Techniques are disclosed for constructing web (or other networked) documents as parameterized forms of other networked documents. For example, a document may be represented as a collection of changes to be applied to a first document which is incorporated by reference in the second document. Instead of delivering the entire document over a slower network connecting the content server to the content browser, the document is delivered as a collection of changes to previously delivered documents that are much closer to the user\'s content browser. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, special software is not necessarily required at the end user for reconstructing the second document from the set of base documents and the set of modifications to the base documents. Instead, the second document may be encoded as a program in a scripting (or other form of computer) language that can be readily executed by common content browsers and which, upon execution, causes the second document to be displayed by the content browser.

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›1.independentA method for constructing parameterized web documents comprising the steps of:n(a) receiving as input a current document to be distributed to a user; …+22

›2.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said computer program includes: (i) a base document identifier; (ii) references to portions of said base document for st…d2

›3.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said program of step (c) is in a scripting language executable on a content browser of said user.d2+1

›5.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said computer program is configured so that no special software is required at the user for reconstructing said current …d2+1

›7.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said base document shares content with said current document.d2

›8.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said base document is accessible to said user from a cache.d2+4

›13.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said computer program includes a reference to said base document.d2+4

›18.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said step (b) of identifying said base document is based on degree of similarity to said current document.d2+1

›20.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said base document is a template for said current document.d2

›21.↳ 1The method of claim 1 wherein said documents are block-based and said strings are said blocks.d2+2

›24.independentA computer-readable storage medium encoded with program logic instructions for improving network efficiency of document transmission from a content se…

›25.independentA file server located between, and configured to improve network efficiency of document transmission between, a content server and a user, comprising:…+1

›27.independentA method for constructing parameterized web documents comprising the steps of:n(a) receiving as input content strings to be distributed to a user; (b)…

›28.independentA computer-readable storage medium encoded with program logic instructions for improving network efficiency of document transmission from a content se…

›29.independentA file server located between, and configured to improve network efficiency of document transmission between, a content server and a user, comprising:…+1

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5 codes

IPC · International Patent Classification

Section G — Physics

G06F015/00

USPC · US Patent Classification

715/522715/526710/68715/517

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Type	Document	Date
related publication	US 20020087547 A1	4 Jul 2002

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