Methods and systems for application controlled pre-fetch

A system comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• one or more computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and having executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
• receiving, at a first load balancer over a network from a client machine, a message including a request for an interface and an identifier, the interface being a webpage comprising a first element that is rendered for display by a browser that executes on the client machine, the identifier identifying the webpage for retrieval from a first server;
• in response to receiving the message, receiving the interface including the first element configured as a nested interface element and pre-fetch information, over a network, at the first load balancer, the interface and pre-fetch information being received from a first application server, the pre-fetch information including a first element identifier that identifies the first element, the first element comprising a script including a plurality of nested element identifiers that respectively identify a plurality of nested interface elements included in the interface and that respectively identify respective locations on the network of the respective nested interface elements;
• prior to receiving a request for the plurality of nested interface elements included in the interface from the client machine, identifying and requesting at least one nested interface element included in the interface from its respective location on the network;
• receiving the at least one nested interface element from a second server by communicating a second message to a second server, the second message including a respective nested element identifier of the pre-fetch information that identifies the at least one nested interface element;
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• storing the at least one nested interface element in a cache that is accessible to the first load balancer.

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having executable instructions stored thereon that, in response to being executed by one or more processors, cause a system to perform operations comprising:

• receiving, at a first load balancer over a network from a client machine, a message including a request for an interface and an identifier, the interface being a webpage comprising a first element that is rendered for display by a browser that executes on the client machine, the identifier identifying the webpage for retrieval from a first server;
• in response to receiving the message, receiving the interface including the first element configured as a nested interface element and pre-fetch information, over a network, at the first load balancer, the interface and pre-fetch information being received from a first application server, the pre-fetch information including a first element identifier that identifies the first element, the first element comprising a script including a plurality of nested element identifiers that respectively identify a plurality of nested interface elements included in the interface and that respectively identify respective locations on the network of the respective nested interface elements;
• sending a response from the first load balancer to the client machine over the network, the response including the interface;
• prior to receiving a request for the plurality of nested interface elements included in the interface from the client machine, identifying and requesting at least one nested interface element included in the interface from its respective location on the network;
• receiving the at least one nested interface element from a second server by communicating a second message to a second server, the second message including a respective nested element identifier of the pre-fetch information that identifies the at least one nested interface element;
• and
• storing the at least one nested interface element in a cache that is accessible to the first load balancer.