WEB PAGE ACCELERATIONS FOR WEB APPLICATION HOSTED IN NATIVE MOBILE APPLICATION

• US 20170346876A1
• Filed: 05/27/2016
• Published: 11/30/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 05/27/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Lim, Kean Ee
• Granted Patent: US 10,447,759 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to systems and methods for accelerating loading, parsing, and rendering of a web page hosted by a native mobile application. In one aspect, a manifest file including at least resources for rendering the webpage hosted by the native mobile application may be stored in a local web cache. A request may be sent, via the native mobile application, to a website associated with the native mobile application for the webpage. While initial content of the webpage is loading, the resources stored in the local web cache may be loaded into a browser document object model (DOM). The webpage may be rendered within the native mobile application in a user interface.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory encoding computer executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, perform a method for accelerating loading, parsing, and rendering of a web page hosted by a native mobile application, the method comprising;

storing a manifest file including at least resources for rendering the webpage hosted by the native mobile application in a local web cache;

sending a request, via the native mobile application, to a website associated with the native mobile application for the webpage;

while initial content of the webpage is loading, loading the resources stored in the local web cache into a browser document object model (DOM); and

rendering the webpage within the native mobile application in a user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises sending a request to the website for additional resources for rendering the webpage, wherein the additional resources include resources not included in the manifest file.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the method further comprises downloading the additional resources.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the method further comprises loading the additional resources into the browser DOM.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the resources for rendering the web page hosted by the native mobile application include at least Javascript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) frameworks associated with the native mobile application.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises while the initial content of the webpage is loading, pre-compiling the resources for rendering the webpage in response to loading the resources stored in the local web cache into the browser document object model (DOM).

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises while the initial content of the webpage is loading presenting a loading status indicator within the native mobile application.

8. A computer-implemented method for pre-loading webpage data by a native mobile application, the method comprising:

sending a request from the native mobile application to a service for a latest version of a manifest file, wherein the manifest file includes at least resources for rendering a webpage hosted by the native mobile application;

when the service has the latest version of the manifest file, downloading the latest version of the manifest file from the service; and

storing the latest version of the manifest file in a local web cache.

9. The computer-implemented of claim 8, further comprising sending a request from the native mobile application to the service for a latest version of a manifest file in response to launching the native mobile application.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the resources for rendering the web page hosted by the native mobile application include at least Javascript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) frameworks associated with the native mobile application.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, further comprising in response to receiving a selection of an icon associated with a website in the native mobile application, sending a request for the webpage to the website.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising while an initial payload associated with the webpage hosted by the native mobile application is loading, loading the resources stored in the local web cache into a browser document object model (DOM).

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, further comprising receiving the initial payload associated with the webpage hosted by the native mobile application from the website.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 13, further comprising sending a request to the website for additional resources for rendering the webpage hosted by the native mobile application, wherein the additional resources include resources not included in the manifest file.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 14, further comprising downloading the additional resources for rendering the webpage hosted by the native mobile application.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 15, further comprising rendering the webpage within the native mobile application in a user interface.

17. A system comprising:

one or more computer readable storage media; and

program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to at least;

in response to receiving a selection of a native mobile application icon, launch a native mobile application associated with the native mobile application icon;

send a request to a service for a manifest file, wherein the manifest file includes at least resources for rendering a web page hosted by the native mobile application;

download the manifest file from the service; and

store the manifest file in a local web cache.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the service includes at least a content delivery network and a native mobile application service.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the manifest file is a latest version of the manifest file.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the resources for rendering the web page hosted by the native mobile application include at least Javascript and Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) frameworks associated with the native mobile application.