| US 7,580,973 B2 | ||
| Method for loading, storing and presenting web pages | ||
| Dorte Falk, Wolfenbuettel (Germany); Stefan Lux, Meine (Germany); Dietmar Peters, Braunschweig (Germany); Carsten Schnier, Salzgitter (Germany); Uwe Heidemann, Altenbeken (Germany); and Rolf Feldmann, Porta Westfalica (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg (Germany) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/432,690 PCT Filed Oct. 30, 2001, PCT No. PCT/EP01/12528 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 04, 2004, PCT Pub. No. WO02/42932, PCT Pub. Date May 30, 2002. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 100 58 849 (DE), filed on Nov. 27, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0143668 A1, Jul. 22, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—203 [709/217; 709/223] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A method for downloading from a computer network and displaying at a subscriber unit a web page comprising a plurality
of information elements, comprising:
providing marker data for each of said information elements of said web page which are subject to change over time, said markers
specifying an expiration time or a validity period of said information elements, wherein an expiration time indicates a time
up to which said information element is valid and said validity period indicates a time range for which an information element
is valid;
downloading a first web page including said markers to said subscriber unit and storing said information elements and markers;
using an evaluation unit provided by an application on said subscriber unit, evaluating said markers to identify information
elements which are not valid and to determine a time for further downloading information elements for each information element
of the loadable web page;
further downloading information elements corresponding to said information elements identified as not valid; and
assembling and displaying an updated web page comprising stored valid information elements of said first web page and said
further downloaded information elements.
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