Patent ID: 7249196
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring web page source data between a web server and a remote client over a computer network, the computer network including a wide area network, the method comprising: receiving a request for the web page source data from the remote client at a server-side acceleration device positioned on the computer network intermediate the remote client and the web server and intermediate the web server and the wide area network obtaining original web page source data from the web server; identifying within the original web page source data renderable character data and non-renderable character data, the renderable character data being data that affects the presentation of the web page by a browser, and the non-renderable character data being data that does not affect the presentation of the web page by a browser, the original web page source data being in a markup language data format; filtering at least a portion of the non-renderable character data by removing characters of the identified non-renderable character data from the original web page source data, thereby creating modified web page source data; transmitting the modified web page source data to the remote client over the computer network; and after transmitting the modified web page source data to the remote client, transmitting the original web page source data to the remote client including the characters that were removed.