Method for extracting document data from multiple sources for display on a communication device
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsDan Mihai DUMITRU, Rakesh Kumar ARORA, Michael Randy ROSSI
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Abstract
A method operable on a mobile communication device, comprising opening a browser session and issuing an HTTP request for document data, wherein the request includes an XML descriptor added to headers of the HTTP request for identifying the request and the document data being requested, and receiving an HTTP response including the XML descriptor along with document binary data representing respective chunks of the document data for display on the mobile communication device
Claims17
A method operable on a mobile communication device, comprising:
- opening a browser session and issuing an HTTP request for document data, said request having an XML descriptor added to headers of the HTTP request for identifying the request and said document data;
- and
- receiving an HTTP response including said XML descriptor along with document binary data representing respective chunks of said document data for display on said mobile communication device.
A method operable on a proxy server, comprising:
- receiving an HTTP request for document data, said request having an XML descriptor added to headers of the HTTP request for identifying the request and said document data;
- searching for said XML descriptor in the headers of the HTTP request and in response to locating said XML descriptor determining that the request is a request for an attachment and issuing a request for the attachment;
- and
- receiving an XML response and document binary data, said XML response including said XML descriptor, packaging the XML descriptor in response HTTP headers and transmitting the response and document binary data.
A method operable on an attachment server, comprising:
- receiving a GET HTTP request for an attachment, said GET HTTP request that including an XML descriptor in the HTTP headers thereof;
- and
- transmitting an XML response and document binary data representing at least one chunk of said attachment, said XML response including said XML descriptor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.