Patent ID: 7359395
Filing Date: 2008-04-15
Classification: H04B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of communicating over a communications link, the method comprising: receiving, from a first gateway, a request for a base web object, wherein the base web object identifies one or more referenced web objects therein; retrieving the base web object; parsing the base web object to identify one or more referenced web objects to be pre-fetched; constructing, and transmitting to the first gateway, a pre-fetch announcement identifying the one or more referenced web objects to be pre-fetched wherein the pre-fetch announcement comprises, for each referenced web object to be pre-fetched, a matching program comprising a data locator for the referenced web object and one or more operation codes operative to how requests for a given reference web object are to be matched to the referenced web objects to be pre-fetched; and subsequent to constructing and transmitting the pre-fetch announcement, transmitting the base web object to the first gateway.