Method of caching web resources

• US 20010023476A1
• Filed: 05/18/2001
• Published: 09/20/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Michael D. Rosenzweig
• Original Assignee: Michael D. Rosenzweig
• Inventors: Rosenzweig, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 6,526,479 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 711/118
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching

Abstract

Various methods of caching web resources include caching in accordance with a number of times accessed, a frequency of access, or a duration of access. One method of caching web resources includes the step of accessing a first web resource. The first web resource is cached, if no other web resource is accessed after a pre-determined period of time. Another method of caching web resources includes the step of accessing a first web resource. The first web resource is cached, if the first web resource is subsequently accessed more than a pre-determined number of times. Another method of caching web resources includes the step of accessing a plurality of web resources. The accessed web resources are cached as cached web resources in accordance with at least one of a number of times accessed, a frequency of access, or a duration of access. An apparatus comprises storage media containing caching logic for caching web resources. The caching logic includes instructions to cache selected web resources as cached web resources in accordance with at least one of a number of times accessed, a frequency of access, or a duration of access. The selected web resources correspond to a subset of a plurality of accessed web resources.

Claims

1. A method of caching web resources, comprising the steps of:

accessing a first web resource; and

caching the first web resource, if no other web resource is accessed after a pre-determined period of time.

2. The method of

claim 1

wherein the first web resource is cached in a random access memory.

3. The method of

claim 1

wherein the first web resource is cached in a nonvolatile memory.

4. The method of

claim 3

wherein the nonvolatile memory is one of a magnetic disk and a flash electrically erasable programmable read only memory (flash EEPROM).

5. The method of

claim 1

further comprising the step of:

accessing a web resource other than the first web resource; and

retrieving the cached first web resource in response to a subsequent request to access the first web resource.

6. The method of

claim 1

wherein the first web resource is a web page.

7. The method of

claim 1

wherein the first web resource is a file for producing at least one of a sound and a movie.

8. A method of caching web resources, comprising the steps of:

accessing a first web resource; and

caching the first web resource, if the first web resource is subsequently accessed more than a pre-determined number of times.

9. The method of

claim 8

wherein the first web resource is cached in a random access memory.

10. The method of

claim 8

wherein the first web resource is cached in nonvolatile memory.

11. The method of

claim 10

wherein the nonvolatile memory is one of a magnetic disk and a flash electrically erasable programmable read only memory (flash EEPROM).

12. The method of

claim 8

further comprising the steps of:

accessing a web resource other than the first web resource; and

retrieving the cached first web resource in response to a subsequent request to access the first web resource.

13. The method of

claim 8

wherein the first web resource is a web page.

14. The method of

claim 8

wherein the first web resource is a file for producing at least one of a sound and a movie.

15. A method of caching web resources, comprising the steps of:

accessing a plurality of web resources; and

caching accessed web resources as cached web resources in accordance with one of a number of times accessed, a frequency of access, or a duration of access.

16. The method of

claim 15

wherein web resources are cached in random access memory.

17. The method of

claim 15

wherein web resources are cached in nonvolatile memory.

18. The method of

claim 15

wherein the nonvolatile memory is at least one of a magnetic disk and a flash electrically erasable programmable read only memory (flash EEPROM).

19. The method of

claim 15

further comprising the step of:

retrieving a cached web resource from a cache in response to an access request for a previously accessed web resource, if the cached web resource corresponds to the previously accessed web resource.

20. The method of

claim 15

wherein an accessed web resource is selected for caching if the accessed web resource is accessed a pre-determined number of times within a pre-determined time period.

21. The method of

claim 15

wherein an accessed web resource is selected for caching if the accessed web resource is accessed a pre-determined number of times.

22. The method of

claim 15

wherein an accessed web resource is selected for caching if no other web resource is accessed after a pre-determined period of time.

23. The method of

claim 15

wherein the first web resource is a web page.

24. The method of

claim 15

wherein the first web resource is a file for producing at least one of a sound, an image, and a movie.

25. An apparatus comprising:

storage media containing caching logic for caching web resources, wherein the caching logic includes instructions to cache selected web resources as cached web resources in accordance with at least one of a number of times accessed, a frequency of access, or a duration of access, wherein the selected web resources correspond to a subset of a plurality of accessed web resources.

26. The apparatus of

claim 25

further comprising:

a cache, wherein the caching logic includes instructions to retrieve a cached web resource from the cache in response to an access request for a previously accessed web resource, if the cached web resource corresponds to the previously accessed web resource.

27. The apparatus of

claim 25

wherein an accessed web resource is selected for caching if the accessed web resource is accessed a pre-determined number of times within a pre-determined time period.

28. The method of

claim 25

wherein an accessed web resource is selected for caching if the accessed web resource is accessed a pre-determined number of times.

29. The method of

claim 25

wherein an accessed web resource is selected for caching if no other web resource is accessed after a pre-determined period of time.

30. The apparatus of

claim 25

wherein the instructions form a portion of at least one of an operating system and a browser.