Predictive pre-download of a network object

• US 20060075068A1
• Filed: 10/28/2005
• Published: 04/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Stephane Kasriel, Walter Mann, Xavier Casanova
• Original Assignee: Stephane Kasriel, Walter Mann, Xavier Casanova
• Inventors: Casanova, Xavier, Kasriel, Stephane, Mann, Walter
• Granted Patent: US 7,548,947 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 67/5681 Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics

Abstract

A method for fetching network objects from a web server is described. The method includes intercepting at a device a request from a web client to a web server for a first network object. The same device intercepts a response to the request from the web server. The device determines at least one second network object most probable to be requested in the future from the web server. Subsequently, a message is sent from the device to the web client the first message informing the web client of the at least one second network object to be cached by the web client.

Claims

1. A method including steps of:

intercepting at a device a request from a web client to a web server for first network object;

intercepting at the device a response to the request from the web server;

determining at the device at least one second network object most probable to be requested in the future from the web server; and

sending a message from the device to the web client the first message informing the web client of the at least one second network object to be cached by the web client.