Key resource prefetching using front-end optimization (FEO) configuration

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9477774-B2
Application number	US-201414494682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2014
Priority date	Sep 25, 2013
Publication date	Oct 25, 2016
Grant date	Oct 25, 2016

Abstract

Front-end optimization (FEO) configuration information is leveraged to identify “key” resources required to load other pages on a site, and to automatically cause key resources to be prefetched to a server, and to the browser. In this approach, an FEO analyzer uses knowledge of configured optimization templates to determine the key resources required to load pages for each template. The key resources for pages belonging to other optimization templates are then selectively prefetched by other pages. In a preferred approach, the FEO analyzer provides an edge server cache process a list of key resources and instructions to prefetch the key resources, as well as instructions to rewrite the HTML of the page to include instructions for the browser to prefetech the key resources. On the client, key resources are prefetched if missing from a cache on the browser. Key resources preferably are stored in the browser's HTML5 local storage cache.

First claim

What is claimed is as follows:

1. Apparatus to enhance deliverability of a website, the website comprising a set of pages, comprising:
a hardware processor;
computer memory storing computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor, the computer program instructions comprising:
program code operative to receive a front-end optimization (FEO) configuration for the website, the FEO configuration identifying a set of page templates for the website, wherein a given page template is associated with a type of page;
program code operative to analyze the FEO configuration to identify, for a given page template associated with a first page, a set of one or more key resources of a page that is linked to the first page, the linked page being associated with at least one other page template in the set of page templates identified in the FEO configuration; and
program code operative to rewrite markup language code for the page associated with the given page template to include one or more instructions to prefetch the one or more key resources upon load of the page.

2. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein the instructions prefetch the one or more key resources into an HTML5 Local Storage associated with a requesting web client.

3. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein the key resources are one of: a cascading style sheet (CSS), and a JavaScript.

4. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein the computer program instructions further include program code that is operative to exclude a given key resource from the one or more key resources when the given key resource is also present in the first page.

5. The apparatus as described in claim 1 wherein the program code operative to analyze the FEO configuration identifies one or more key resources required to load pages for each of the templates in the set of templates.

6. The apparatus as described in claim 5 wherein the computer program instructions further include program code to exclude one or more templates from the set of templates that are analyzed.

7. An overlay network system that provides website acceleration to multiple tenants over an edge network, comprising:
an apparatus to enhance deliverability of a website on behalf of a tenant, the website comprising a set of pages, the apparatus comprising:
a hardware processor;
computer memory storing computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor, the computer program instructions comprising:
program code operative to receive a front-end optimization (FEO) configuration for the website, the FEO configuration identifying a set of page templates for the website, wherein a given page template is associated with a type of page;
program code operative to analyze the FEO configuration to identify, for a given page template associated with a first page, a set of one or more key resources of a page that is linked to the first page, the linked page being associated with at least one other page template in the set of page templates identified in the FEO configuration; and
program code operative to rewrite markup language code for the page associated with the given page template to include one or more instructions to prefetch the one or more key resources upon load of the page.

8. The overlay network system as described in claim 7 wherein the edge network includes one or more edge servers.

9. The overlay network system as described in claim 8 wherein the markup language code that is rewritten is served to a requesting client from an edge server in the edge network.

10. Apparatus to enhance page load of a web site, the website, the website comprising a set of pages, comprising:
a hardware processor;
computer memory storing computer program instructions executed by the hardware processor, the computer program instructions comprising:
program code operative to receive and parse markup language code for a given page associated with a given page template of a front-end optimization (FEO) configuration for the website, the FEO configuration identifying a set of page templates for the website, wherein a given page template is associated with a type of page, the given page having been modified following analysis of the FEO configuration to include one or more instructions to prefetch one or more key resources in association with loading of the given page, the one or more key resources being associated with at least a page that is linked to the given page, the linked page being associated with at least one other page template in the set of page templates in the FEO configuration;
program code operative with respect to a particular key resource to determine whether the particular key resource is present in a client-side local store; and
program code operative in response to a determination that the particular key resource is not present in the client-side local store to prefetch the particular key resource in association with the loading of the given page.

11. The apparatus as described in claim 10 wherein the client-side local store is HTML5 Local Storage.

12. The apparatus as described in claim 10 wherein the computer program instructions further include program code operative in response to a determination that the particular key resource is present in the client-side local store for ignoring the instruction to prefetch the particular key resource.

Assignees

• Akamai Tech Inc

Inventors

• Conboy Craig
• Podjarny Guy
• Daley Christopher P

Classifications

• G06F12/0862

  with prefetch · CPC title

• G06F17/30902 Primary

  Physics · mapped topic

• H04L67/02 Primary

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

• H04L67/5681 Primary

  Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics · CPC title

• H04L67/1097

  for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS] · CPC title