Method and system for selectively caching web elements
First Claim
1. In a client/server Internet/Intranet network environment, a method of caching comprising:
- generating a table, said table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, said table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page;
when a request for a web page is made, checking the requested web page'"'"'s URL and time stamp and URL and time stamp of the requested web page'"'"'s corresponding elements with the URL and time stamp listed in the table to determine whether any modification has been made; and
selectively downloading in a cache only those elements which are deemed to have been modified.
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Abstract
The present method for selective web caching comprises the steps of generating a table, the table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, the table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page; when a request for a web page is made, checking the requested web page'"'"'s URL and time stamp and URL and time stamp of the requested web page'"'"'s corresponding elements with the URL and time stamp listed in the table to determine whether any modification has been made; and selectively downloading in a cache only those elements which are deemed to have been modified.
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29 Claims
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1. In a client/server Internet/Intranet network environment, a method of caching comprising:
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generating a table, said table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, said table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page;
when a request for a web page is made, checking the requested web page'"'"'s URL and time stamp and URL and time stamp of the requested web page'"'"'s corresponding elements with the URL and time stamp listed in the table to determine whether any modification has been made; and
selectively downloading in a cache only those elements which are deemed to have been modified. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a client/server Internet/Intranet network environment, a method of caching comprising:
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generating a table, said table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, said table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page;
when a request for a web page is made, checking the requested web page'"'"'s URL and time stamp with the table to determine whether any modification has been made to the web page, said requested web page containing a plurality of elements;
downloading the requested web page but interrupting the download before the elements are downloaded;
checking the elements'"'"' URL and time stamp with the table to determine whether any modification has been made to any of the elements; and
selectively downloading into a cache only those elements which are deemed to have been modified. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. In a client/server Internet/Intranet network environment, a method of caching comprising:
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generating a table, said table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, said table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page;
checking periodically the requested web page'"'"'s URL and time stamp and URL and time stamp of the requested web page'"'"'s corresponding elements with the URL and time stamp listed in the table to determine whether any modification has been made; and
selectively downloading in a cache only those elements which are deemed to have been modified. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for caching comprising:
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a table, said table comprising a URL, a time of last access and a time stamp of a web page, said table further comprising a URL, time of last access and time stamp of elements found on the web page;
a mechanism for checking a requested web page'"'"'s URL and time stamp and URL and time stamp of the requested web page'"'"'s corresponding elements with the URL and time stamp listed in the table to determine whether any modification has been made; and
a mechanism for selectively downloading in a cache only those elements which are deemed to have been modified. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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