Patent ID: 8601365

Claim:
A first computing device for facilitating accessing information by a user and displaying information for the user via a network, the first computing device comprising: a processing unit; a data storage unit; and a first network interface being configured to communicate with a second computing device via the network; the first computing device being configured to receive a first request from the second computing device via the network for at least a portion of a first set of formatted markup information to be displayed on the second computing device; transmit a first response to the second computing device, the first response being responsive to the first request and including instructions and a first set of data, the first response giving the second computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information by executing at least a portion of the instructions on at least a portion of the first set of data, with the byte size of the at least a portion of the instructions and the at least a portion of the first set of data together being less than the byte size of the at least a portion of the first set of formatted markup information being generated for display; subsequently receive a second request from the second computing device via the network for additional information to be displayed on the second computing device; and transmit a second response to the second computing device, the second response being responsive to the second request and including at least a second set of data, the second response giving the second computing device the ability to generate at least a portion of a second set of formatted markup information by executing at least a portion of the previously transmitted instructions on at least a portion of the second set of data, wherein the at least a portion of the second set of formatted markup information is generated at the second computing device without having to re-transmit the previously transmitted instructions.