Pre-rendering web content

• US 8,799,759 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2010
• Issued: 08/05/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Falkenberg, Matthias, Jacob, Richard, Laertz, Stephan, Sambale, Sascha
• Primary Examiner(s): Paula, Cesar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blackwell, James H
• Application Number:
  US12/966,282
• Publication Number:
  US 20120151308A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,331 Days
• Field of Search: 715200-203, 715/205, 715/234, 715/236, 715/760, 715/822, 715/853, 715/860, 709/203, 709217-219, 709223-224, 709227-229, 707/E17.12, 707/E17.107, 707/E17.119, 705 1452- 1453
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics

Abstract

A method and computer program product for pre-rendering web content is described. A method may comprise receiving, via a computing device, an implicit indication of a request for web content associated with a web element. The method may further comprise pre-rendering the web content associated with the web element based upon, at least in part, the implicit indication of the request for the web content.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

displaying a single web page that includes one or more web elements;

receiving, via a computing device, an implicit indication of a request for web content associated with a web element of the one or more web elements;

pre-rendering the web content associated with the web element based upon, at least in part, the implicit indication of the request for the web content, wherein the implicit indication includes feedback from a camera detecting a specific item viewed by a user, and wherein pre-rendering the web content is further based upon, at least in part, a history of implicitly requested pre-rendered web content;

if an explicit request is received for web content associated with at least two of the one or more web elements included in the single web page, pre-rendering the web content associated with each of the plurality of web elements included in the single web page; and

deleting the pre-rendered web content if the explicit request had been received for the web content.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the web content at the computing device based upon, at least in part, the explicit request for the web content.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

delivering the pre-rendered web content to the computing device based upon, at least in part, the explicit request for the web content.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the web content is linked from the web element.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the implicit indication includes, at least in part, at least one of:

a cursor action associated with the web element, a clicking action associated with the web element, the explicit request for the web content, and accessing the web content.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the web element is at least one of:

text, lines of text, a link, an image, video content, audio content, and the web content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein pre-rendering the web content is further based upon, at least in part, a navigation profile of the user.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the pre-rendered web content is stored in a cache until, at least one of:

the web content changes after a time frame, and the time frame ends without explicit request for the web content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the implicit indication is based upon, at least in part, selection of a key configured, at least in part, to allow the user to launch at least one of:

a new web browser window, and a new web browser tab in response to the right clicking action.

10. A computer program product residing on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a plurality of instructions stored thereon, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

displaying a single web page that includes one or more web elements;

receiving an implicit indication of a request for web content associated with a web element;

pre-rendering the web content associated with the web element based upon, at least in part, the implicit indication of the request for the web content, wherein the implicit indication includes feedback from a camera detecting a specific item viewed by a user, and wherein pre-rendering the web content is further based upon, at least in part, a history of implicitly requested pre-rendered web content;

if an explicit request is received for web content associated with at least two of the one or more web elements included in the single web page, pre-rendering the web content associated with each of the remaining web elements included in the single web page; and

deleting the pre-rendered web content if the explicit request had been received for the web content.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising instructions for:

displaying the web content at the computing device based upon, at least in part, the explicit request for the web content.

12. The computer program product of claim 10, further comprising instructions for:

delivering the pre-rendered web content to the computing device based upon, at least in part, the explicit request for the web content.

13. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the web content is linked from the web element.

14. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the implicit indication includes, at least in part, at least one of:

a cursor action associated with the web element, a clicking action associated with the web element, the explicit request for the web content, and accessing the web content.

15. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the web element is at least one of:

text, lines of text, a link, an image, video content, audio content, and the web content.

16. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein pre-rendering the web content is further based upon, at least in part, a navigation profile of the user.

17. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the pre-rendered web content is stored in a cache until, at least one of:

the web content changes after a time frame, and the time frame ends without explicit request for the web content.

18. The computer program product of claim 10, wherein the implicit indication is based upon, at least in part, selection of a key configured, at least in part, to allow the user to launch at least one of:

a new web browser window, and a new web browser tab in response to the right clicking action.