Patent ID: 7047485

Claim:
A method for caching information in a browser comprising: (a) requesting a first web page; (b) receiving the first web page in a browser in response to the request, wherein the first web page comprises an applet tag; (c) requesting an applet identified by the applet tag; (d) receiving the applet; (e) executing the applet, wherein the applet is configured to: (1) obtain an object list that identifies one or more web objects likely to be accessed next as part of one or more additional web pages that are likely to be requested by a user; (2) request one or more web objects identified in the object list; (3) receive the one or more requested web objects; (4) precache the one or more requested web objects by copying the one or more requested web objects into a cache of the browser; (f) receiving a request from the user for a second web page; (g) retrieving the web object from the cache for the second web page in response to the request from the user; and (h) displaying the retrieved web object, as part of the second web page, in the browser.