Systems and methods for rule based dynamic selection of rendering browsers

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10430595-B2
Application number	US-201615273020-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 22, 2016
Priority date	Sep 22, 2016
Publication date	Oct 1, 2019
Grant date	Oct 1, 2019

Abstract

Embodiments for rendering content by a processor are provided. A request to render content is received. A rendering browser to render the content on a computing device is selected from a plurality of rendering browsers. The selecting of the rendering browser is based on security information associated with at least one of the content and the plurality of rendering browsers.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for rendering content by a processor, comprising:
receiving a request to render content;
selecting a rendering browser from a plurality of rendering browsers to render the content on a computing device, wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is based on security information associated with the content and the plurality of rendering browsers; and wherein the security information includes at least an operating system (OS) type and an OS patch level of the computing device, and a browser type and a browser patch level of the plurality of rendering browsers;
pursuant to selecting the rendering browser, assigning a score to each of the plurality of rendering browsers based on a plurality of factors associated with the content and the plurality of rendering browsers; wherein the score is further used in determining the selection of the rendering browser and is weighted according to each of the plurality of factors comprising at least: a security risk of the content, and language support, performance characteristics and a user preference of the plurality of rendering browsers; and
automatically instantiating the selected rendering browser and causing the content to be rendered by the selected rendering browser on the computing device.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is further based on security information about the computing device.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is further based on the performance characteristics associated with the computing device and information associated with an owner of the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the content is stored on a second computing device that is remote from the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1 , further including causing an indication of the selected rendering browser to be generated by the computing device.

6. A system for rendering content, comprising:
a processor that
receives a request to render content;
selects a rendering browser from a plurality of rendering browsers to render the content on a computing device, wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is based on security information associated with the content and the plurality of rendering browsers; and wherein the security information includes at least an operating system (OS) type and an OS patch level of the computing device, and a browser type and a browser patch level of the plurality of rendering browsers;
pursuant to selecting the rendering browser, assigns a score to each of the plurality of rendering browsers based on a plurality of factors associated with the content and the plurality of rendering browsers; wherein the score is further used in determining the selection of the rendering browser and is weighted according to each of the plurality of factors comprising at least: a security risk of the content, and language support, performance characteristics and a user preference of the plurality of rendering browsers; and
automatically instantiates the selected rendering browser and causes the content to be rendered by the selected rendering browser on the computing device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor further selects the rendering browser based on security information about the computing device.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor further selects the rendering browser based on the performance characteristics associated with the computing device and information associated with an owner of the computing device.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the content is stored on a second computing device that is remote from the computing device.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor causes an indication of the selected rendering browser to be generated by the computing device.

11. A computer program product for rendering content by a processor, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion that receives a request to render content;
an executable portion that selects a rendering browser from a plurality of rendering browsers to render the content on a computing device, wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is based on security information associated with the content and the plurality of rendering browsers; and wherein the security information includes at least an operating system (OS) type and an OS patch level of the computing device, and a browser type and a browser patch level of the plurality of rendering browsers;
an executable portion that, pursuant to selecting the rendering browser, assigns a score to each of the plurality of rendering browsers based on a plurality of factors associated with the content and the plurality of rendering browsers; wherein the score is further used in determining the selection of the rendering browser and is weighted according to each of the plurality of factors comprising at least: a security risk of the content, and language support, performance characteristics and a user preference of the plurality of rendering browsers; and
an executable portion that automatically instantiates the selected rendering browser and causes the content to be rendered by the selected rendering browser on the computing device.

12. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is further based on security information about the computing device.

13. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the selecting of the rendering browser is further based on the performance characteristics associated with the computing device and information associated with an owner of the computing device.

14. The computer program product of claim 11 , wherein the content is stored on a second computing device that is remote from the computing device.

15. The computing program product of claim 11 , further including an executable portion that causes an indication of the selected rendering browser to be generated by the computing device.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Chennamsetty Ramamohan
• Davis Iii Charles K
• Dotson Christopher R
• Lingafelt Charles S

Classifications

• G06F21/62 Primary

  Protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules · CPC title

• G06F21/51 Primary

  at application loading time, e.g. accepting, rejecting, starting or inhibiting executable software based on integrity or source reliability · CPC title