PRELOADER EMPLOYING ENHANCED MESSAGES

摘要

A disclosed method of serving web page requests includes detecting a client request for a web page that contains an object. A preloader application is invoked to execute while the object is downloading to the client. The preloader application displays a preloader message during at least part of the downloading interval. At least a part of the preloader message is an advertisement or is otherwise unrelated to a progress of the downloading of the object. A size of the object may exceed a specified threshold and/or a type of the object may match any of a set of predetermined object types. The set of predetermined object types may include a Java® object type, a Flash® object type, or another object type suitable for implementing motion graphics. In some embodiments, the preloader application resides on a third party web site.

主权项

1. A method of processing web page requests, the method comprising:
responsive to detecting a client request for a web page containing a preloadable object, initiating a download of the object to the client; and before download completion, invoking a preloader to perform operations including:
selecting a preloader message from a set of available messages based at least in part on:
a size of the object;demographic information associated with the client;subject matter with which the requested web page is concerned; andat least one of:
a time of day; anda day of the week; anddisplaying the preloader message wherein the preloader message includes:
an indication of a progress of the download; andan independent part comprising a message that is independent of a progress status of the download; andresponsive to detecting completion of the preloader message prior to completion of the download, selecting and displaying an additional message.