Network browser system, method, and computer program product for conditionally loading a portion of data from a network based on a data transfer rate
View Patent ↗A system, method, and computer program product are provided for optimizing network browser performance by conditionally loading a portion of data from a network based on a data transfer rate. In use, a data transfer rate associated with a device connected to a network is identified. Additionally, a portion of data from the network is conditionally loaded utilizing a network browser of the device, based on the identified data transfer rate. Further, the portion of the data is selected based on a relevancy of the portion of the data.
1. A method, comprising:
identifying a data transfer rate associated with a device connected to a network;
conditionally loading a portion of data associated with e-mail from the network utilizing a network browser of the device, based on the identified data transfer rate, wherein the portion of the data is selected for loading based on a relevancy of the portion of the data as indicated by a plurality of rules, the rules assigning text data as having a higher relevancy and advertising data as having a lower relevancy for loading;
issuing a command to prevent at least some of the data from being loaded based, at least in part, on its corresponding relevancy and the identified data transfer rate being lower than a specified threshold rate;
generating an average for a plurality of previous transfer rates for the device over a period of time;
comparing the average for the plurality of previous transfer rates to a predefined threshold rate; and
loading an entirety of requested data if the average for the plurality of previous transfer rates exceeds the predefined threshold rate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data transfer rate is identified utilizing a network controller.
3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising continuously monitoring the data transfer rate.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data transfer rate indicates a speed with which data is transferred to the device via the network.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data includes a web page.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data includes an electronic mail message.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rules are user-configured.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the rules are automatically configured.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the rules are configured automatically based on capabilities of the device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the data includes an image.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the data is associated with a third party plug-in.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the data includes an advertisement.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the data is loaded if the identified data transfer rate meets a specified threshold rate.
14. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in response to the portion of the data being prevented from loading based on the identified data transfer rate, the portion of the data is loaded based on a manual selection.
15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising presenting an alert in response to prevention of the loading of the portion of the data.
16. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium for performing operations, comprising:
identifying a data transfer rate associated with a device connected to a network;
conditionally loading a portion of data associated with e-mail from the network utilizing a network browser of the device, based on the identified data transfer rate, wherein the portion of the data is selected for loading based on a relevancy of the portion of the data as indicated by a plurality of rules, the rules assigning text data as having a higher relevancy and advertising data as having a lower relevancy for loading;
issuing a command to prevent at least some of the data from being loaded based, at least in part, on its corresponding relevancy and the identified data transfer rate being lower than a specified threshold rate;
generating an average for a plurality of previous transfer rates for the device over a period of time;
comparing the average for the plurality of previous transfer rates to a predefined threshold rate; and
loading an entirety of requested data if the average for the plurality of previous transfer rates exceeds the predefined threshold rate.
17. A system, comprising:
a processor;
a network adapter, wherein the system is configured for:
identifying a data transfer rate associated with a device connected to a network;
conditionally loading a portion of data associated with e-mail from the network utilizing a network browser of the device, based on the identified data transfer rate, wherein the portion of the data is selected for loading based on a relevancy of the portion of the data as indicated by a plurality of rules, the rules assigning text data as having a higher relevancy and advertising data as having a lower relevancy for loading;
issuing a command to prevent at least some of the data from being loaded based, at least in part, on its corresponding relevancy and the identified data transfer rate being lower than a specified threshold rate;
generating an average for a plurality of previous transfer rates for the device over a period of time;
comparing the average for the plurality of previous transfer rates to a predefined threshold rate; and
loading an entirety of requested data if the average for the plurality of previous transfer rates exceeds the predefined threshold rate.
18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the device includes memory coupled to a processor via a bus.
19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the data includes text within email messages accessed utilizing an email application, where the text within the email messages is specified as a higher relevancy than images within the email messages.