Patent ID: 6505242
Filing Date: 2003-01-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
In a computing environment capable of having a connection to a network, computer readable code for enabling offline Web page processing, the computer readable code being readable by a computer system in the computing environment and comprising:a subprocess for intercepting a user request for a page, the subprocess operating on a client in the network; a subprocess for determining if the page is stored locally; a subprocess for retrieving the requested page from a local storage when the subprocess for determining has a positive outcome; a subprocess for sending a request for the page to a server in the network when the subprocess for determining has a negative outcome; a subprocess for receiving, responsive to the request for the page, a page bundle, wherein the page bundle comprises a plurality of files packaged together as a transmission unit, the files comprising the requested page and one or more other files which are related to the requested page; a subprocess for storing the received page bundle in the local storage; a subprocess for delivering the requested page to the user from the local storage; and a subprocess for responding to subsequent requests for the requested page, or to requests for one or more of the other files, by retrieving the subsequently-requested page or the requested other file(s) from the local storage without needing a connection to the server.