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Accessing page bundles on a portable client having intermittent network connectivity

  • US 6,505,242 B2
  • Filed: 01/08/2002
  • Issued: 01/07/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/22/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a computing environment capable of having a connection to a network, computer readable code for enabling offline Web page processing, the computer readable code being readable by a computer system in the computing environment and comprising:

  • a subprocess for intercepting a user request for a page, the subprocess operating on a client in the network;

    a subprocess for determining if the page is stored locally;

    a subprocess for retrieving the requested page from a local storage when the subprocess for determining has a positive outcome;

    a subprocess for sending a request for the page to a server in the network when the subprocess for determining has a negative outcome;

    a subprocess for receiving, responsive to the request for the page, a page bundle, wherein the page bundle comprises a plurality of files packaged together as a transmission unit, the files comprising the requested page and one or more other files which are related to the requested page;

    a subprocess for storing the received page bundle in the local storage;

    a subprocess for delivering the requested page to the user from the local storage; and

    a subprocess for responding to subsequent requests for the requested page, or to requests for one or more of the other files, by retrieving the subsequently-requested page or the requested other file(s) from the local storage without needing a connection to the server.

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