Patent ID: 6094662
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for updating a document retrieved from a node of a distributed network to a client, the document having at least one cacheable portion stored in a cache memory of the client and at least one non-cacheable portion stored in a non-cache memory of the client, comprising:issuing a request to the node to update the document;comparing a time stamp associated with each non-cacheable portion stored at the node with a time stamp associated with the corresponding non-cacheable portion stored in the client;retrieving each non-cacheable portion from the node that has a time stamp that is more recent than the time stamp of the corresponding non-cacheable portion stored in the client;replacing each retrieved non-cacheable portion for the corresponding non-cacheable portion stored in the non-cache memory; anddisplaying the cacheable portions and the non-cacheable portions, including any retrieved non-cacheable portion.