Patent ID: 8745212

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for accessing network content, the method comprising: determining a probability value, using a processor, for each of one or more links associated with web content, the probability value indicating a likelihood that a user will select the associated link; determining whether the probability value satisfies at least one action threshold in a series of action thresholds, each action threshold in the series being associated with an increasingly aggressive network content access action; and performing the network content access action associated with each action threshold in the series of action thresholds based on a highest action threshold that the probability value satisfies so as to reduce a delay in accessing network content upon selection of the associated link, wherein performing comprises: determining an amount of resources needed to perform the network content access action; comparing the amount of resources needed to perform the network content access action to an amount of available resources; and assigning a priority for performing the network content access action based on the comparison and the probability value associated with the network content access action associated with a highest action threshold that the probability value satisfies.