Patent ID: 8639694
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for preloading a web page retrieved over a network, the method comprising: providing a first web page in a web browser associated with a client computer where the first web page includes a plurality of links to at least one second web page; receiving data identifying a target link, chosen from the plurality of links, as a preloading target; performing a preload operation, using a processor, by retrieving information over the network from a target web page associated with the target link, where retrieving information from the target web page is carried out without providing the target web page in a visible browser window in a manner that allows a user to interact with links within the target web page, and where the information comprises at least a portion of content of the target web page; receiving a selection operation performed on a selected link, the selected link chosen from the plurality of links, and the selection operation indicating an intent to view a selected web page associated with the selected link; determining that the selected link is the target link; and in response to determining that the selected link is the target link: