A Practical Software Model for Content Aggregation in Browsers Using Recent Advances in HTML5

摘要

The two main HTML5 features which can help with content aggregation are WebSockets and WebWorkers. WebSockets add two-way connection-based communication capability between browser and server, similar to a standard network socket API. WebWorkers add multi-threading capability to the otherwise single-threaded browser environment and can run in the background. This paper exploits these features as part of realtime video streaming in a browser.