Abstract: Methods and devices for processing web content are disclosed. The method may include receiving a webpage with a browser and parsing the webpage with the browser to obtain subcomponents from the webpage. The browser identifies whether there is an indication that one or more subcomponents of the webpage are potentially malicious, and when there is an indication that the one or more subcomponents of the webpage are malicious, the browser loads the one or more of the subcomponents of the webpage in an auto-sandbox instance for isolated execution by the browser.

Abstract: Provided is a method for pausing activities in an internet browser in which a plurality of webpages are open, at least one of the webpages being a background webpage relative to at least one other of the webpages. The method may comprise executing, while the plurality of webpages are open, software scripts on the background webpage. The method may then include analyzing a Document Object Model (DOM) and a rendering tree of a background webpage to discover what software scripts the background webpage runs while in the background, and determining whether the background webpage provides title bar updates. The method may also include periodically pausing, by a background activity suspension component, the execution of the software scripts for a pause duration to conserve power or processing resources, and adjusting the pause duration to be longer or shorter based on characteristics of the software scripts that run on the background webpage.

Abstract: Methods and devices for processing web content are disclosed. The method may include receiving a webpage with a browser and parsing the webpage with the browser to obtain subcomponents from the webpage. The browser identifies whether there is an indication that one or more subcomponents of the webpage are potentially malicious, and when there is an indication that the one or more subcomponents of the webpage are malicious, the browser loads the one or more of the subcomponents of the webpage in an auto-sandbox instance for isolated execution by the browser.

Abstract: An example method of managing ads in a browser application includes receiving a request to load a webpage referenced by a uniform resource locator (URL). The webpage includes a set of ads, and each ad of the set of ads includes one or more ad resources. The method also includes searching a browser cache for a set of cached ads associated with the URL. The browser application caches ads included in one or more webpages into the browser cache. The method further includes composing an ads page including at least one cached ad of the set of cached ads and displaying the ads page on a client device.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for retaining background tab form data on a browser are disclosed. The method may include maintaining a plurality of browser tabs and initiating an exit from a particular one of the plurality of browser tabs. Form data from the particular one of the plurality of browser tabs is stored before the particular one of the plurality of browser tabs is exited, and then the particular one of the plurality of browser tabs is exited. The particular one of the plurality of browser tabs is restarted in response to a user request, and the form data within the particular one of the plurality of browser tabs is restored.

Abstract: Provided is a method for pausing activities in an internet browser in which a plurality of webpages are open, at least one of the webpages being a background webpage relative to at least one other of the webpages. The method may comprise executing, while the plurality of webpages are open, software scripts on the background webpage. The method may then include analyzing a Document Object Model (DOM) and a rendering tree of a background webpage to discover what software scripts the background webpage runs while in the background, and determining whether the background webpage provides title bar updates. The method may also include periodically pausing, by a background activity suspension component, the execution of the software scripts for a pause duration to conserve power or processing resources, and adjusting the pause duration to be longer or shorter based on characteristics of the software scripts that run on the background webpage.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are herein disclosed for prefetching node data of a linked data structure into a processor's cache so as to decrease linked data structure traversal latency. In particular, as the linked data structure is created or modified, forward and reverse prefetch nodes are identified and links identifying locations of these nodes are written to nodes that will be traversed N nodes prior to the prefetch nodes. Once the linked data structure has been created, traversals of the structure use the prefetch links to prefetch node data into the processor cache, so that when traversal reaches a node, that node's data is read from processor cache rather than from memory.

Abstract: Systems and methods are disclosed for traversing a DOM tree in parallel by utilizing a multi-core processor to expedite webpage layout process. The contents of an HTML webpage may be parsed into a Document Object Model (DOM) tree including nodes representing the contents of the HTML webpage. A Cascade Style Sheet (CSS) selector is used to select one or more HTML elements for styling. The DOM tree may be divided into a plurality of sub-trees. The plurality of sub-trees are traversed simultaneously to search for element nodes representing HTML elements that match the CSS selector.

Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus are herein disclosed for prefetching node data of a linked data structure into a processor's cache so as to decrease linked data structure traversal latency. In particular, as the linked data structure is created or modified, forward and reverse prefetch nodes are identified and links identifying locations of these nodes are written to nodes that will be traversed N nodes prior to the prefetch nodes. Once the linked data structure has been created, traversals of the structure use the prefetch links to prefetch node data into the processor cache, so that when traversal reaches a node, that node's data is read from processor cache rather than from memory.