System and method for zero latency browsing
US8954600B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 2, 2012 |
| Grant date | Feb 10, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/8126
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system replicates Internet websites on a large number of user computers having browsers. The system includes a gateway platform having a gateway server and a cache. In the broadcast mode, the gateway server periodically or continuously images broadcast data (e.g., popular websites), compresses the website images, and stores the compressed website images in the gateway cache. The gateway server then broadcasts all of the compressed broadcast data to all (millions) of the user computers over a broadcast device (such as a satellite), for subsequent display by the user in the browser. In the unicast mode, the user requests unicast data (e.g., less-popular websites or websites having highly user-customized information) at the browser. The gateway server images that one web page, compresses the unicast data, and transmits the compressed unicast data over the broadcast device substantially in real time to the one requesting user computer.
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