Patent ID: 7908336
Filing Date: 2011-03-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: receiving, by a proxy from a web server, a webpage containing an instruction added to the webpage by the web server in response to receiving a request from a web browser on a computer for the webpage, wherein the webpage is not in a cache memory of the proxy and a hyperlink in the webpage matches one or more preferences in a database operably coupled to the web server; forwarding, by the proxy, the webpage to the web browser on the computer; and obtaining, by the proxy, a prefetched webpage associated with the hyperlink from the web server in accordance with the instruction, wherein the instruction is configured to cause the proxy to obtain and store, in the proxy cache memory, the prefetched webpage, associated with the hyperlink, only in response to the proxy having forwarded the webpage to the web browser.