Network resource optimization

• US 9,641,637 B1
• Filed: 12/22/2011
• Issued: 05/02/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jenkins, Jonathan A., Trahan, Matthew L., Hill, Peter F., Taylor, Brett R.
• Primary Examiner(s): ALRIYASHI, ABDULKADER MOHAMED
• Application Number:
  US13/335,820
• Time in Patent Office: 1,958 Days
• Field of Search: 709226, 709219, 709246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561

Abstract

Systems and methods for the generation and management of content requests generated by client computing devices are provided. A client computing device initiates a browse session with a content provider by establishing a remote browse session between the client computing device and a network computing provider. The network computing provider can utilize optimization information corresponding to the content provider to modify the request or identify optimized content. The network computing provider and the client computing device exchange browse session state data and client interaction data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining by a network computing provider comprising one or more computing devices configured to execute specific instructions, a first request from a browser application hosted on a client device for a set of network resources, the set of network resources being provided by a content provider separate from the network computing provider;

hosting, by the network computing provider, one or more browser applications configured to interact with the content provider and the browser application hosted on the client device;

causing, by the network computing provider, a first interaction between the one or more browser applications hosted on the network computing provider and the content provider to process the first request;

determining, by the network computing provider, optimization information based at least in part on the first interaction, wherein the optimization information corresponds to at least a modified request for a resource of the set of network resources;

obtaining, by the network computing provider, a second request from a browser application hosted on a second client device for the set of network resources;

determining, by the network computing provider, at least one modification to the second request based on the optimization information;

causing, by the network computing provider, a second interaction between the one or more browser applications hosted on the network computing provider and the content provider to process a modified second request, the modified second request corresponding to the at least one modification based on the optimization information.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein determining the optimization information includes determining optimization information for at least a threshold number of client computing devices or a threshold number of client computing device requests.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the optimization information further corresponds to a modification of expiration criteria associated with a requested resource.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the optimization information further corresponds to a modification of one or more attributes of a requested resource.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the optimization information further corresponds to a request for a requested resource having one or more identifiable attributes.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the optimization information further corresponds to a modification of at least one aspect of a communication protocol.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

hosting, by a network computing provider comprising one or more computing devices configured to execute specific instructions, a browser application, wherein the browser application is configured to interact with a content provider and a browser application hosted on a client device;

obtaining, by the network computing provider, a first request from the browser application hosted on the client device for a network resource;

transmitting, by the network computing provider, the first request to the content provider, wherein transmitting the first request comprises causing a first interaction between the browser application hosted on the network computing provider and the content provider;

obtaining, by the network computing provider, optimization information, the optimization information identifying one or more optimizations for a set of network resources requested by a client computing device, wherein the set of network resources is hosted by the content provider, and wherein the network computing provider and the content provider are different;

determining at least one optimization information based on the first interaction between the browser application hosted on the network computing provider and the content provider;

obtaining, by the network computing provider, a second request from a browser application hosted on a second client device for the network resource; and

transmitting, by the network computing provider, a modified request for the network resource to the content provider, the modified request corresponding to the at least one optimization information.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 further comprising determining the at least one optimization information based at least in part on a set of requests for the network resource.

9. The method as recited in claim 8, wherein determining the at least one optimization information includes determining optimization information for at least a threshold number of client computing devices or a threshold number of client computing device requests.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the threshold number of client computing devices is based on a per session basis.

11. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more optimizations include a modification of expiration criteria associated with a requested resource.

12. The method as recited in claim 11, wherein the modification of the expiration criteria corresponds to a modification of expiration criteria based on historical invalidation data.

13. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more optimizations include a modification of one or more attributes of a requested resource.

14. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the modification of one or more attributes of the requested resource corresponds to a combining of two or more image objects.

15. The method as recited in claim 13, wherein the modification of one or more attributes of the requested resource corresponds to an implementation of a compression algorithm to at least one requested resource.

16. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more optimizations include a request for a requested resource having one or more identifiable attributes.

17. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein the one or more optimizations include a modification of at least one aspect of a communication protocol.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, wherein the modification of at least one aspect of the communication protocol includes modification of a number of persistent connections maintained between a client and a network computing component.

19. A system for processing requests for content comprising:

a content provider;

one or more computing devices associated with a service provider, the one or more computing devices including a processor and memory and executing computer-readable instructions that causes the one or more computing device to process content requests for a content associated with the content provider, wherein the content provider is different from the service provider, wherein the one or more computing devices are configured to;

host a browser application configured to interact with the content provider and a browser application hosted on a client device;

obtain a first request from the browser application hosted on the client device for a network resource of the content provider;

transmit the first request to the content provider to cause a first interaction between the browser application hosted on the one or more computing devices and the content provider;

determine optimization information based on at least the first interaction;

obtain a second request from a browser application hosted on a second client device for the network resource of the content provider; and

transmit a modified request for the network resource to the content provider, wherein the modified request is based on the optimization information.

20. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the service provider is operable to determine the optimization information based on a set of requests for the network resource.

21. The system as recited in claim 20, wherein the service provider utilizes a threshold number of client computing devices or a threshold number of client computing device requests in determining the optimization information.

22. The system as recited in claim 21, wherein the threshold number of client computing devices is based on unique client computing devices.

23. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the service provider transmits a processing result to a browser application on a client computing device, the processing result defining a set of processing actions to be completed by the client computing device to render a requested resource.

24. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein implementation of the optimization information further corresponds to at least one of a modification of expiration criteria associated with a requested resource, a modification of one or more attributes of a requested resource, a request for a requested resource having one or more identifiable attributes, or a modification of at least one aspect of a communication protocol.

25. The system as recited in claim 19, wherein the service provider transmits a recommendation to a content provider, the recommendation corresponding, at least in part, to the optimization information.