Systems and methods for accelerated playback of rich internet applications
View Patent ↗Embodiments of systems and methods for accelerated playback of rich internet applications are disclosed. For example, one embodiment of the present invention includes a method having the steps of determining a frame rate associated with a rich internet application, the rich internet application comprising a plurality of frames; determining at least one timing signal to be generated by the rich internet application; and determining at least one frame at which the timing signal would be output at the frame rate. The method further includes generating each of the plurality of frames of the rich internet application at a rate greater than the frame rate; and outputting the at least one timing signal when the at least one frame associated with the timing signal is generated. In another embodiment, a computer-readable media includes code for a carrying out such a method.
1. A system comprising:
a memory;
a database comprising categorized search terms;
a network interface; and
a processor in communication with the memory, the database and the network interface, the processor configured to:
perform a web crawl to identify a plurality of rich internet applications for indexing;
retrieve the plurality of rich internet applications; and
for each rich internet application:
determine a frame rate associated with the rich internet application, the rich internet application comprising a plurality of frames,
determine at least one timing signal to be generated by the rich internet application,
determine at least one frame of the plurality of frames at which the at least one timing signal would be output at the frame rate,
generate each of the plurality of frames of the rich internet application at a rate greater than the frame rate,
output the at least one timing signal when the at least one frame associated with the timing signal is generated,
after generating each frame:
parse the generated frame to identify at least one text field associated with the generated frame; and
extract text from the at least one text field; and
store an association between the extracted text and the rich internet application in the database.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to categorize the extracted text for searching.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rate is as fast as possible.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the rate comprises a fixed rate having a multiple of the frame rate.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to categorize the extracted text for searching.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the rich internet applications comprises a tree having at least two branches, the tree describing the order of the plurality of frames.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate each of the plurality of frames of the at least one rich internet application by generating each of the plurality of frames in a depth-first order based at least in part on the tree.
8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processor is further configured to generate each of the plurality of frames of the at least one rich internet application by generating each of the plurality of frames in a breadth-first order based at least in part on the tree.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least on of the rich internet applications comprises an application in SWF format.
10. A method comprising:
performing a web crawl to identify a plurality of rich internet applications for indexing;
retrieving the plurality of rich internet applications; and
for each rich internet application:
determining a frame rate associated with the rich internet application, the rich internet application comprising a plurality of frames,
determining at least one timing signal to be generated by the rich internet application,
determining at least one frame of the plurality of frames at which the at least one timing signal would be output at the frame rate,
generating each of the plurality of frames of the rich internet application at a rate greater than the frame rate,
outputting the at least one timing signal when the at least one frame associated with the timing signal is generated,
after generating each frame:
parsing the generated frame to identify at least one text field associated with the generated frame; and
extracting text from the at least one text field; and
storing an association between the extracted text and the rich internet application in the database.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the rate is as fast as possible.
12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising categorizing the extracted text for searching.
13. The method of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the rich internet applications comprises a tree having at least two branches, the tree describing the order of the plurality of frames.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating each of the plurality of frames of the at least one rich internet application comprises generating each of the plurality of frames in a depth-first order based at least in part on the tree.
15. The method of claim 13 , wherein generating each of the plurality of frames of the at least one rich internet application comprises generating each of the plurality of frames in a breadth-first order based at least in part on the tree.
16. The method of claim 10 , wherein the rate comprises a fixed rate having a multiple of the frame rate.
17. The method of claim 10 , wherein the rate is as fast as possible.
18. The method of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the rich internet applications comprises an application in SWF format.
19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is encoded computer code configured to cause a processor to execute a method comprising:
performing a web crawl to identify a plurality of rich internet applications for indexing;
retrieving the plurality of rich internet applications; and
for each rich internet application:
determining a frame rate associated with the rich internet application, the rich internet application comprising a plurality of frames,
determining at least one timing signal to be generated by the rich internet application,
determining at least one frame of the plurality of frames at which the at least one timing signal would be output at the frame rate,
generating each of the plurality of frames of the rich internet application at a rate greater than the frame rate,
outputting the at least one timing signal when the at least one frame associated with the timing signal is generated,
after generating each frame:
parsing the generated frame to identify at least one text field associated with the generated frame; and
extracting text from the at least one text field; and
storing an association between the extracted text and the rich internet application in the database.
20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the rate is as fast as possible.
21. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein at least one of the rich internet applications comprises a tree having at least two branches, the tree describing the order of the plurality of frames.
22. The computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein generating each of the plurality of frames of the at least one rich internet application comprises generating each of the plurality of frames in a depth-first order based at least in part on the tree.
23. The computer-readable medium of claim 21 , wherein generating each of the plurality of frames of the at least one rich internet application comprises generating each of the plurality of frames in a breadth-first order based at least in part on the tree.
24. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the rate comprises a fixed rate having a multiple of the frame rate.
25. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the rate is as fast as possible.
26. The computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the rich internet application comprises a Flash™ application.