed by the client device causes an update to the widget viewable with the rendered application code.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the proxy tool is a recording tool and wherein modifying comprises selectively instructing the recording tool to:
record data from subsequent intercepted requests from the client device directed to the application; and
stop such recording.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein;
the application code when rendered includes controls for interacting with the application, and the widget code, when processed inserts a widget having controls for interacting with the proxy tool;
determining comprises determining whether the second request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the rendered application code or the controls of the widget;
the method comprises passing the subsequent request to the application upon a determination that the subsequent request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the rendered application code; and
modifying comprises modifying the state of the proxy tool based on the second request only upon a determination that the second request corresponds to user interaction with the controls of the widget.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein injecting includes at least one of:
injecting widget code that, when processed with the application code by the client device, inserts a widget that over

Assignees

• Hewlett Packard Development Co
• Luo Yang
• Jing Zhi Yuan
• Wang Bin
• Ou Yanyan
• Entit Software Llc

Inventors

• Luo Yang
• Jing zhi-yuan
• Wang Bin
• Ou Yanyan

Classifications

• G06F11/3688 Primary

  for test execution, e.g. scheduling of test suites · CPC title

• G06F8/30

  Creation or generation of source code · CPC title

• H04L67/2819

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range · CPC title

• G06F9/451

  Execution arrangements for user interfaces · CPC title