Managing network based content

• US 8,914,514 B1
• Filed: 09/27/2011
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc. (Amazon.com, Inc.)
• Inventors: Jenkins, Jonathan A., Hill, Peter F.
• Primary Examiner(s): Gee, Jason K.
• Assistant Examiner(s): SARKER, SANCHIT K
• Application Number:
  US13/246,719
• Time in Patent Office: 1,176 Days
• Field of Search: 709/226
• US Class Current: 709/226
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/5682 Policies or rules for updating, deleting or replacing the stored data
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2405 Monitoring of the internal components or processes of the server, e.g. server load allocation of resources in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/50; performance measurement of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/64723 Monitoring of network processes or resources, e.g. monitoring of network load traffic related reporting in data switching networks H04L43/062

Abstract

A process is provided for providing network content to a client computing device by one or more content providers in conjunction with a network computing provider. The client computing device requests a network resource from the network computing provider. The network computing provider processes the network resource request to identify embedded resources associated with the network resource, and determines whether any version of the network resource or associated embedded resources are available in a cache or data store associated with the network computing provider. The network computing provider provides the determined available content to the client computing device for storage or initial processing, and requests the most recent version of the network resource from a content provider. The network computing provider may obtain any additional content from the content provider or a content delivery network provider.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing computer executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computer systems of a network computing provider, configure the one or more computer systems to perform operations comprising:

obtaining, by the network computing provider, a first request for a network resource from a client computing device, wherein the network resource references a plurality of embedded resources different than the network resource;

determining, by the network computing provider, one or more embedded resources of the plurality of embedded resources referenced by the requested network resource at least based on the first request for the network resource;

identifying, by the network computing provider, at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources, wherein the at least one available embedded resource is stored in a data store associated with the network computing provider;

in response to the first request for the network resource, providing, by the network computing provider, the at least one available embedded resource to the client computing device without receiving a request from the client computing device for the at least one available embedded resource, the provided at least one available embedded resource to be stored by the client computing device;

providing, by the network computing provider, a second request for the network resource to a content provider;

obtaining, by the network computing provider, the network resource from the content provider responsive to the second request;

providing, by the network computing provider, the network resource to the client computing device, the provided network resource to be displayed by the client computing device with the at least one available embedded resource;

obtaining, by the network computing provider, one or more additional embedded resources of the plurality of embedded resources referenced by the network resource from a content delivery network provider, the one or more additional embedded resources exclusive of the at least one available embedded resource; and

providing, by the network computing provider, the one or more additional embedded resources of the plurality of embedded resources to the client computing device for display.

2. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising determining the one or more available embedded resources of the plurality of embedded resources referenced by the requested network resource prior to obtaining the network resource from the content provider.

3. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, wherein determining one or more embedded resources of the plurality of embedded resources based on the request for the network resource comprises determining one or more embedded resources of the plurality of embedded resources based on an association between the request for the network resource and the one or more embedded resources.

4. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 3, the operations further comprising updating the association between the request for the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on the network resource obtained from the content provider.

5. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 1, the operations further comprising storing at least one of the additional embedded resources in a data store associated with the network computing provider.

6. A system for remote browse storage comprising:

one or more computer processors;

at least one computer memory accessible by at least one of the one or more computer processors; and

a network computing component comprising an executable software module executed by the one or more computer processors, wherein the network computing component is operable to;

obtain a first request for a network resource from a client computing device, wherein the network resource references one or more embedded resources different than the network resource;

identify at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources, wherein the at least one available embedded resource is stored in a data store associated with the network computing provider, and wherein the at least one available embedded resource is identified at least based on the first request for the network resource;

in response to the first request for the network resource, provide the at least one available embedded resource to the client computing device without receiving a request for the at least available embedded resource from the client computing device;

obtain the network resource from a content provider associated with the network resource;

obtain one or more additional embedded resources referenced by the network resource from at least one content delivery network provider; and

provide the network resource and the one or more additional embedded resources to the client computing device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the network computing component is further operable to identify the at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources referenced by the requested network resource prior to obtaining the network resource from the content provider.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein identifying at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources at least based on the request for the network resource comprises determining at least one available embedded resources of the one or more embedded resources based on an association between the request for the network resource and the one or more embedded resources.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the network computing component is further operable to update the association between the request for the network resource and the one or more embedded resources based on the network resource obtained from the content provider.

10. The system of claim 6, wherein the network computing component is further operable to store at least one of the additional embedded resources in a data store associated with the network computing component.

11. The system of claim 6, wherein the at least one content delivery network provider comprises the content provider.

12. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more additional embedded resources are obtained from the at least one content delivery network provider responsive to a request for the one or more additional embedded resources provided to the at least one content delivery network provider by the content provider.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the network computing component is further operable to provide one or more embedded resource availability identifiers to the content provider, the one or more embedded resource availability identifiers identifying an availability of at least one of the one or more embedded resources at the network computing component.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources is excluded from the request for the one or more additional embedded resources based on the one or more embedded resource availability identifiers.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the one or more embedded resource availability identifiers include information associated with a version of the at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources.

16. The system of claim 6, wherein the network computing component is further operable to send a request for the one or more additional embedded resources to the at least one content delivery network provider based on one or more embedded resource identifiers included in the network resource.

17. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more additional embedded resources includes an updated version of the at least one available embedded resource.

18. The system of claim 6, wherein the additional embedded resources comprise the one or more embedded resources associated with the network resource.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining a first request for a network resource from a client computing device, wherein the network resource references one or more embedded resources different than the network resource;

identifying at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources, the at least on available embedded resource stored in a data store associated with the network computing provider, wherein the at least one available embedded resource is identified at least based on the request for the network resource;

in response to the first request for the network resource, providing the at least one available embedded resource to the client computing device without receiving a request from the client computing device for the at least one available embedded resource; and

obtaining the network resource from a content provider associated with the network resource.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 19 further comprising providing the network resource to the client computing device, the provided network resource to be displayed by the client computing device with the at least one available embedded resource.

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 19 further comprising obtaining one or more additional embedded resources of the one or more embedded resources referenced by the network resource from a content delivery network provider.

22. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the one or more additional embedded resources are exclusive of the at least one available embedded resource.

23. The computer-implemented method of claim 21 further comprising providing processing results corresponding to a representation of the network resource and the one or more additional embedded resources to the client computing device for display.

24. The computer-implemented method of claim 21 further comprising sending a request for the one or more additional embedded resources to the content delivery network provider based on one or more embedded resource identifiers included in the network resource.

25. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the one or more additional embedded resources include an updated version of the at least one available embedded resource.

26. The computer-implemented method of claim 21, wherein the additional embedded resources comprise the one or more embedded resources referenced by the network resource.

27. The computer-implemented method of claim 19 further comprising identifying the at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources referenced by the requested network resource prior to obtaining the network resource from the content provider.

28. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein obtaining the first request for a network resource from the client computing device comprises obtaining a new browse session request from the client computing device.

29. The computer-implemented method of claim 28 further comprising processing the at least one available embedded resource to generate processing results corresponding to a representation of the at least one available embedded resource.

30. The computer-implemented method of claim 29 wherein providing the at least one available embedded resource to the client computing device comprises providing the processing results corresponding to the representation of the at least one available embedded resource to the client computing device for display.

31. The computer-implemented method of claim 19, wherein identifying at least one available embedded resource of the one or more embedded resources stored in a data store associated with the network computing provider includes:

obtaining heuristic data associating one or more embedded resources with a network resource; and

utilizing the obtained heuristic data to identify the one or more embedded resources.