Allocation of connection persistence to mobile browsers
View Patent ↗A method, system, and medium are provided for determining whether a persistent or non-persistent connection should be given to a device that requested a web page. In one embodiment, upon receiving a request for the web page, the characteristics of the web page are evaluated to determine whether a persistent connection will be efficiently used when accessing with the web page. In another embodiment, the requesting user's behavior may be evaluated to determine whether, based on past behavior, the user will effectively use a persistent connection to the requested web site. A persistent connection is granted to requesting browsers most likely to make efficient use of the persistent connection based on the characteristics of the requested web site and/or the requesting user's browsing habits.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-storage media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to perform a method of assigning a persistent connection to a mobile device requesting a web page, the method comprising:
receiving a request for the web page from the mobile device associated with a user;
receiving a plurality of web page characteristics for the web page;
receiving a plurality of user characteristics for the user;
determining, based on the plurality of user characteristics, that the mobile device will effectively utilize network resources allocated to the persistent connection while connected to the web page; and
determining, based on the plurality of web page characteristics, an optimal duration of the persistent connection;
assigning the mobile device the persistent connection for the optimal duration, the persistent connection that connects the mobile device to a content provider hosting the web page.
2. The media of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of web page characteristics include one or more of:
a number x-ref connections on the web page,
a number of requests made by the web page when loading,
size of the web page,
a number of images on the web page, and
a number of links on the web page.
3. The media of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device will effectively utilize network resources allocated to the persistent connection while connected to the web page when the web page generates multiple transactions when loading.
4. The media of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of user characteristics include one or more of an average time period between requests sent by the user while browsing the web page, a number of requests made by the user per visit to the web page, whether the mobile device is able to pipeline, and an amount of time the user spends viewing the web page.
5. The media of claim 4 , wherein the mobile device will effectively utilize network resources allocated to the persistent connection while connected to the web page when the plurality of user characteristics indicate that the user typically initiates multiple requests within a threshold time period when viewing the web page.
6. The media of claim 1 , updating the plurality of user characteristics each time the user accesses one or more of a new web page and a previously viewed web page.