US 10,242,023 B2 · Programming model for synchronizing browser caches across devices and web services

Abstract

A computer user may use a computing environment comprising a set of computers that respectively feature a web browser having a browser cache containing many types of data objects, including application resources and user-generated data files. However, the contents of a browser cache significantly contribute to the computing environment of a computer, and the computing environments presented by each computer may diverge, providing an inconsistent computing environment. Instead, the contents of browser caches of the computers comprising the computing environment may be synchronized across computers. Additionally, the browser cache may be synchronized with the other data objects of a computing environment (such as relevant portions of the filesystem); the synchronizing may be implemented as an out-of-browser process executing independently of the applications, and even when the browser is not executing; and the synchronization may be exposed through a programmatic access with which web applications may interact.

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Dependent claims

A system that synchronizes a local browser application cache of applications presented within a browser on a computer comprising a memory and a remote browser application cache of a remote device, the system comprising:

a browser application cache monitor comprising instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the computer to detect a local update of content of at least one application resource of at least one application represented in the local browser application cache that executes within the browser;
a browser application cache synchronizer comprising instructions stored in the memory that, when executed by the browser, cause the computer to:
responsive to the browser application cache monitor detecting the local update, transmit the local update of the content of the at least one application resource to the remote device for application to the remote browser application cache;
and
responsive to receiving, from the remote device, a remote update of at least one data object of the remote browser application cache, apply the remote update to the local browser application cache;
and
an application provider that, responsive to a request by the application executing within the browser to access an application resource, provides the application resource from the local browser application cache to the application.

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Programming model for synchronizing browser caches across devices and web services

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Programming model for synchronizing browser caches across devices and web services

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