Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for delivering personalized content from a first server such as a merchant Web server to a computer accessing a second server such as an affiliate Web server. A system according to the present invention includes a merchant Web server and an affiliate Web server, the affiliate Web server being coupled to the merchant Web server over a computer network. A database of user information is accessible to the merchant Web server, as is a rule base that includes a plurality of configurable rules. User identification may be collected from the computer accessing a Web site controlled by the affiliate Web server and the collected user identification may be sent to the merchant Web server, along with a request for content. User information corresponding to the collected user identification may then be retrieved from the database.

Abstract: A method for a first computer to request documents from a second computer inacludes steps of sending a first request for a first document to the second computer responsive to a first user action, receiving the first document sent by the second computer responsive to the first request; identifying all references to second documents in the received first document; independently of any user action, automatically sending a second request for at least one of the second documents referred to by the identified references; receiving the second document(s) requested by the second request and storing the received second document(s) in a storage that is local to the first computer, and responsive to a user request for one or more of the second documents, attempting first to service the user request from the local storage and sending a third request to the second computer for second document(s) only when the second document(s) is not stored in the local storage.

Abstract: A method for a first computer to request documents from a second computer includes steps of sending a first request for a first document to the second computer responsive to a first user action, receiving the first document sent by the second computer responsive to the first request; identifying all references to second documents in the received first document; independently of any user action, automatically sending a second request for at least one of the second documents referred to by the identified references; receiving the second document(s) requested by the second request and storing the received second document(s) in a storage that is local to the first computer, and responsive to a user request for one or more of the second documents, attempting first to service the user request from the local storage and sending a third request to the second computer for second document(s) only when the second document(s) is not stored in the local storage.

Abstract: Methods and systems are disclosed for delivering personalized content from a first server such as a merchant Web server to a computer accessing a second server such as an affiliate Web server. A system according to the present invention includes a merchant Web server and an affiliate Web server, the affiliate Web server being coupled to the merchant Web server over a computer network. A database of user information is accessible to the merchant Web server, as is a rule base that includes a plurality of configurable rules. User identification may be collected from the computer accessing a Web site controlled by the affiliate Web server and the collected user identification may be sent to the merchant Web server, along with a request for content. User information corresponding to the collected user identification may then be retrieved from the database.