Patent ID: 8930448
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at a content server via a first network connection, a request for content from a client device, where the content comprises a plurality of portions represented within a root document and individual portions of the content within the root document are configurable with assigned download constraints that specify network characteristics under which the individual portions of the content are downloadable; determining to defer at least one portion of the content for download via a network connection other than the first network connection based upon a network characteristic of the first network connection not satisfying a configured download constraint assigned to the at least one portion of the content, comprising: sending the root document with each deferred portion of the content replaced with a content stub within the root document, where the content stub comprises an extensible markup language (XML) fragment and further comprising copying the XML fragment into a location of the deferred portion of the content within the root document; where each content stub identifies the respective deferred portion of the content as a deferred content portion and comprises a deferred content portion identifier of the respective deferred content portion; and where at least one content stub further comprises the configured download constraint of the respective deferred portion of the content.