Michael L Libby

US Patent:

20060064467, Mar 23, 2006

Filed:

Sep 17, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/943020

Inventors:

Michael Libby - Leesburg VA, US

International Classification:

G06F 15/16

US Classification:

709217000

Abstract:

A system and method for enabling versioning and partial web page caching is disclosed. One of the features of the present invention is the use of version information in the caching process at a server site to identify partial web page modifications. A second feature is the capability at the client site to identify, receive, and display individual portions of a web page. This avoids the necessity of having the client receive whole page content when only a portion of that content has changed. Advantages of the present invention include a reduction in the server processing load as well as a reduction in the use of bandwidth utilization, an assurance that web page data is current in both server and client cache, and a dramatic increase in the speed of web page presentation.