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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2016
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Marcelo De Barros, Redmond, WA (US);
Prateek Tiwari, Sammamish, WA (US);
Shruti Malugu, Issaquah, WA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Techniques for optimizing delivery of online content to a mobile client device. In an aspect, a search application on the client device receives a user query, which is submitted to a server over a communications channel. The server retrieves a plurality of ranked search results relevant to the user query, and returns the search results to the client device. The search application further pre-fetches from the server and/or pre-renders content associated with a top plurality of the ranked search results, such that content may be instantly displayed at the client device if requested by the user. The identification and ranking of relevant search results by the server may be performed based on information provided by the client device that is customized to the user and/or the scenario, e.g., user account name, geographical location, device capabilities, etc.