System for acceleration of web page delivery

• US 9,015,784 B2
• Filed: 01/23/2013
• Issued: 04/21/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/10/2002
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: OL2 Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Perlman, Stephen G., van der Laan, Roger
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Pankaj
• Assistant Examiner(s): Raman, Usha
• Application Number:
  US13/748,552
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145412A1
• Time in Patent Office: 818 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 725/109
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/12 involving interaction between a plurality of game devices, e.g. transmisison or distribution systems protocols for networked virtual reality, networked games H04L29/06034
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/30 Interconnection arrangements between game servers and game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game devices; Interconnection arrangements between game servers
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/335 using Internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/355 Performing operations on behalf of clients with restricted processing capabilities, e.g. servers transform changing game scene into an encoded video stream for transmitting to a mobile phone or a thin client
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/358 Adapting the game course according to the network or server load, e.g. for reducing latency due to different connection speeds between clients
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/402 Communication between platforms, i.e. physical link to protocol
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/407 Data transfer via internet
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/513 server hierarchy, e.g. local, regional, national or dedicated for different tasks, e.g. authenticating, billing
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/534 for network load management, e.g. bandwidth optimization, latency reduction
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/538 for performing operations on behalf of the game client, e.g. rendering
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1094 Inter-user-equipment sessions transfer or sharing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/4015 where at least one of the additional parallel sessions is real time or time sensitive, e.g. white board sharing, collaboration or spawning of a subconference
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/59 Providing operational support to end devices by off-loading in the network or by emulation, e.g. when they are unavailable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2143 located in a single building, e.g. hotel, hospital or museum arrangements specially adapted for plural spots in a confined site in broadcast systems H04H20/63; adaptations for transmission by electric cable for domestic distribution in television systems H04N7/106
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4781 Games
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/81 Monomedia components thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/106 for domestic distribution
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/16 : Central resource management; Negotiation of resources or communication parameters, e.g. negotiating bandwidth or QoS [Quality of Service]

Abstract

A method comprising running a web browser on one or more servers of a service center, and hosting files for a web page on a storage unit associated with the one or more servers. Upon receiving user input from a client device to the web browser at the service center, streaming interactive video web page is transmitted to the client device with substantially no detectable latency.

Claims

1. A method for accelerated web page loading comprising:

running a web browsing application on one or more servers, the web browsing application being used by a user located a remote distance from the one or more servers via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted over one or more networks; and

providing the user with access to at least one web page of a website via the web browser application, the at least one web page comprising one or more files which includes content;

wherein the at least one web page is displayed on a client device associated with the user responsive to a user request, wherein a worst case latency between the user request and display of the content of the at least one web page on the client device is 90 milliseconds when the remote distance is up to 1500 miles, the worst case latency being achieved in part by a frame computation process of the one or more servers responsive to the user request, and a video compression process of the content of the at least one web page, that have a combined maximum latency of 22 milliseconds.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the content includes static images.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the content includes interactive content.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising only transmitting, via compressed streaming interactive video, data associated with the at least one web page over the one or more networks when the content changes.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising only transmitting, via compressed streaming interactive video, data associated with parts of the content over the one or more networks when the parts change.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein parts of the at least one web page are not transmitted to the user unless an event occurs.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the event comprises a user action.

9. The method of claim 7 wherein the parts include rollover images.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein the one or more networks include the Internet.

2. A method for accelerated web page loading comprising:

running a web browsing application on one or more servers, the web browsing application being used by a user located a remote distance from the one or more servers via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted over one or more networks; and

providing the user with access to at least one web page of a website via the web browser application, the at least one web page comprising one or more files which includes content comprising moving video;

wherein the at least one web page is displayed on a client device associated with the user responsive to a user request, wherein a worst case latency between the user request and display of the content of the at least one web page on the client device is 90 milliseconds when the remote distance is up to 1500 miles, the worst case latency being achieved in part by a frame computation process of the one or more servers responsive to the user request, and a video compression process of the content of the at least one web page, that have a combined maximum latency of 22 milliseconds.

11. A hosting service center comprising:

one or more servers that run one or more applications which includes a web browsing application;

means for compressing video data generated by the one or more servers, compressed streaming interactive video being produced therefrom; and

a first network operable to transmit the compressed streaming interactive video to a client device associated with a user over one or more networks, the client device being located a remote distance from the hosting service center, the compressed streaming interactive video providing the user with access to at least one web page of a website via the web browsing application, the at least one web page comprising one or more files which includes content;

wherein the at least one web page is displayed on the client device responsive to a user request, wherein a worst case latency between the user request and display of the content of the at least one web page on the client device is 90 milliseconds when the remote distance is up to 1500 miles, the worst case latency being achieved in part by a frame computation process of the one or more servers responsive to the user request, and a video compression process of the content of the at least one web page, that have a combined maximum latency of 22 milliseconds.

12. The hosting service center of claim 11 further comprising a second network operable to receive the user request and then send the user request to the one or more servers.

13. The hosting service center of claim 11 wherein the one or more networks include the Internet.

14. The hosting service center of claim 11 wherein the content comprises moving video.

15. The hosting service center of claim 11 wherein the content includes static images.

16. The hosting service center of claim 11 wherein the content includes interactive content.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, which, when executed, is operable to:

run a web browsing application on one or more servers, the web browsing application being used by a user via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted over one or more networks, the client device being located a remote distance from the one or more servers; and

provide the user with access to at least one web page of a website via the web browser application, the at least one web page comprising one or more files which includes content;

wherein the at least one web page is displayed on the client device responsive to a user request, wherein the worst case latency between the user request and display of the content of the at least one web page on the client device is 90 milliseconds when the remote distance is up to 1500 miles, the worst case latency being achieved in part by a frame computation process of the one or more servers responsive to the user request, and a video compression process of the content of the at least one web page, that have a combined maximum latency of 22 milliseconds.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the content includes static images.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the content includes interactive content.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the computer program, when executed, is further operable to only transmit, via compressed streaming interactive video, data associated with the at least one web page over the one on more networks when the content changes.

22. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein the computer program, when executed, is further operable to only transmit, via compressed streaming interactive video, data associated with parts of the content over the one on more networks when the parts change.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 wherein parts of the at least one web page are not transmitted to the user unless an event occurs.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 wherein the event comprises a user action.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 23 wherein the parts include rollover images.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium encoded with a computer program, which, when executed, is operable to:

run a web browsing application on one or more servers, the web browsing application being used by a user via compressed streaming interactive video transmitted over one or more networks, the client device being located a remote distance from the one or more servers; and

provide the user with access to at least one web page of a website via the web browser application. the at least one web page comprising one or more files which includes content comprising moving video;

wherein the at least one web page is displayed on the client device responsive to a user request, wherein the worst case latency between the user request and display of the content of the at least one web page on the client device is 90 milliseconds when the remote distance is up to 1500 miles, the worst case latency being achieved in part by a frame computation process of the one or more servers responsive to the user request, and a video compression process of the content of the at least one web page, that have a combined maximum latency of 22 milliseconds.