WEBSITE OBJECT-REQUEST METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 20120317496A1
• Filed: 06/10/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm Innovation Center Incorporated (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Bojin, Vicisano, Lorenzo, Khorashadi, Behrooz, Das, Saumitra M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,782,532 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/748
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/561 Adding application-functional data or data for application control, e.g. adding metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5651 Reducing the amount or size of exchanged application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72445 for supporting Internet browser applications

Abstract

A mobile computing device adapted to request to receive a plurality of objects comprising a website in a new order, the new order being different than an original order, wherein, at least a portion of the original order comprises an order provided from a base level website object. The new order for requesting to receive the plurality of objects is based on at least one of a plurality of metrics. The metrics comprise a depth of each of the plurality of objects, one or more children of the plurality of objects, an object type for each of the plurality of objects, whether a connection has been established with a domain servicing each of the plurality of objects, and when the connection was last established to the domain servicing each of the plurality of objects.

Claims

1. A mobile computing device adapted to request to receive a plurality of objects comprising a website in a new order, the new order being different than an original order, wherein,

at least a portion of the original order comprises an order provided from a base level website object;

and

the new order for requesting to receive the plurality of objects is based on one or more metrics, the one or more metrics comprising,

a depth of one or more of the plurality of objects;

a number and file size of any children of the plurality of objects;

an object type of one or more of the plurality of objects;

a total number of domains servicing the plurality of objects;

whether a connection has been established with a domain servicing one or more of the plurality of objects; and

when the connection was last established to the domain servicing one or more of the plurality of objects.

2. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein,

the base level website object provides a website structure;

the mobile computing device comprises a web browser;

the web browser is adapted to request the plurality of objects in the new order; and

the new order for requesting the plurality of objects is further based on a dependency of each of the plurality of objects on any other of the plurality of objects.

3. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein,

the one or more metrics are received from one or more network devices;

the one or more network devices are adapted to provide the one or more metrics to the mobile computing device through one of,

a first file comprising at least one of the plurality of objects, and a second file comprising,

the one or more metrics, and

a dependency graph comprising the dependency of each of the plurality of objects on any other of the plurality of objects; and

a single file comprising,

at least one of the plurality of objects,

the one or more metrics, and

the dependency graph.

4. The mobile computing device of claim 3 wherein,

the one or more metrics are received from the one or more network devices by the first file and the second file;

and

the mobile computing device receives the first file before receiving the second file.

5. The mobile computing device of claim 1 wherein,

the depth of each of the plurality of objects comprises a number of objects in a longest path among all paths from each of the plurality of objects to each child of the plurality of objects;

one or more children of the plurality of objects comprises,

one or more objects dependent upon at least one of the plurality of objects, and

a total aggregate file size for the one or more objects dependent upon at least one of the plurality of objects; and

in the new order for requesting to receive the plurality of objects,

requesting to receive a first object comprising a greater number of objects in the longest path among all paths to any child of the first object before requesting a second object comprising a lesser number of objects in the longest path among all paths to any child of the second object,

requesting a third object comprising a greater number of objects dependent upon the third object before requesting a fourth object comprising a lesser number of objects dependent upon the fourth object,

requesting a fifth object comprising a script object type before requesting a sixth object comprising a non-script object type,

requesting a seventh object comprising an object serviced by a first domain having a connection currently established to the domain before requesting an eighth object comprising an object serviced by a second domain not having a connection currently established to the second domain,

requesting a ninth object comprising an object serviced by a third domain having a less-recently established connection to the domain before requesting a tenth object comprising an object serviced by a fourth domain having a more-recently established connection to the domain.

6. A mobile computing system comprising,

means for hosting a website having at least one base-level object on a website host device, wherein the at least one base-level website object references a plurality of additional objects;

means for coupling a plurality of website object hosting devices to a network, each of the plurality of website object hosting devices,

comprising at least one network domain, and

hosting at least one of the plurality of additional objects; and

means for providing a mobile computing device one or more metrics from a proxy device, the one or more metrics comprising at least one of,

a depth of one or more of the plurality of additional objects;

a number of children one or more of the plurality of additional objects;

an object type for one or more of the plurality of additional objects;

whether a connection has been established with the plurality of website object hosting devices servicing one or more of the plurality of additional objects; and

when a connection was last established to the plurality of website object hosting devices servicing one or more of the plurality of additional objects.

7. The mobile computing system of claim 6 wherein, one of the, mobile computing device, website host device, at least one of the plurality of website object hosting devices, and the proxy device is adapted to determine an order for requesting to receive the plurality of additional objects based on,

the dependency of each of the plurality of additional objects on any of the other plurality of additional objects, and

at least one of the one or more metrics.

8. The mobile computing system of claim 7 wherein, the order for requesting to receive the plurality of additional objects comprises at least one of,

requesting a first object comprising a greater number of objects in a longest path among all paths from the first object to each child of the first object before requesting a second object comprising a lesser number of objects in the longest path among all paths from the second object to each child of the second object;

requesting a first object comprising at least one of,

a greater number of objects dependent upon the first object, and

a larger total aggregate file size of the objects dependent upon the first object, before requesting a second object comprising at least one of,

a lesser number of objects dependent upon the second object, and

a smaller total aggregate file size of the object dependent upon the second object;

requesting a first object comprising a script object type before requesting a second object comprising a non-script object type;

requesting a first object comprising an object serviced by a first domain having a connection established to the first domain before a requesting second object comprising an object serviced by a second domain not having a connection established to the second domain; and

requesting a first object comprising an object serviced by a domain having a less-recently established connection before requesting a second object comprising an object serviced by a domain having a more-recently established connection.

9. The mobile computing system of claim 6 wherein, the mobile computing device is adapted to receive an order of requesting the plurality of additional objects from the proxy device, wherein the order of requesting the plurality of additional objects comprises a new order different than an original order, the new order being based on at least one of the one or more metrics.

10. The mobile computing system of claim 6 further comprising,

a first connection established between the mobile computing device and the website host, wherein the at least one base-level website object is provided to the mobile computing device from the website host across the first connection;

and

a second connection established between the mobile computing device and the proxy device, wherein, provided to the mobile computing device from the proxy device across the second connection is the at least one of the one or more metrics.

11. The mobile computing system of claim 6 wherein, the proxy device comprises a third-party device adapted to analyze the at least one base-level website object, the third-party device being operated by a different service provider than the mobile computing device and the website host.

12. The mobile computing system of claim 6 wherein, at least one of the plurality of website object hosting devices comprises the website host device.

13. A method of requesting a plurality of objects comprising a file comprising,

determining a dependency of the plurality of objects on any other of the plurality of objects;

determining one or more metrics for the plurality of objects, the one or more metrics comprising,

a depth of one or more of the plurality of objects;

at least one of,

a number of children for one or more of the plurality of objects, and

a total aggregate file size of the children for one or more of the plurality of objects;

an object type of one or more of the plurality of objects;

whether a connection is currently established to a domain hosting one or more of the plurality of objects;

when the connection was last established to the domain servicing each of the plurality of objects; and

requesting the plurality of objects in an order adapted to render the file, wherein the order of requesting the plurality of objects is based on,

the dependency of each of the plurality of object on any other of the plurality of objects, and

the one or more metrics.

14. The method of claim 13 further comprising,

setting a first TCP connection timeout for a first connection servicing a first domain having a first number of the plurality of objects;

setting a second TCP connection timeout for a second connection servicing a second domain having a second number of the plurality of objects;

wherein,

the first connection is different than the second connection;

the first number of the plurality of objects is greater than the second number of the plurality of objects; and

the first TCP connection timeout is longer than the second TCP connection timeout.

15. The method of claim 13 wherein,

the file comprises a website;

at least one object of the plurality of objects comprises one or more first children, at least one of the one or more first children having one or more second children; and

further comprising,

establishing a first connection with a domain servicing at least one of the one or more first children in parallel with establishing a second connection with a domain servicing at least one of the one or more second children.

16. The method of claim 13 wherein, requesting the plurality of objects in an order adapted to render the file comprises,

requesting a first object comprising a greater number of objects in a longest path among all paths from the first object to each child of the first object before requesting a second object comprising a lesser number of objects in the longest path among all paths from the second object to each child of the second object;

requesting a first object comprising at least one of,

a greater number of objects dependent upon the first object, and

a larger total aggregate file size of the objects dependent upon the first object,

before requesting a second object comprising at least one of,

a lesser number of objects dependent upon the second object, and

a smaller total aggregate file size of the object dependent upon the second object;

requesting a first object comprising a script object type before requesting a second object comprising a non-script object type;

requesting a first object comprising an object serviced by a first domain having a connection established to the first domain before a requesting second object comprising an object serviced by a second domain not having a connection established to the second domain; and

requesting a first object comprising an object serviced by a domain having a less-recently established connection before requesting a second object comprising an object serviced by a domain having a more-recently established connection.

17. A non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium, encoded with processor readable instructions to perform a method of requesting to receive a plurality of website objects, the method comprising,

requesting to view a website comprising the plurality of website objects, wherein one of the plurality of objects comprising a base-level website object;

receiving the base-level website object;

receiving information about one or more of the plurality of website objects, the information comprising one or more of,

a dependency of each of the plurality of objects on any other of the plurality of objects;

a depth of each of the plurality of objects,

a number of children for each of the plurality of objects,

an object type for each of the plurality of objects,

whether a connection has been established with a domain servicing each of the plurality of objects, and

when the connection was last established to the domain servicing each of the plurality of objects; and

requesting to receive the plurality of website objects in an order based on the information about the one or more of the plurality of objects.

18. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the method further comprises,

receiving the base-level website object from a first network device;

and

receiving the information about one or more of the plurality of objects from a second network device.

19. The non-transitory, tangible computer readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein, the base-level website object comprises at least a portion of the information about one or more of the plurality of objects.

20. The non-transitory, tangible computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 wherein, the one or more of the plurality of objects comprises a first first-level object.