Claims
- 1. A method for speeding access to web content by a user which comprises the steps of:
at or prior to display of web content, accessing a list of identifiers of further web content; and requesting web content pertaining to at least one of the identifiers.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of accessing comprises accessing the list from a user device.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein the list is stored in web content.
- 4. The method of claim 2 wherein the list is stored in web content.
- 5. The method of claim 3 wherein the step of accessing comprises executing software stored in web content.
- 6. The method of claim 4 wherein the step of accessing comprises executing software stored in the web content.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the step of executing comprises executing software stored in the web page in the user's device upon display of the web content.
- 8. The method of claim 1 wherein the list is stored in a data base accessible over a network.
- 9. The method of claim 2 wherein the list is stored in a data base accessible over a network.
- 10. A method of preparing a list of identifiers of web content for use in speeding access to the web content by a user which comprises the steps of:
accessing a log of web content usage at a web site; determining a list of identifiers of web content to be accessed by users of the web site; and storing the list.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of storing comprises storing the list in a data base.
- 12. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of storing comprises storing the list in a predetermined portion of web content.
- 13. A method of preparing a list of identifiers of web content for use in speeding access to the web content by a user which comprises the steps of:
accessing web content accessible from a web site; determining a list of identifiers of web content to be accessed by users of the web site; and storing the list.
- 14. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of storing comprises storing the list in a data base.
- 15. The method of claim 13 wherein the step of storing comprises storing the list in a predetermined portion of web content.
- 16. A method for speeding access to web content by a user which comprises the step of augmenting web content with date control information when transmitting the web content to the user.
- 17. The method of claim 16 wherein the date control information comprises expiration, cache-control size, and date information.
- 18. The method of claim 16 wherein the step of augmenting comprises augmenting HTTP response headers with the date control information.
- 19. Apparatus for speeding access to web content by a user which comprises:
a web-content display apparatus, which is included in or loaded into a user device, which web-content display apparatus, at or prior to display of web content, accesses a list of identifiers of further web content; and web-content request apparatus which requests web content pertaining to at least one of the identifiers.
- 20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the web-content display apparatus comprises software execution apparatus which executes software stored in the web content.
- 21. The apparatus of claim 20 wherein the software stored in the web content, when executed by the software execution apparatus, accesses the list of identifiers.
- 22. An apparatus for speeding access to web content by a user which comprises:
a storage device; and a user device connected to the storage device which stores a web-content display program for controlling the processor; wherein the processor is operative with the program, at or prior to display of web content, to acess a list of identifiers of further web content; and to request web content pertaining to at least one of the identifiers.
- 23. Web content which comprises a program used to speed access to web content by a user device which comprises:
program code which causes the user device, at or prior to display of web content, to access a list of identifiers of further web content; and program code which causes the user device to access web content pertaining to at least one of the identifiers.
- 24. A computer-readable medium encoded with web content which includes a program that causes a user device to speed access to web content, which program comprises:
program code which causes the user device, at or prior to display of web content, to access a list of identifiers of further web content; and program code which causes the user device to access web content pertaining to at least one of the identifiers.
Parent Case Info
[0001] This is a continuation-in-part of a patent application entitled “Method and Apparatus for Multimedia Information Access” which was filed on May 20, 1999, Ser. No. 09/315,924.
Continuation in Parts (1)
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Number |
Date |
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Parent |
09315924 |
May 1999 |
US |
Child |
09560048 |
Apr 2000 |
US |