Phased generation and delivery of structured documents

A method comprising:

• receiving, by a page-assembling process executing in conjunction with a client rendering application executing in a client computing device, a call from a function call in a response portion received by the client computing device for generating a corresponding portion of a requested web page, the response portion further comprising markup-language code and one or more of one or more portions of content to be rendered by the client computing device, one or more resources, or one or more references to resources;
• and
• after receiving the call from the function call:
• identifying, by the page-assembling process, a place-holder identification (ID) parameter in the function call;
• accessing, by the page-assembling process, a model representation, generated by the client rendering application, of a structured document that comprises one or more place-holder code segments, each place-holder code segment being represented as a place-holder node in the model representation, each place-holder code segment and respective place-holder node having a corresponding place-holder ID parameter;
• identifying, by the page-assembling process, a place-holder node in the model representation by matching the place-holder ID parameter in the call to the corresponding place-holder node having a matching place-holder ID parameter;
• and
• inserting, or causing to be inserted, by the page-assembling process, the portions of content, resources, or calls to resources in the response portion into the model representation at a location in the model representation determined based on the corresponding matching place-holder node;
• wherein the response portion is one of a plurality of second response portions received by the client computing device subsequent to a first response portion received by the client computing device, each second response portion comprising a function call to the page-assembling process, markup-language code, and one or more of one or more portions of content to be rendered by the client computing device, one or more resources, or one or more references to resources;
• and
• wherein the first response portion comprises:
• the structured document for use by the client computing device to render a requested web page, the structured document comprising:
• markup-language code that comprises one or more place-holder code segments;
• a code segment for implementing the page-assembling process and comprising a function library;
• and
• one or more first resources or one or more first references to first resources.

A system comprising:

• a server computing device comprising:
• one or more first processors;
• and
• first logic encoded in one or more first computer-readable tangible storage media that, when executed by the one or more first processors, is operable to:
• receive a request for a web page;
• send a first response portion for generating the requested web page to the client computing device in response to the request, the first response portion comprising:
• a structured document for use by the client computing device to render the requested web page and comprising:
• markup-language code that comprises one or more place-holder code segments;
• a code segment for implementing a page-assembling process that comprises a function library;
• and
• one or more first resources or one or more first references to first resources,
• wherein sending the first response portion comprises sending the code segment comprising the function library;
• and
• generate one or more second response portions each for generating a corresponding portion of the requested web page, each second response portion comprising:
• markup-language code and one or more of one or more second portions of content to be rendered by the client computing device, one or more second resources, or one or more second references to second resources to be downloaded;
• and
• a function call to a library function in the function library of the page-assembling process, the generated markup-language code comprising the function call;
• and
• send the second response portions to the client computing device;
• and
• the client computing device, wherein the client computing device comprises:
• one or more second processors;
• and
• second logic encoded in one or more second computer-readable tangible storage media that, when executed by the one or more second processors, is operable to:
• implement the page-assembling process, wherein the page-assembling process is configured, responsive to a function call corresponding to a respective second response portion, to:
• identify a place-holder identification (ID) parameter in the function call;
• access a model representation, generated by a client rendering application, of the structured document that comprises one or more place-holder code segments, each place-holder code segment being represented as a place-holder node in the model representation, each place-holder code segment and respective place-holder node having a corresponding place-holder ID parameter;
• identify a place-holder node in the model representation by matching the place-holder ID parameter in the function call to the corresponding place-holder node having a matching place-holder ID parameter;
• and
• insert, or cause to be inserted, the second portions of content, resources, or calls to resources in the second response portion corresponding to the function call into the model representation at a location in the model representation determined based on the corresponding matching place-holder node.

One or more computer-readable non-transitory tangible storage media encoded with program code that, when executed by one or more processors, is operable to:

• receive, in conjunction with a client rendering application executing in a client computing device, a call from a function call in a response portion received by the client computing device for generating a corresponding portion of a requested web page, the response portion further comprising markup-language code and one or more of one or more portions of content to be rendered by the client computing device, one or more resources, or one or more references to resources;
• and
• after receiving the call from the function call:
• identify a place-holder identification (ID) parameter in the function call;
• access a model representation, generated by the client rendering application, of a structured document that comprises one or more place-holder code segments, each place-holder code segment being represented as a place-holder node in the model representation, each place-holder code segment and respective place-holder node having a corresponding place-holder ID parameter;
• identify a place-holder node in the model representation by matching the place-holder ID parameter in the call to the corresponding place-holder node having a matching place-holder ID parameter;
• and
• insert, or cause to be inserted, the portions of content, resources, or calls to resources in the response portion into the model representation at a location in the model representation determined based on the corresponding matching place-holder node;
• wherein the response portion is one of a plurality of second response portions received by the client computing device subsequent to a first response portion received by the client computing device, each second response portion comprising a function call to the page-assembling process, markup-language code, and one or more of:
• one or more portions of content to be rendered by the client computing device, one or more resources, or one or more references to resources;
• and
• wherein the first response portion comprises:
• the structured document for use by the client computing device to render a requested web page, the structured document comprising:
• markup-language code that comprises one or more place-holder code segments;
• a code segment for implementing the page-assembling process and comprising a function library;
• and
• one or more first resources or one or more first references to first resources.