Creation and delivery of pre-rendered web pages for accelerated browsing

A system for generation and delivery of pre-rendered web pages to client devices, comprising:

• a first server comprising a microprocessor and memory holding program instructions that when executed cause the first server to:
• receive from a first client device a first image of at least a portion of a particular web page rendered by the first client device, the particular web page being associated with an markup language document;
• receive from a second client device, a second image of at least a portion of the particular web page rendered by the second client device;
• send the first image and the second image to a second server;
• the second server comprising a microprocessor and memory holding program instructions that when executed cause the second server to:
• aggregate at least the first and second images into a set;
• analyze the set to determine image areas that are common and image areas that differ across images in the set;
• generate a third image from the set, the third image retaining at least some of the image areas that are common and omitting at least some of the image areas that differ, if any;
• the first server further holding program instructions that when executed cause the first server to:
• receive a request for the markup language document from a third client device;
• send the third image to the third client device, after receipt of the request.

A method operable in a computing platform with one or more servers, for collecting pre-rendered web pages in a computing platform for delivery to client devices, the method comprising:

• receiving a request from a first client device for an markup language document;
• retrieving the markup language document from an origin server;
• modifying the markup language document by inserting code to cause the first client device to create an image of a rendered web page described by the markup language document, following transmission to the first client device;
• sending the modified markup language to the first client device, in response to the request from the first client device;
• receiving, from the first client device, the image of the rendered web page described by the markup language document;
• processing the image of the rendered web page to create a processed version of the image;
• send the processed version of the image to a second client device, following a request from the second client device for the markup language document.

A system for collecting pre-rendered web pages in a computing platform for delivery to client devices, the method comprising:

• a first server comprising a microprocessor and memory holding program instructions that when executed cause the first server to:
• receive a request from a first client device for an markup language document;
• retrieve the markup language document from an origin server;
• modify the markup language document by inserting code to cause the first client device to create an image of a rendered web page described by the markup language document, following transmission to the first client device;
• send the modified markup language to the first client device, in response to the request from the first client device;
• receive, from the first client device, the image of the rendered web page described by the markup language document;
• send the image of the rendered web page to a second server;
• obtain a processed version of the image from the second server;
• send the processed version of the image to a second client device, following a request from the a second client device for the markup language document.
• a second server comprising a microprocessor and memory holding program instructions that when executed cause the second server to:
• receive the image of the rendered web page from the first server;
• process the image of the rendered web page to create a processed version of the image;
• send the processed version of the image to the first server.