US 10,382,518 B2 · Low latency applications using multiple servers

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for managing an application having sub-applications sharded across different servers. A plurality of servers each serve a separate sub-application of a primary application that includes one or more of the sub-applications. The sub-applications are combined at a client device to create a graphical user interface of the primary application. Each of the sub-applications is separately served in response to multiple different network calls to multiple different servers initiated by the client device. Synchronization code, served by one or more of the servers, prevents the client device from initiating a network call for UI code that renders static user interface elements of each sub-application until the client device has initiated one or more networks calls requesting data that will be presented by a given user interface view of the sub-application.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

a plurality of servers comprising one or more processors that each serve a separate sub-application of a primary application that includes two or more of the separate sub-applications, wherein:
the two or more separate sub-applications are combined at a client device to create a single graphical user interface of the primary application;
each of the sub-applications is separately served by the plurality of servers in response to multiple different network calls to multiple different servers that are initiated by the client device executing the primary application, wherein the plurality of servers serve each of the sub-applications without providing sufficient code required to render a user interface of that sub-application;
and
synchronization code, served by one or more of the plurality of servers to the client device, delays the client device from initiating a network call for UI code that is required to render a user interface of each sub-application until the client device has initiated one or more networks calls requesting data that will be presented by a given user interface view of each sub-application that is generated using the UI code.

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A method, comprising:

receiving, by a mixer and from a client device, a page load request for a page that includes two or more separate sub-applications;
routing, by the mixer, the page load request to a host server that processes page load requests for pages that include two or more separate sub-applications;
and
processing, by the host server, the page load request, including:
transmitting, to the client device, a response that includes:
instructions that redirect the client device to a particular child server of a plurality of child servers for each respective sub-application of the two or more separate sub-applications, wherein each respective child server serves a set of data that initializes a particular sub-application of the two or more separate sub-applications without providing sufficient code required to render a user interface of the particular sub-application;
and
synchronization code that delays the client device from initiating a network call for UI code that is required to render a user interface of each sub-application until the client device has initiated one or more networks calls requesting data that will be presented by a given user interface view of each sub-application that is generated using the UI code.

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A non-transitory computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by a distributed computing system cause the distributed computing system to perform operations comprising:

receiving, by a mixer and from a client device, a page load request for a page that includes two or more separate sub-applications;
routing, by the mixer, the page load request to a host server that processes page load requests for pages that include two or more separate sub-applications;
and
processing, by the host server, the page load request, including:
transmitting, to the client device, a response that includes:
instructions that redirect the client device to a particular child server of a plurality of child servers for each respective sub-application of the two or more separate sub-applications, wherein each respective child server serves a set of data that initializes a particular sub-application of the two or more separate sub-applications without providing sufficient code required to render a user interface of the particular sub-application;
and
synchronization code that delays the client device from initiating a network call for UI code that is required to render a user interface of each sub-application until the client device has initiated one or more networks calls requesting data that will be presented by a given user interface view of each sub-application that is generated using the UI code.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Low latency applications using multiple servers

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Low latency applications using multiple servers

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