BROWSER CACHE MANAGEMENT

摘要

Disclosed herein is a technique for storing and managing a number of resources and sub-resources associated with web pages in a cache implemented by a web browser. Metadata associated with the sub-resources is captured and stored in the cache. The metadata can include relationship or dependency information associated with a main resource and the sub-resources associated with the main resource. The previously captured metadata is used to predict any sub-resources that will be needed to properly display the web page and the predicted sub-resources are requested from the web server concurrently with a request for the main resource associated with the web page.

主权项

1. A method for predicting resources required to render a web page, the method comprising:
receiving a first request for a main resource associated with a multipart network resource; retrieving metadata associated with the main resource from a cache; identifying, based on the metadata, one or more sub-resources associated with the main resource; generating a prediction that at least one sub-resource of the one or more sub-resources will be needed to render the web page; and communicating a second request to a resource-based server for the at least one sub-resource.