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Date of Patent:
Jun. 08, 2021

Filed:

Oct. 31, 2016
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Yumao Lu, Redmond, WA (US);

Yi Zhang, Bothell, WA (US);

Fei Wang, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/957 (2019.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 12/123 (2016.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 16/9574 (2019.01); G06F 12/123 (2013.01); G06F 16/00 (2019.01); G06F 16/9538 (2019.01); G06F 16/9577 (2019.01);
Abstract

Techniques for improving content load time are described. A method comprises: receiving, from a search service, a plurality of search results in response to a search query, wherein each of the plurality of search results includes a result link pointing to an object stored on a content source; receiving, from the search service, auxiliary information indicating that, for at least one of the plurality of search results, a copy of at least a portion of the object that the result link of the at least one search result points to is cached within a cache service associated with the search service; and retrieving, from the cache service, the cached copy of at least the portion of the object in response to a selection of the result link of the at least one search result.


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