Quick Link Icon Caching to Reduce Network Traffic
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing method of adding quick links in mobile phone browsers requires extracting web pages, consuming network traffic and time, which negatively impacts user experience.
Innovation Solution
A method and terminal that search for pre-stored icons based on input URLs, allowing users to add quick links without extracting web pages, by using a pre-stored mapping relationship between URLs and icons, and adding the corresponding icon to the main page with the input title and URL.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If web page extraction is performed to add a quick link, then the quick link can be added with a visual icon, but network traffic is consumed and time is required for extraction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent pre-extracts icons from web pages during idle time or when the web page is first accessed, storing them in a cache. When adding a quick link, the system directly retrieves the pre-extracted icon from cache rather than extracting it in real-time, thereby eliminating user wait time while maintaining the ability to provide visual icons for quick links.
2Reliability
If web page extraction is performed to add a quick link, then the quick link can be added with a visual icon, but network traffic is consumed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs web page extraction and icon caching in advance during periods when network resources are available and user traffic consumption is not a concern. This preliminary action allows subsequent quick link additions to use cached icons without consuming additional network traffic, resolving the contradiction between providing visual icons and conserving network resources.
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AI summary
Disclosed are a method and terminal for adding a quick link. The method includes: receiving a URL and a title of a quick link to be added to a main page, the URL and the title being input by a user; searching in a pre-stored mapping relationship between URLs and icons according to the URL of the quick link; and if a corresponding icon is found, adding the corresponding icon to the main page, drawing the title of the quick link on the corresponding icon, and binding the URL of the quick link to the corresponding icon. The terminal includes: a receiving module, a searching module, and an adding module. With the method, network traffic is saved and user experience is improved.