Methods, Systems, and Products for Updating Web Content

• US 20100169286A1
• Filed: 03/12/2010
• Published: 07/01/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Bellsouth Intellectual Property Corporation (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Hackworth, Keith
• Granted Patent: US 8,117,171 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/689
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for dynamically updating web content using W3C standards. One such method sends a request to a web server for a web page. A web browser receives and renders a static HTML web page. The web browser periodically sends a query to the web server and, in response, receives a latest date and time stamp indicating the latest update to the web page. The web browser compares the latest date and time stamp to a previously stored date and time stamp representing a previous update. If the latest date and time stamp matches the previously stored date and time stamp, then no update has occurred and no update is required. If, however, the date and time stamps do not match, then the web page has changed since the previous update and the web browser retrieves the latest update to the web page.

Claims

1. A method for dynamically updating web content, comprising:

rendering a static portion of a web page by a web browser;

receiving a date and time stamp indicating a most recent version of a dynamic portion of the web page;

comparing the date and time stamp to a previously stored date and time stamp representing a previous version of the dynamic portion of the web page; and

when the date and time stamp matches the previously stored date and time stamp, then rendering the dynamic portion of the web page, as the dynamic portion of the web page is unchanged.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising querying for the dynamic portion of the web page when the date and time stamp does not match the previously stored date and time stamp.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving the static portion of the web page.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving the dynamic portion of the web page.

5. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a recent version of the dynamic portion of the web page.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising receiving a static file comprising the date and time stamp indicating a most recent version of the dynamic portion of the web page.

7. The method according to claim 1, further comprising periodically querying for the dynamic portion of the web page according to the configurable time parameter.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor executing code stored in memory, the code causing the processor to;

render a static portion of a web page by a web browser;

receive a date and time stamp indicating a most recent version of a dynamic portion of the web page;

comparing the date and time stamp to a previously stored date and time stamp representing a previous version of the dynamic portion of the web page; and

when the date and time stamp matches the previously stored date and time stamp, then render the dynamic portion of the web page, as the dynamic portion of the web page is unchanged.

9. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to query for the dynamic portion of the web page.

10. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to query for the dynamic portion of the web page when the date and time stamp does not match the previously stored date and time stamp.

11. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to receive the static portion of the web page.

12. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to receive the dynamic portion of the web page.

13. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to query for the dynamic portion of the web page when a null or empty response is received for the previously stored date and time stamp.

14. The system according to claim 8, further comprising code that causes the processor to receive a static file comprising the date and time stamp.

15. A computer readable medium storing processor executable code for performing a method, the method comprising:

rendering a static portion of a web page by a web browser;

receiving a date and time stamp indicating a most recent version of a dynamic portion of the web page;

comparing the date and time stamp to a previously stored date and time stamp representing a previous version of the dynamic portion of the web page; and

when the date and time stamp matches the previously stored date and time stamp, then rendering the dynamic portion of the web page, as the dynamic portion of the web page is unchanged.

16. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising code for querying for the dynamic portion of the web page when the date and time stamp does not match the previously stored date and time stamp.

17. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising code for receiving the static portion of the web page.

18. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising code for receiving the dynamic portion of the web page.

19. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising code for receiving a recent version of the dynamic portion of the web page.

20. The computer readable medium according to claim 15, further comprising code for receiving a static file comprising the date and time stamp.