Displaying web pages without downloading static files

• US 8,291,312 B1
• Filed: 03/06/2012
• Issued: 10/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 03/06/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhou, Xin
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Maikhanh
• Application Number:
  US13/413,376
• Time in Patent Office: 224 Days
• Field of Search: 715/200, 715/201, 715/202, 715/204, 715/205, 715/206, 715/207, 715/209, 715/226, 715/234, 715/235, 715/236, 715/238, 715/239, 715/243, 715/249, 715/251, 715/253, 715/255, 715/256, 715/273, 715/700, 715/760, 709/201, 709/202, 709/203, 709/204, 709/205, 709/217, 709/218, 709/219, 709/220, 709/221, 709/223
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0809 Plug-and-play configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/16 Threshold monitoring
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]

Abstract

A computing device is configured to receive a configuration file. The configuration filed includes at least one reference to a static file associated with a web page of a website. The static file is ranked as a most-downloaded static file, of a plurality of static files, by a provider of the configuration file and the website. The computing device is further configured to retrieve the static file based on the reference; store the static file in a memory local to the computing device; receive a request for the web page; identify the static file for the web page; and use the static file to display the web page in a browser associated with the computing device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a computing device, a configuration file,

the configuration file including a reference to a static file associated with a web page of a website, and

the static file being ranked as a most-downloaded static file, of a plurality of static files, by a provider of the configuration file and the website,

storing, by the computing device, the configuration file in a memory local to the computing device;

retrieving, by the computing device, the static file based on the reference;

storing, by the computing device, the static file in the memory local to the computing device;

receiving, by the computing device, a request for the web page;

identifying, by the computing device, the static file for the web page;

using, by the computing device, the static file to display the web page in a browser associated with the computing device;

determining, by the computing device, whether a period of inactivity of the browser is greater than a threshold;

identifying, by the computing device, a first identifier associated with an updated configuration file;

determining, by the computing device, whether the first identifier matches a second identifier of the configuration file;

transmitting, by the computing device and to the provider, a request for the updated configuration file when the period of inactivity is greater than the threshold and when the first identifier does not match the second identifier;

receiving, by the computing device, the updated configuration file from the provider; and

replacing, by the computing device, the configuration file, in the memory local to the computer device, with the updated configuration file.

2. The method of claim 1, where using the static file comprises:

determining whether a version of the static file, stored in the memory local to the computing device, matches a version of the static file needed for the web page, and

retrieving the static file from the memory local to the computing device when the version of the static file, stored in the memory local to the computing device, matches the version of the static file needed for the web page.

3. The method of claim 2, where, when the version of the static file, stored in the memory local to the computing device, does not match the version of the static file needed for the web page, the method further comprises:

downloading an updated version of the static file from a provider of the web page,

replacing the static file, in the memory local to the computing device, with the updated version of the static file, and

using the updated version of the static file to display the web page in the browser associated with the computing device.

4. The method of claim 1,

where the configuration file further comprises a second reference to a second static file associated with a second web page of a second website,

where the website is different from the second website, and

where the second static file is ranked as a second most-downloaded static file, of the plurality of static files, by the provider.

5. The method of claim 1,

where the updated configuration file comprises:

a first reference to a new version of the static file, and

a second reference to a second static file associated with a second web page of a second website, and

where the configuration file does not include any static file associated with the second website.

6. The method of claim 1, where receiving the configuration file comprises:

transmitting, to a provider of the configuration file, a request for a plug-in or update for the browser; and

receiving the plug-in or update with the configuration file.

7. The method of claim 1, where the static file is one of an image file, a JavaScript file, a cascading style sheet (CSS) file, or a dynamic content file.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

a plurality of instructions which, when executed by at least one processor of a computing device, cause the at least one processor to;

receive a configuration file,

the configuration file including a reference to a static file associated with a web page of a website, and

the static file being ranked as a most-downloaded static file, of a plurality of static files, by a provider of the configuration file and the website, retrieve the static file based on the reference,

store the static file in a memory local to the computing device,

receive a request for the web page,

identify the static file for the web page, and

use the static file to display the web page in a browser associated with the computing device,

determine whether a period of inactivity of the browser is greater than a threshold,

identify a first identifier associated with an updated configuration file,

determine whether the first identifier matches a second identifier of the configuration file,

transmit, to the provider, a request for an updated configuration file when the period of inactivity is greater than the threshold and when the first identifier does not match the second identifier,

receive the updated configuration file from the provider, and

replace the configuration file, in the memory local to the computer device, with the updated configuration file.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where one or more instructions, of the plurality of the instructions, to identify the static file comprise one or more instructions to:

transmit a web page request for the web page to the provider of the web page,

receive information for the web page from the provider, and

identify the static file based on the information.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the static file is one of an image file, a JavaScript file, a cascading style sheet (CSS) file, or a dynamic content file.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where one or more instructions, of the plurality of instructions, to receive the configuration file comprise one or more instructions to:

transmit a request for a plug-in or update for the browser,

receive the plug-in or the update, where the plug-in or update includes the configuration file, and

store the configuration file in the memory local to the computer device.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the updated configuration file comprises:

a first reference to a new version of the static file, and

a second reference to a different static file required for the web page or a different web page.

13. A system comprising:

a memory to store a configuration file and a static file,

the configuration file including a reference to the static file,

the static file being for a web page, and

the static file being ranked as a most-downloaded static file, of a plurality of static files, by a provider of the configuration file; and

a processor to;

retrieve the static filed based on the reference,

store the static filed in the memory,

transmit a request for the web page to a server that provides the web page,

receive information associated with the web page from the server,

identify the static file for the web page based on the information,

use the static file to display the web page in a browser,

determine whether a period of inactivity of the browser is greater than a threshold,

identify a first identifier associated with an updated configuration file,

determine whether the first identifier matches a second identifier of the configuration file,

transmit a request for the updated configuration file when the period of inactivity is greater than the threshold and when the first identifier does not match the second identifier,

receive the updated configuration file from the provider based on the request for the updated configuration file, and

replace the configuration file, in the memory, with the updated configuration file.

14. The system of claim 13, where the processor is further to:

transmit a request for an update for the browser,

receive the update with the configuration file, and

store the configuration file in the memory.

15. The system of claim 13, where the processor is further to:

transmit a request for a plug-in for the browser,

receive the plug-in with the configuration file, and

store the configuration file in the memory.