Patent ID: 6757683
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A web content downloading method for a network kiosk comprising the steps of:(a) displaying a web page by the kiosk; (b) increasing speed of displaying a subsequent web page by (b-1) determining links to web content at a subsequent depth in the web page by the kiosk from a list of web content addresses stored in the kiosk; (b-2) contacting a number of servers in a global network where the web content at the subsequent depth is stored by the kiosk; (b-3) downloading no more than the web content identified by the links in the list from the servers in the global network by the kiosk; (b-4) storing the web content at the subsequent depth in a storage medium of the kiosk before displaying another web page by the kiosk; and (b-5) repeating steps (b-1) through (b-4) by the kiosk until a download limit identified in the list is exceeded; (c) recording selection of the other web page by the kiosk; (d) determining whether the web content associated with the other web page was stored in the storage medium by the kiosk; (e) if the web content associated with the other web page was stored in the storage medium by the kiosk, obtaining the web content associated with the other web page from the storage medium, and displaying the web content associated with the other web page by the kiosk; and (f) if the web content associated with the other web page was not stored in the storage medium by the kiosk, contacting the servers of the global network, downloading the web content associated with the other web page, and displaying the web content associated with the other web page while remaining connected to the global network by the kiosk.