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Accelerating web access by predicting user action

  • US 6,055,569 A
  • Filed: 01/27/1998
  • Issued: 04/25/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/27/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method to predict, in a computer network, what information is next to be downloaded from a server into a memory cache of a client computer comprising the steps of:

  • contacting a server as requested by a client computer;

    retrieving a page of information associated with the server address requested, said page of information containing at least one link to other pages of information;

    displaying the page of information on said client computer;

    reading a key word containing a probability weight encoded in a tag denoting said link;

    matching said probability weight with a predetermined criteria residing in the client computer; and

    downloading the information associated with said link into the memory cache of said client computer if said probability weight meets said criteria;

    wherein the access time required to view the next page selected is greatly reduced.

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