FREQUENT CONTENT CONTINUITY VISUAL ASSISTANCE IN CONTENT BROWSING
First Claim
1. A method for frequent content retrieval in a content browser, the method comprising:
- retrieving requested content from a content server from over a computer communications network;
comparing the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content;
annotating the retrieved requested content to visually emphasize a frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content in response to a threshold difference between the retrieved requested content and the cached version; and
,returning the annotated retrieved requested content to a content browser for display therein.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for frequent content retrieval in a content browser. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for frequent content retrieval in a content browser is provided. The method includes retrieving requested content from a content server from over a computer communications network and comparing the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content. The retrieved requested content thereafter can be annotated to visually emphasize a frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content in response to a threshold difference between the retrieved requested content and the cached version. Finally, the annotated retrieved requested content can be returned to a content browser for display therein.
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15 Claims
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1. A method for frequent content retrieval in a content browser, the method comprising:
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retrieving requested content from a content server from over a computer communications network; comparing the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content; annotating the retrieved requested content to visually emphasize a frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content in response to a threshold difference between the retrieved requested content and the cached version; and
,returning the annotated retrieved requested content to a content browser for display therein. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A content browsing data processing system configured for frequent content retrieval, the system comprising:
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a host computer with memory and at least one processor, the host computer communicatively coupled to at least one content server from over a computer communications network; and
,a frequent content retrieval module executing in the memory of the host computer and coupled to a content browser and a page cache, the module comprising program code enabled upon execution in the host computer to retrieve requested content from a content server from over the computer communications network, to compare the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content in the page cache, to annotate the retrieved requested content to visually emphasize a frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content in response to a threshold difference between the retrieved requested content and the cached version, and to return the annotated retrieved requested content to the content browser for display therein. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer program product for frequent content retrieval in a content browser, the computer program product comprising:
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a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising; computer readable program code for retrieving requested content from a content server from over a computer communications network; computer readable program code for comparing the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content; computer readable program code for annotating the retrieved requested content to visually emphasize a frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content in response to a threshold difference between the retrieved requested content and the cached version; and
,computer readable program code for returning the annotated retrieved requested content to a content browser for display therein. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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