Frequent content continuity visual assistance in content browsing

A content browsing data processing system configured for frequent content retrieval, the system comprising:

• a host computer with memory and at least one processor, the host computer communicatively coupled to at least one content server from over a computer communications network;
• and,
• a frequent content retrieval module executing in the memory of the host computer and coupled to a content browser and a page cache, the module comprising program code enabled upon execution in the host computer to retrieve requested content from a content server from over the computer communications network, to consult a cache to determine if a cached version of the requested content persists in the cache, in response to the consulting, to compare the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content in the page cache, to compute whether or not the retrieved requested content differs from the cached version by at least a threshold amount, and on condition that the retrieved requested content differs from the cached version by at least a threshold amount, to identify in the cached version of the requested content, a portion of the cached version of the requested content specified as frequently accessed, the portion comprising a hyperlink to locate the portion of the cached version of the requested content in the retrieved requested content, to annotate the retrieved requested content to visually emphasize the located frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content, and to return the annotated retrieved requested content to the content browser for display therein.

A computer program product for frequent content retrieval in a content browser, the computer program product comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising a device having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
• computer readable program code for retrieving requested content from a content server from over a computer communications network;
• computer readable program code for consulting a cache to determine if a cached version of the requested content persists in the cache;
• computer readable program code for, in response to the consulting,
• comparing the retrieved requested content to a cached version of the requested content;
• computer readable program code for computing whether or not the retrieved requested content differs from the cached version by at least a threshold amount;
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• computer readable program code for, on condition that the retrieved requested content differs from the cached version by at least a threshold amount, identifying in the cached version of the requested content, a portion of the cached version of the requested content specified as frequently accessed, the portion comprising a hyperlink, locating the portion of the cached version of the requested content in the retrieved requested content, annotating the retrieved requested content to visually emphasize the located frequently accessed portion of the retrieved requested content and, returning the annotated retrieved requested content to a content browser for display therein.