Browser-based user interface and control architecture with priority attributes

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions for processing event registrations in a browser-based user interface and control architecture of a browser-enabled device, the browser-based user interface and control architecture having a browser core, a browser framework, and a user interface, the user interface being written using a markup language, comprising instructions for:

• defining events to be processed by the browser core;
• assigning priorities to the defined events, wherein the defined events include:
• a first set of events associated with telephony functions;
• and a second set of events associated with browsing functions;
• receiving an event registration, the received event registration having a response unique resource identifier (URI) content and a priority field, the event registration being received by the browser framework;
• examining the priority field of the received event registration to determine priority of the received event registration;
• if the browser core is loading the response URI content of a prior event registration, then determining if the priority of the received event registration is higher than the priority of the prior event registration;
• and
• if the priority of the received event registration is higher than the priority of the prior event registration, then halting the loading of the response URI content of the prior event registration and starting to load the response URI content of the received event registration.

A browser-enabled device, comprising:

• a processor;
• memory;
• and
• a browser-based user interface and control architecture comprising
• an operating system kernel;
• a browser core;
• a user interface written using the markup language
• a browser framework, the browser framework having an application programming interface (API) configured to:
• defining events to be processed by the browser core;
• assigning priorities to the defined events, wherein the defined events include:
• a first set of events associated with telephony functions;
• and
• a second set of events associated with browsing functions;
• receive an event registration, the event registration having a response unique resource identifier (URI) content and a priority field;
• examine the priority field of the event registration to determine priority of the received event registration;
• if the browser core is loading the response URI content of a prior event registration, then determine if the priority of the received event registration is higher than the priority of the prior event registration;
• and
• if the priority of the received event registration is higher than the priority of the prior event registration, then halt loading of the response URI content of the prior event registration and start loading the response URI content of the received event registration.