Patent ReferencesMethod and apparatus for server-independent caching of dynamically-generated customized pages System for generation of user profiles for a system for customized electronic identification of desirable objects Apparatus and method for predicted response generation System for sending list of media data objects to server which may be read by client and receiving from the server indicator of allocated resource Method for predictive prefetching of information over a communications network Data system with distributed tree indexes and method for maintaining the indexes Patent #: 5806065 InventorsApplicationNo. 852757 filed on 05/07/1997US Classes:709/223COMPUTER NETWORK MANAGINGExaminersPrimary: Meky, Moustafa M.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassG06F 013/00AbstractA computer, e.g. a server or computer operated by a network provider sends one or more requesting computers (clients) a most likely predicted-to-be selected (predicted) page of information by determining a preference factor for this page based on one or more pages that are requested by the client. This page is added to a local cache of predicted-to-be-selected pages in the client. Once the predicted-to-be selected page is in the cache, the client can update the appearance of the link (i.e. by changing the color or otherwise changing the appearance of the link indicator) to indicate to the user that the page represented by that link is available in the local cache. | |