Abstract: An install program is enabled for a user to configure at least one location of at least one policy system that is to be accessed via a network to gather at least one install policy, where the install policy specifies a policy for filtering out a selection of install items from among multiple items installable by the install program. In addition, the install program retrieves the install policy from each accessed location when filtering a list of the items installable by the install program to only include a particular selection of install items for the client system as directed by accessed install policies.

Abstract: A system and a method for managing network packets by applying quality of service (QoS) policies to internet protocol security (IPsec) on a virtual private computer (VPN) to avoid bandwidth limitations. The present invention allows the same QoS policy model (that gives preferential treatment to high-priority network packets) to be used by QoS programs to direct the flow of network packets over the network and to be used by IPsec programs for the cryptographic processing (encryption/decryption) of network packets. The present invention allows high-priority packets to receive preferential treatment when travelling over the network and when being encrypted and decrypted.

Abstract: A system and a method for prefetching portions of a web page based on preferences learned from previous visits to the web page. The present invention includes a smarter prefetching technique that determines whether a user prefers certain sub-pages of the web page and, if so, then prefetches these preferred sub-pages prior to the other sub-pages of the web page. The set of preferred sub-pages is generated by analyzing the user's actions during previous visits to the web page. The present invention can be customized to expand or contract its ability to “learn” user preferences. In general, the system of the present invention includes a client computer having a prefetch module that performs prefetching of the web page and a learned preferences prefetch module that instructs the prefetch module which portions of the web page to prefetch. The prefetch method of the present invention includes prefetching a set of preferred sub-pages of a web page based on learned user preferences.