Methods, systems, and media for updating a webpage rendered with cached content

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11170067-B2
Application number	US-201715840560-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 13, 2017
Priority date	Dec 13, 2017
Publication date	Nov 9, 2021
Grant date	Nov 9, 2021

Abstract

Methods, systems, and media for updating a webpage rendered with cached content are provided. In some embodiments, the method comprises: receiving, at a user device, a request to present a webpage; retrieving, from memory local to the user device, a template associated with the webpage and a plurality of content items to be included in the webpage; causing the webpage to be presented on the user device using the retrieved template and the one or more content items; transmitting a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to a server associated with the webpage, wherein the RPC includes an identifier of the webpage; receiving a response to the RPC that includes at least one update to the webpage; and causing the webpage to be updated based on the response to the RPC.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for updating webpage content, the method comprising:
receiving, at a user device, a request to present a webpage;
retrieving, from memory local to the user device, a template associated with the webpage and a plurality of content items to be included in the webpage;
causing the webpage to be presented on the user device using the retrieved template and the plurality of content items, wherein at least one content item of the plurality of content items is associated with an event listener that detects an activity associated with the at least one content item, and wherein a portion of the webpage that corresponds to a first content item that was not retrieved from the memory local to the user device is presented as blank;
in response to detecting the activity associated with the at least one content item using the event listener, transmitting a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to a server associated with the webpage, wherein the RPC includes indications of a visibility event associated with a second content item included in the webpage and the portion of the webpage that is blank as the first content item was not stored in the memory location to the user device;
receiving a response to the RPC that includes at least one update to the webpage; and
causing the webpage to be updated based on the response to the RPC.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one update to the webpage includes a content item not included in the plurality of content items.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least one content item in the plurality of content items is a recommendation to view a media content item.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RPC includes identifiers corresponding to each of the content items in the one or more content items.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activity comprises detecting that the at least one content item of the plurality of content items has been interacted with on the user device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the RPC includes timing information of the interaction with the content item of the plurality of content items.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the template indicates a location for each content item in the plurality of content items.

8. A system for updating webpage content, the system comprising:
a memory; and
a hardware processor that, when executing computer-executable instructions stored in the memory, is configured to:
receive, at a user device, a request to present a webpage;
retrieve, from memory local to the user device, a template associated with the webpage and a plurality of content items to be included in the webpage;
cause the webpage to be presented on the user device using the retrieved template and the plurality of content items, wherein at least one content item of the plurality of content items is associated with an event listener that detects an activity associated with the at least one content item, and wherein a portion of the webpage that corresponds to a first content item that was not retrieved from the memory local to the user device is presented as blank;
in response to detecting the activity associated with the at least one content item using the event listener, transmit a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to a server associated with the webpage, wherein the RPC includes indications of a visibility event associated with a second content item included in the webpage and the portion of the webpage that is blank as the first content item was not stored in the memory location to the user device;
receive a response to the RPC that includes at least one update to the webpage; and
cause the webpage to be updated based on the response to the RPC.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the at least one update to the webpage includes a content item not included in the plurality of content items.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein at least one content item in the plurality of content items is a recommendation to view a media content item.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the RPC includes identifiers corresponding to each of the content items in the one or more content items.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the activity comprises detecting that the at least one content item of the plurality of content items has been interacted with on the user device.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the RPC includes timing information of the interaction with the content item of the plurality of content items.

14. The system of claim 8 , wherein the template indicates a location for each content item in the plurality of content items.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method for updating webpage content, the method comprising:
receiving, at a user device, a request to present a webpage;
retrieving, from memory local to the user device, a template associated with the webpage and a plurality of content items to be included in the webpage;
causing the webpage to be presented on the user device using the retrieved template and the plurality of content items, wherein at least one content item of the plurality of content items is associated with an event listener that detects an activity associated with the at least one content item, and wherein a portion of the webpage that corresponds to a first content item that was not retrieved from the memory local to the user device is presented as blank;
in response to detecting the activity associated with the at least one content item using the event listener, transmitting a Remote Procedure Call (RPC) to a server associated with the webpage, wherein the RPC includes indications of a visibility event associated with a second content item included in the webpage and the portion of the webpage that is blank as the first content item was not stored in the memory location to the user device;
receiving a response to the RPC that includes at least one update to the webpage; and
causing the webpage to be updated based on the response to the RPC.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the at least one update to the webpage includes a content item not included in the plurality of content items.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein at least one content item in the plurality of content items is a recommendation to view a media content item.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the RPC includes identifiers corresponding to each of the content items in the one or more content items.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the activity comprises detecting that the at least one content item of the plurality of content items has been interacted with on the user device.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the RPC includes timing information of the interaction with the content item of the plurality of content items.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the template indicates a location for each content item in the plurality of content items.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Lewis Justin
• Rapp Richard

Classifications

• H04L67/02

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F16/9574 Primary

  of access to content, e.g. by caching · CPC title

• H04L67/133

  Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC] · CPC title

• G06F16/958 Primary

  Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking · CPC title

• G06F16/9577

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title