Presenting modules in a browser

• US 9,148,466 B2
• Filed: 10/05/2010
• Issued: 09/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yahoo Assets LLC
• Original Assignee: Yahoo! Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Fay, Karen, Waldura, Renaud, Chow, Michael, Wexler, Mike
• Primary Examiner(s): Fan, Hua
• Application Number:
  US12/898,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20120084347A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,820 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching

Abstract

Module management software receives a request from the browser for a presentation composed of at least one module. The module management software transmits a request for module data associated with the module to a first server that caches the module data after retrieving the module data from a website. The module management software then receives the requested module data from the first server and transmits a request for each of the resource files described in the module data to a second server that caches each of the resource files after retrieving the resource file from an external (or internal) website. Each request for a resource file can be handled by a corresponding thread. The module management software delays transmission of the module data to the browser, if any requested resource file is not received within a time limit derived at least in part from a service level agreement.

Claims

1. A method for managing a presentation in a browser executing on a client device, comprising:

receiving a request from the browser for a presentation composed of at least one module;

transmitting a request for data associated with the module to a first server that caches module data after retrieving module data from a website;

receiving the requested module data from the first server;

transmitting a request for each of the resource files described in the module data to a second server that caches each of the resource files after retrieving the resource file from a website;

receiving each of the requested resource files and discarding each of the received resource files without transmission to the browser;

modifying the module data so that the module data indicates that each of the resource files is located on the second server; and

delaying transmission of the module data to the browser, if any requested resource file is not received within a time limit derived at least in part from a service level agreement, wherein each operation of the method is executed by a processor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the method operation of:

returning a proxy script to the browser instead of the module data, wherein the proxy script, when executed by the browser, transmits a subsequent network request for the module.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the method operation of:

causing the browser to move the at least one module below the fold.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the resource files described in the module data are rich media.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising the method operation of:

transmitting a request to the first server for a more recent version of the module data if the module data is expired.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the module data includes a statement in a markup language.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the module data includes a statement in a style sheet language.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the method operation of:

transmitting substitute module data to the browser.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the proxy script is a JavaScript.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein a parallel thread is used for the network request to the second server for the resource file.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising the method operation of:

causing the browser to enlarge displays to hide the at least one module that is missing.

12. A computer-readable storage medium with an executable program persistently stored thereon, wherein the program, when executed, instructs a processor to perform the following operations:

receive a request from the browser for a presentation composed of at least one module;

transmit a request for module data associated with the module to a first server that caches module data after retrieving module data from a website;

receive the requested module data from the first server;

transmitting a request for each of the resource files described in the module data to a second server that caches each of the resource files after retrieving the resource file from a website;

receive each of the requested resource files and discard each of the received resource files without transmission to the browser;

modify the module data so that the module data indicates that each of the resource files is located on the second server; and

delay transmission of the module data to the browser, if any requested resource file is not received within a time limit derived at least in part from a service level agreement.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising the operation of:

return a proxy script to the browser instead of the module data, wherein the proxy script, when executed by the browser, transmits a subsequent network request for the module.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising the operation of:

cause the browser to move the at least one module below the fold.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising the operation of:

transmit a network request for a more recent version of the module data to a website if the module data is expired.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, further comprising the operation of:

transmit substitute module data to the browser.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the proxy script is a JavaScript.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein a parallel thread is used for the network request to the second server for the resource file.

19. A method for managing a presentation in a browser executing on a client device, comprising:

receiving a request from the browser for a presentation composed of at least one module;

transmitting a request for data associated with the module to a first server that caches module data after retrieving module data from an external website;

receiving the requested module data from the first server;

transmitting a request for each of the resource files described in the module data to a second server that caches each of the resource files after retrieving the resource file from an external website;

receiving each of the requested resource files and discarding each of the received resource files without transmission to the browser;

modifying the module data so that the module data indicates that each of the resource files is located on the second server;

discarding the resource file rather than transmitting the resource file to the browser; and

delaying transmission of the module data to the browser, if any requested resource file is not received within a time limit derived at least in part from a service level agreement, wherein each operation of the method is executed by a processor.

20. The method of claim 19, further comprising the method operation of:

causing the browser to enlarge displays to hide the at least one module that is missing.