Patent ID: 9262389
Filing Date: 2016-02-16
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: receiving, by a server system, a first request for contents of a webpage, wherein the first request includes indications of a zoom level and a first viewable area of the webpage as displayed by a display device of a client device; upon determining that the zoom level is less than a threshold value, identifying a first set of one or more content items within the first viewable area of the webpage which meet predefined criteria for being considered expensive for rendering on a client device, wherein each of the first set of content items comprises an instance of media content available at a plurality of resolution levels; identifying a second set of one or more content items outside of the first viewable area of the webpage which meet the predefined criteria for being considered expensive, wherein each of the first set of content items comprises an instance of media content available at a plurality of resolution levels; and serving a modified webpage, the modified webpage including a replacement item for each item in the first set of content items and the second set of content items wherein each replacement item replaces one of the first set of content items with an instance of the media content which reduces the resolution level of that media content in the modified webpage.