Controlling communication within a container document

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9294334-B2
Application number	US-45670306-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 11, 2006
Priority date	Dec 12, 2005
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

A system that serves content in a container document. The system may include a container server, associated with a first source, the container server identifying a first module for use with a container document, receiving a module specification associated with the first module from a second source, and serving the container document with module data based on the module specification. The module data may reference a second module, the second module being associated with the first source to enable communication between the first and second sources.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
providing, at a computer system, a container document that is hosted by a first domain;
containing by the computer system a first module within the container document in response to a user specifying a reference to a location for the first module, the first module being hosted by a second domain that is distinct from the first domain and distinct from the computer system;
containing by the computer system a second module within the first module, wherein the first module references the second module within the first module, the second module being hosted by and associated with the first domain that hosts the container document, and the second module is distinct from the container document; and
enabling communication between the first and second domains by the computer system;
wherein the method includes automatically executing, by the computer system, commands in the first module and second module, which includes communicating information from one of the first and second domains to the other of the first and second domains.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference to the second module incorporates variable information to be communicated to the second module, wherein the method includes communicating the variable information from the first module to the second module.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the second module extracts the variable information and provides the variable information to the container document.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reference to the second module comprises a uniform resource locator (URL).

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the variable information comprises a portion of a URL string.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the portion of the URL string comprises a URL parameter.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the portion of the URL string comprises at least a portion of a filename.

8. The method of claim 5 wherein the portion of the URL string comprises at least a portion of a subdomain name.

9. The method of claim 5 wherein the portion of the URL string comprises at least a portion of a directory path.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second modules is an independent instance within the container document.

11. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising storing the container document on a first server associated with the first domain.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising storing the first module on a second server associated with the second domain.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising storing the second module on the first server.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first module utilizes an inline frame.

15. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second module utilizes an inline frame.

16. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the container document contains the first module through an IFRAME.

17. The method according to claim 1 , wherein code associated with the first module is isolated from the first domain.

18. A system that serves content in a container document, the system comprising:
a container server comprising a computer system that includes a processor and memory and that is associated with a first domain, the container server for identifying a first module hosted by a second domain for use with the container document hosted by the first domain in response to a user specifying a reference to a location for the first module, receiving a module specification associated with the first module from the second domain, and serving the container document with module data based on the module specification;
wherein the module data references a second module within the first module, the second module being hosted by and associated with the first domain that hosts the container document, and the second module is distinct from the container document,
wherein the second domain is distinct from the first domain, and communication is enabled between the first and second domains, and
wherein commands in the first module and second module are automatically executed by the computer system for communicating information from one of the first and second domains to the other of the first and second domains.

19. A method, comprising:
providing, at a computer system, a first module to be contained within a container document in response to a user specifying a reference to a location for the first module, the container document being hosted by a first domain and the first module being hosted by a second domain that is distinct from the first domain and distinct from the computer system; and
enabling by the computer system communication between the first domain and the second domain by referencing a second module within the first module, the second module being hosted by and associated with the first domain that hosts the container document, wherein the second module is distinct from the container documents;
wherein the method includes automatically executing, by the computer system, commands in the first module and second module, which includes communicating information from one of the first and second domains to the other of the first and second domains.

20. A computer system that provides content to be served in a container document hosted by a first domain, the computer system comprising:
a module server that includes a processor and memory and that is associated with a second domain, the module server being configured to receive a request from the first domain for a first module and provide the first module to the first domain, wherein the module server receives the request in response to a user specifying a reference to a location for the first module;
wherein the first module is hosted by the second domain and includes a reference to a second module within the first module, the second module being hosted by and associated with the first domain that hosts the container document, and the second module is distinct from the container document,
wherein the second domain is distinct from the first domain, and communication is enabled between the first and second domains, and
wherein the first module and second module include commands that are automatically executed by the computer system for communicating information from one of the first and second domains to the other of the first and second domains.

21. A method, comprising:
providing, at a computer system, a container document, the container document being hosted by a first domain;
containing by the computer system a first inline frame within the container document in response to a user specifying a reference to a location for the first inline frame, the first inline frame being hosted by a second domain that is distinct from the first domain;
containing by the computer system a second inline frame within the first inline frame; and
enabling communication between the first and second domains;
the method including automatically executing, by the computer system, commands in the first inline frame and second inline frame, which includes communicating information from one of the first and second domains to the other of the first and second domains,
wherein, the first inline frame includes data to generate a uniform resource locator (URL) string that includes a parameter that references the second inline frame within the first inline frame, the second inline frame being hosted by and associated with t

Assignees

• Rosenstein Justin
• Almeida Filipe
• Parker Dylan
• Sah Adam
• Arvidsson Erik
• Google Inc

Inventors

• Rosenstein Justin
• Almeida Filipe
• Parker Dylan
• Sah Adam
• Arvidsson Erik

Classifications

• G06Q30/02 Primary

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• H04L29/08072 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04L69/329

  in the application layer [OSI layer 7] · CPC title