ADAPTIVE NETWORK COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUES

• US 20120198078A1
• Filed: 02/01/2011
• Published: 08/02/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Silvera, Jonathan A., Trunley, Paul, Pashov, Ivan D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,769,000 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 61/4511 using domain name system [DNS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/289 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data consumer application, e.g. in same machine, in same home or in same sub-network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/564 Enhancement of application control based on intercepted application data
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers

Abstract

Adaptive network communication techniques are described. In one or more implementations, a determination is made by a client device that a request, which is to be communicated to a content provider via a network, is for content that is accessible via the content provider upon authentication of credentials transmitted to the content provider from the client device. Responsive to the determination, an initial communication is formed by the client device for receipt by the content provider that includes the credentials without waiting for the content provider to request the credentials from the client device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining by a client device that a request, which is to be communicated to a content provider via a network, is for content that is accessible via the content provider upon authentication of credentials transmitted to the content provider from the client device; and

responsive to the determining, forming an initial communication by the client device for receipt by the content provider that includes the credentials.

2. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the request is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request or a hypertext transfer protocol secure (HTTPS) request.

3. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the formed initial communication includes the request and the credentials.

4. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the determining utilizes data stored at the client device that is based on a previous interaction with the content provider.

5. A method as described in claim 1, wherein the determining is performed before communication of the request to the content provider.

6. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising:

determining by the client device that the request is for content that involves a plurality of different network addresses, the determining performed before communicating the request to the content provider; and

responsive to the determining, forming a communication by the client device for communication to at least one said network address to retrieve a portion of the content from the at least one said IP address.

7. A method as described in claim 6, wherein the forming is performed for a plurality of said network addresses using a plurality of connections in which a number of the plurality of connections that are opened by the client device is based at least in part on data stored at the client device.

8. A method as described in claim 1, further comprising translating a host name in the request to an IP address using data stored locally at the client device, the translating performed automatically and without user intervention and without accessing a network.

9. A method comprising:

determining by a client device using data local to the client device that a request, which is to be communicated to a content provider via a network, is for content that involves a plurality of different network addresses; and

responsive to the determining, forming a communication by the client device for communication to at least one said network address to retrieve a portion of the content from the at least one said network address.

10. A method as described in claim 9, wherein:

the determining is performed before communicating the request to the content provider; and

the forming is performed before receipt of an indication of the at least one said network address from the content provider.

11. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the communication is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request.

12. A method as described in claim 9, wherein the forming is performed for a plurality of said network addresses using a plurality of connections.

13. A method as described in claim 12, wherein a number of the plurality of connections that are opened by the client device is based at least in part on data stored at the client device.

14. A method as described in claim 13, wherein the data describes previous interaction by the client device with the content provider

15. A method as described in claim 13, further comprising translating a host name in the request to an IP address using data stored locally at the client device, the translating performed automatically and without user intervention.

16. A method performed by execution of a browser using hardware of a client device, the method comprising:

storing data at a client device that describes interaction of the client device with content provider to obtain a webpage;

responsive to receipt of an input to make a subsequent request for the webpage;

automatically resolving a host name in the input to an IP address using the data; and

determining a number of connections to open to retrieve the webpage based on the data.

17. A method as described in claim 16, wherein the automatically resolving the host name to the IP address using the data is performed without accessing a network.

18. A method as described in claim 16, wherein the request is a hypertext transfer protocol (HTTP) request.

19. A method as described in claim 16, further comprising:

determining that the webpage is accessible via the content provider upon authentication of credentials transmitted to the content provider from the client device; and

responsive to the determining, forming a communication for receipt by the content provider that includes the credentials without waiting for the content provider to request the credentials from the client device.

20. A method as described in claim 16, further comprising:

determining that the webpage involves a plurality of different IP addresses, the determining performed before communicating the request to the content provider; and

responsive to the determining, forming a communication for each of the connections to a respective said IP address to retrieve a portion of the webpage.