Patent ID: 6598048
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: G06F,H04B,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A system for reducing a delay associated with the retrieval of embedded objects of web pages retrieved over a satellite link, the system comprising:a first component which resides on a user side of the satellite link and communicates with a web browser; and a second component which resides on an Internet side of the satellite link and communicates over the satellite link with the first component; wherein the first component is responsive to a request from the web browser for a web page by at least passing the request over the satellite link to the second component; and wherein the second component is responsive to the request by at least: sending the request over the Internet to a web server, and receiving an HTML file from the web server in response to the request; sending the HTML file over the satellite link to the first component for delivery to the web browser; processing coding of the HTML file to determine whether the web page includes an embedded object to be prefetched; and in response to detection of an embedded object to be prefetched, prefetching the embedded object over the Internet and passing the prefetched object over the satellite link to the first component; whereby prefetching of the embedded object is initiated on the Internet side of the satellite link without waiting for the HTML file to traverse the satellite link.