Asynchronous predictive caching of content listed in search results

US10983996B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• eBay Inc. · US

Inventors

• Ramesh Periyathambi · San Ramon, US
• Vineet Bindal · San Jose, US
• Naga Sita Raghuram Nimishakavi Venkata · San Jose, US
• Deepti Bhosale · San Jose, US
• Auston McReynolds · San Jose, US
• Andrew Lin · San Jose, US
• Lakshimi Duraivenkatesh · San Ramon, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2019
• Grant date: Apr 20, 2021
• Expiry date: Jun 21, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F16/9574
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Technologies described reduce the amount of time between requesting content and receiving the requested content. In some embodiments, a client provides a search query. A search result page is generated and, prior to returning the search result page to the client, some or all of the search results are asynchronously pre-fetched and cached. The search query can include custom parameters that are also included in the pre-fetch requests. Web addresses in the search results page can be modified to indicate whether a prefetch operation was initiated. Once a user activates one of the search results, the responding web server uses the cached data while generating a response.