IP Library Granted Patent US 11,030,271
Granted Patent B2
US 11,030,271 · App. 16/331,883 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Content caching for fast load time

Inventors: Yumao Lu (Redmond, WA); Yi Zhang (Bothell, WA); Fei Wang (San Jose, CA)
Assignee: Microsoft Technoiogy Licensing, LLC
G06F16/9574G06F12/123G06F16/00G06F16/9538G06F16/9577
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Patent No.
US 11,030,271
App. No.
16/331,883
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques for improving content load time are described. A method comprises: receiving, from a search service, a plurality of search results in response to a search query, wherein each of the plurality of search results includes a result link pointing to an object stored on a content source; receiving, from the search service, auxiliary information indicating that, for at least one of the plurality of search results, a copy of at least a portion of the object that the result link of the at least one search result points to is cached within a cache service associated with the search service; and retrieving, from the cache service, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object in response to a selection of the result link of the at least one search result.

Claims (26)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a search service, a plurality of search results in response to a search query, wherein each of the plurality of search results includes a result link pointing to an object stored on a content source;

receiving, from the search service, auxiliary information indicating that, for at least one of the plurality of search results, a copy of at least a portion of the object that the result link of the at least one search result points to is cached within a cache service associated with the search service;

retrieving, from the cache service, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object in response to a selection of the result link of the at least one search result;

presenting, in a front view of a user interface, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object, the front being viewable by a user;

presenting the object in a back view of the user interface while the object is being retrieved from the content source, where the back view is not viewable by the user; and

switching the presenting of the object to the front view of the user interface once the object is retrieved from the content source.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least the portion of the object includes static content of the object.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the object includes a Web page.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary information includes an additional link associated with the at least one search result, the additional link pointing to the cached copy of at least the portion of the object.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the retrieving further comprises:

retrieving, from the cache service, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object via the additional link.

6. A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a search service, a plurality of search results in response to a search query, wherein each of the plurality of search results includes a result link pointing to an object stored on a content source;

receiving, from the search service, auxiliary information indicating that, for at least one of the plurality of search results, a copy of at least a portion of the object that the result link of the at least one search result points to is cached within a cache service associated with the search service;

retrieving, from the cache service, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object in response to a selection of the result link of the at least one search result; presenting, in a front view of a user interface, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object, the front being viewable by a user;

presenting the object in a back view of the user interface while the object is being retrieved from the content source, where the back view is not viewable by the user; and switching the presenting of the object to the front view of the user interface once the object is retrieved from the content source.

7. A non-transitory tangible computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed on at least one processing unit, causing the at least one processing unit to perform operations comprising:

receiving, from a search service, a plurality of search results in response to a search query, wherein each of the plurality of search results includes a result link pointing to an object stored on a content source;

receiving, from the search service, auxiliary information indicating that, for at least one of the plurality of search results, a copy of at least a portion of the object that the result link of the at least one search result points to is cached within a cache service associated with the search service;

retrieving, from the cache service, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object in response to a selection of the result link of the at least one search result;

presenting, in a front view of a user interface, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object, the front being viewable by a user;

presenting the object in a back view of the user interface while the object is being retrieved from the content source, where the back view is not viewable by the user; and

switching the presenting of the object to the front view of the user interface once the object is retrieved from the content source.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 13, 2019
From: LU, YUMAO; ZHANG, YI; WANG, FEI
To: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Reel/Frame 048585/0199 →
Continuity (1)
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