Patent ID: 7953893
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of expedited hypertext transport protocol (HTTP) communication comprising: at an intermediary in a communication path between a client station and a content server, receiving a first HTTP request transmitted from the client station and destined to the content server, and forwarding the first HTTP request from the intermediary to the content server, wherein the first HTTP request seeks content to be delivered to the client station; thereafter receiving at the intermediary a first HTTP response transmitted from the content server in response to the first HTTP request and destined to the client station, and forwarding the first HTTP response from the intermediary to the client station, wherein the first HTTP response contains a markup document that references at least a first object but the first HTTP response does not contain the first object; and the intermediary determining that the markup document references the first object, and, responsive to at least the determining, the intermediary automatically (i) fetching the first object, and (ii) generating and transmitting to the client station, also in response to the first HTTP request, a second HTTP response containing the first object fetched by the intermediary, without the client station sending a second HTTP request seeking the first object.