Partial website optimization for a web publisher

• US 9,697,189 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2013
• Issued: 07/04/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Akamai Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Instart Logic Incorporated (Akamai Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kennedy, Brian
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau
• Application Number:
  US14/081,931
• Publication Number:
  US 20150143224A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,327 Days
• 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 40/123 Storage facilities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/149 Adaptation of the text data for streaming purposes, e.g. Efficient XML Interchange [EXI] format

Abstract

A method of delivering webpages to a browser includes delivering a first webpage using a streaming protocol that optimizes delivery of content of the first webpage where the first webpage includes information that may persist in a browser cache; delivering a second webpage without using the streaming protocol where the second webpage and the first webpage both reference a first resource; and forcing revalidation of the first resource stored on the browser cache.

Claims

1. A method of delivering webpages to a browser where the webpages include information that may persist in a browser cache, comprising:

receiving, at a proxy server, a request for a first webpage from the browser, the first webpage being configured without an optimization client to deliver content without using content delivery optimization techniques, the first webpage referencing a first resource;

delivering, from the proxy server to the browser, the first webpage without using content delivery optimization techniques;

in response to the first webpage being delivered to the browser, receiving, at the proxy server, a request for the first resource referenced by the first webpage from the browser;

accessing, at the proxy server, a referrer address of the first webpage to determine an originating webpage from which the first webpage originates, the first webpage being a different webpage from the originating webpage;

in response to a determination that the originating webpage contains the optimization client and is configured to optimize delivery of content, sending, from the proxy server to the browser, a response with a modified cache control header to instruct the browser to revalidate the first resource;

after sending the response with the modified cache control header and in response to a request from the browser, delivering, from the proxy server, a full content of the first resource to the browser for display on the first webpage; and

in response to a determination that the originating webpage does not contain the optimization client and is not configured to optimize delivery of content, sending, from the proxy server to the browser, a response with a standard cache control header to instruct the browser to fetch the first resource from the browser cache.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the proxy server, a validation request for the first resource from the browser;

validating, at the proxy server, the first resource; and

sending, from the proxy server, the first resource in full resolution to the browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the first resource comprises a first image.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response with the modified cache control header to instruct the browser to revalidate the first resource stored on the browser cache comprises:

sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the first resource having the modified cache control response header, the modified cache control response header having one or more cache control parameters set to values that cause the browser to revalidate the first resource.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the first resource having the modified cache control response header comprises:

sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the first resource having the modified cache control response header including a cache-control directive having a value of “

max-age=0, must-revalidate”

, a last-modified parameter with a previous value removed, and an ETag parameter with an identifier added to a previous value.

6. A system for delivering webpages to a browser where the webpages include information that may persist in a browser cache, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

receive, at the processor, a request for a first webpage from the browser, the first webpage being configured without an optimization client to deliver content without using content delivery optimization techniques, the first webpage referencing a first resource;

deliver, from the processor to the browser, the first webpage without using content delivery optimization techniques;

in response to the first webpage being delivered to the browser, receive, at the processor, a request for the first resource referenced by the first webpage from the browser;

access, at the processor, a referrer address of the first webpage to determine an originating webpage from which the first webpage originates, the first webpage being a different webpage from the originating webpage;

in response to a determination that the originating webpage contains the optimization client and is configured to optimize delivery of content, send, from the processor to the browser, a response with a modified cache control header to instruct the browser to revalidate the first resource;

in response to a request from the browser after sending the response with the modified cache control header, deliver, from the processor, a full content of the first resource from the browser cache to the browser for display on the first webpage; and

in response to a determination that the originating webpage does not contain the optimization client and is not configured to optimize delivery of content, sending, from the processor to the browser, a response with a standard cache control header to instruct the browser to fetch the first resource from the browser cache.

7. A method of delivering webpages to a browser, comprising:

delivering, from a proxy server, a plurality of webpages of a website to a browser, wherein the plurality of webpages include information that may persist in a browser cache;

receiving, at the proxy server, a request for a first webpage of the web site referencing a first resource from the browser;

determining, at the proxy server, the first webpage does not contain an optimization client and is to be delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques;

delivering, from the proxy server, the first webpage to the browser;

in response to the first webpage being delivered to the browser, receiving, at the proxy server, a request for the first resource referenced by the first webpage from the browser;

determining, at the proxy server, an originating webpage from which the first webpage originates, the first webpage being a different webpage from the originating webpage;

determining, at the proxy server, the originating webpage as containing the optimization client and being delivered using a content delivery optimization technique comprising a streaming protocol;

in response to the determining that the originating webpage was delivered using the content delivery optimization technique, sending, from the proxy server to the browser, a response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to force revalidation of the first resource;

in response to receiving a validation request from the browser, delivering, from the proxy server, a full content of the first resource to the browser for display on the first webpage;

determining, at the proxy server, the originating webpage as not containing the optimization client and being delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques; and

in response to the determining that the originating webpage was delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques, sending, from the proxy server to the browser, a response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to fetch the first resource from the browser cache.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

prior to receiving the request for the first webpage, delivering, from the proxy server, the originating webpage to the browser using the streaming protocol, the originating webpage referencing the first resource, wherein the first resource is streamed to the browser and the streamed resource may persist in the browser cache.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first resource comprises a first image and the streamed resource comprises a streamed image and wherein delivering, from the proxy server, the full content of the first resource to the browser for display on the first webpage comprises:

delivering the first image having a full resolution to the browser for display on the first webpage.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to force revalidation of the first resource, comprises:

sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the request for the first resource having a modified cache control response header, the modified cache control response header having one or more cache control parameters set to values that cause the browser to revalidate the first resource that may be stored on the browser cache.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the request for the first resource having the modified cache control response header comprises:

sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the request for the first resource having the modified cache control response header including a cache-control directive having a value of “

max-age=0, must-revalidate”

, a last-modified parameter with a previous value removed, and an ETag parameter with an identifier added to a previous value.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein determining, at the proxy server, the originating webpage from which the first webpage originates comprises:

determining, at the proxy server, the originating webpage from which the first webpage originates by accessing the referrer address of the first webpage.

13. A system for delivering webpages to a browser, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

deliver, from the processor, a plurality of webpages of a website to a browser, wherein the plurality of webpages includes information that may persist in a browser cache;

receive, at the processor, a request for a first webpage of the web site referencing a first resource from the browser;

determine, at the processor, the first webpage does not contain an optimization client and is to be delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques;

delivering, from the processor, the first webpage to the browser;

in response to the first webpage being delivered to the browser, receive, at the processor, a request for the first resource referenced by the first webpage from the browser;

determine, at the processor, an originating webpage from which the first webpage originates, the first webpage being a different webpage from the originating webpage;

determine, at the processor, the originating webpage as containing the optimization client and being delivered using a content delivery optimization technique comprising a streaming protocol;

in response to the determining that the originating webpage was delivered using the content delivery optimization technique, send, from the processor to the browser, a response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to force revalidation of the first resource;

in response to receiving a validation request from the browser, deliver, from the processor, a full content of the first resource to the browser for display on the first webpage;

determine, at the processor, the originating webpage as not containing the optimization client and being delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques; and

in response to the determining that the originating webpage was delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques, send, from the processor to the browser, a response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to fetch the first resource from the browser cache.

14. The system recited in claim 13, wherein the memory is further configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:

prior to receiving the request for the first webpage, deliver, from the proxy server, the originating webpage to the browser using the streaming protocol, the originating webpage referencing the first resource, wherein the first resource is streamed to the browser and the streamed resource may persist in the browser cache.

15. The system recited in claim 13, wherein the memory is further configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to:

send, from the processor to the browser, the response for the request for the first resource having a modified cache control response header, the modified cache control response header having one or more cache control parameters set to values that cause the browser to revalidate the first resource that may be stored on the browser cache.

16. A computer program product for delivering webpages to a browser, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible and non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

delivering, from a proxy server, a plurality of webpages of a website to a browser, wherein the plurality of webpages include information that may persist in a browser cache;

receiving, at the proxy server, a request for a first webpage of the web site referencing a first resource from the browser;

determining, at the proxy server, the first webpage does not contain an optimization client and is to be delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques;

delivering, from the proxy server, the first webpage to the browser;

in response to the first webpage being delivered to the browser, receiving, at the proxy server, a request for the first resource referenced by the first webpage from the browser;

determining, at the proxy server, an originating webpage from which the first webpage originates, the first webpage being a different webpage from the originating webpage;

determining, at the proxy server, the originating webpage as containing the optimization client and being delivered using a content delivery optimization technique comprising a streaming protocol;

in response to the determining that the originating webpage was delivered using the content delivery optimization technique, sending, from the proxy server to the browser, a response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to force revalidation of the first resource;

in response to receiving a validation request from the browser, delivering, from the proxy server, a full content of the first resource to the browser for display on the first webpage;

determining, at the proxy server, the originating webpage as not containing the optimization client and being delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques; and

in response to the determining that the originating webpage was delivered without using content delivery optimization techniques, sending, from the proxy server to the browser, a response to the request for the first resource, the response comprising an instruction to fetch the first resource from the browser cache.

17. The computer program product recited in claim 16, further comprising computer instructions for:

sending, from the proxy server to the browser, the response for the request for the first resource having the modified cache control response header including a cache-control directive having a value of “

max-age=0, must-revalidate”

, a last-modified parameter with a previous value removed, and an ETag parameter with an identifier added to a previous value.