Optimizing host application presentation space recognition events through matching prioritization

A system for optimizing recognition of presentation space data generated by a legacy host application in a computing environment, comprising:

• means for organizing a plurality of presentation space definitions into a plurality of pools, such that each of said logically contains zero or more of said presentation space definitions, and wherein a prioritized order is established among said plurality of pools;
• means for monitoring at least one data stream for arrival of presentation space data, to detect arrival of a presentation space;
• means for comparing said arrived presentation space to said plurality of presentation space definitions in each successive one of said plurality of pools, according to said prioritized order among said pools, until detecting a match or determining that no match is possible;
• and
• means for notifying a target software routine to process said arrived presentation space upon detecting a said match by said means for comparing.

A method for optimizing recognition of presentation space data generated by a legacy host application in a computing environment, comprising the steps of:

• organizing a plurality of presentation space definitions into a plurality of pools, such that each of said pools logically contains zero or more of said presentation space definitions, and wherein a prioritized order is established among said plurality of pools;
• monitoring at least one data stream for arrival of presentation space data, to detect arrival of a presentation space;
• comparing said arrived presentation space to said plurality of presentation space definitions in each successive one of said plurality of pools, according to said prioritized order among said pools, until detecting a match or determining that no match is possible;
• and
• notifying a target software routine to process said arrived presentation space upon detecting a said match by said comparing step.

A method of optimizing recognition of presentation space data generated by a legacy host application, the method comprising steps of:

• associating a frequency counter with each of a plurality of presentation space definitions, each of the frequency counters having a value that counts a number of times the associated presentation space definition has matched a presentation space arriving in a data stream;
• comparing each arriving presentation space that is detected in the data stream to the presentation space definitions, starting from the presentation space definition having a highest-valued frequency counter and successively proceeding to the presentation space definition having each next-highest-valued frequency counter, until detecting a match or determining that no match is possible;
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• upon detecting the match, incrementing the value of the frequency counter for the compared-to presentation space definition and notifying a target software routine to process the arriving presentation space.