Optimizing loading of web page based on aggregated user preferences for web page elements of web page

• US 10,817,653 B2
• Filed: 06/10/2013
• Issued: 10/27/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 06/06/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Ivory, Andrew J., Kaplinger, Todd E., Shook, Aaron K., Stecher, David M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Chau T
• Application Number:
  US13/913,585
• Publication Number:
  US 20140365865A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,696 Days
• Field of Search: 715234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9035 Filtering based on additional data, e.g. user or group profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• 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 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/875 Monitoring of systems including the internet
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/137 Hierarchical processing, e.g. outlines
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for optimizing the loading of a web page. The server receives indications (e.g., Document Object Model (DOM) elements) of web page elements of interest of a web page from multiple client devices. The server updates a list of web page elements for the requested web page that is sorted in terms of popularity based on these received indications of web page elements of interest. The server may then appropriately respond to a request to retrieve that web page by accessing such a list and transmitting to the browser of the requesting client device the data to populate the content of the web page elements for the requested web page in an order based on the sorted list. In this manner, the browser will be able to optimize the loading of the web page.

Claims

1. A method for optimizing a loading of a web page, the method comprising:

receiving indications of web page elements of interest of said web page from a plurality of client devices, wherein said indications of web page elements of interest of said web page are expressed as Document Object Model (DOM) elements, wherein an indication of a webpage element of interest of said web page is identified in response to a user selection of an area on said web page;

updating a list of web page elements of said web page sorted in terms of popularity based on said received indications of web page elements of interest of said web page;

receiving a request to retrieve said web page;

accessing said sorted list of web page elements of said web page; and

transmitting, by a processor, data to populate content of web page elements of said web page in an order based on said sorted list;

wherein said content of said web page elements of said web page comprises content of a DOM element of said DOM elements of said web page and children of said DOM element of said web page that is transmitted to a client device and content of remaining elements of said web page that is transmitted asynchronously to said client device.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

transmitting data to populate content 0 said DOM element of said web page to said client device and transmitting data to populate content of children of said DOM element of said web page to said client device in response to receiving said DOM element corresponding to an element of interest of said web page.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 further comprising:

forming said list of web page elements of said web page sorted in terms of popularity based on said received indications of web page elements of interest of said web page.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein said user selection comprises drawing an outline around said element of interest on said web page.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein one or more client devices of said plurality of client devices utilize an Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD) Application Programming Interface (API) for defining web page elements of interest and their children that can be asynchronously loaded.