Inventors:
Jerome D. Toporek - Los Angeles CA, US
Marc S. Dye - Camarillo CA, US
Jeremy A. McCooey - Santa Monica CA, US
Assignee:
Packeteer, Inc. - Cupertino CA
International Classification:
H04L 12/56
Abstract:
The present invention relates to telecommunications devices, systems and methods for providing improved performance over long latency communications links. Some embodiments selectively pre-fetch and transmit information over the link using improved protocol and pre-fetch mechanisms. One system includes a first gateway () adapted to communicate with a client (), the first gateway including a processor coupled to a storage medium. The storage medium includes code for receiving a request for retrieving a web object, code for forwarding the request to a second gateway () over the long latency link, and code for receiving a pre-fetch announcement and response data for the web object from the second gateway. The pre-fetch announcement is received prior to receiving the response data.