US 2026/0228418 A1 · TIME-DEPENDENT MACHINE-GENERATED HINTING

Abstract

Embodiments seek to improve prefetch hinting using time-dependent, machine-generated hints. Some embodiments operate in context of client machines in communication hinting machines that can develop information about whether and how resources are used in network transactions over time by collecting “resource samples.” Each resource sample can identify rendering status information of a resource at a sample time. The time-based samples can be used to compute time-based probabilities for the resources, indicating, for example, the likelihood of a resource being used to render a web page at some subsequent time. Time-dependent hints can be generated as a function of the time-based probabilities, and the time-dependent hints can be used to improve prefetching by optimizing the hinting information with respect to a particular request time (e.g., the prefetching hints for rendering a web page can be generated in a manner that accounts for when the web page is being rendered).

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Dependent claims

A method for time-dependent hint generation, the method comprising:

receiving, by a hinting machine forming at least part of a client machine, a plurality of resource samples of a child resource, each resource sample comprising a rendering status of the child resource during a prior rendering of a web page at a corresponding sample time;
determining, by the hinting machine, a time-based probability function using the plurality of rendering statuses of the child resource at the corresponding sample times, the time-based probability function being configured to generate a probability that the child resource will be rendered as part of the web page at a future time relative to a reference time;
calculating, by the hinting machine, a time-based probability of the child resource being fetched as part of a rendering of the web page at a fetching time using the time-based probability function;
and
generating, by the hinting machine based at least in part on the calculated time-based probability, a time-dependent hint for prefetching the child resource.

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