Server device, client device, information processing method, and recording medium

• US 10,509,826 B2
• Filed: 07/02/2014
• Issued: 12/17/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Yutani, Tetsuo, Wongpaisarnsin, Goragot
• Primary Examiner(s): Leroux, Etienne P
• Application Number:
  US15/026,919
• Publication Number:
  US 20160292298A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,994 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/00 Interconnection of, or transfer of information or other signals between, memories, input/output devices or central processing units interface circuits for specific input/output devices G06F3/00 ; multiprogram control therefor G06F9/46; multiprocessor systems G06F15/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9014 hash tables
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1012 based on compliance of requirements or conditions with available server resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1014 based on the content of a request
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1023 based on a hash applied to IP addresses or costs

Abstract

[Object] To speed up provision of a document to a client by utilizing throughput of a server in a system in which the server provides the document in response to a request from the client.

[Solution] Provided is a server device including: a document acquisition unit configured to acquire a document including a reference to a resource in response to a request from a client; an identifier generation unit configured to generate an identifier unique to content of the resource; an identifier writing unit configured to associate the identifier with the reference to the resource in the document; and a document transmission unit configured to transmit the document and the identifier associated with the reference to the resource to the client.

Claims

1. An intermediate server device, comprising;

reception request circuitry configured to receive a request from a client for a document;

document acquisition circuitry configured to acquire the requested document, the document including a reference to a resource;

resource acquisition circuitry configured to acquire the resource and to store the resource in a local cache of the intermediate server device;

identifier generation circuitry configured to generate an identifier unique to content of the resource which was detected in the acquired document;

identifier writing circuitry configured to associate the identifier with the reference to the resource in the document;

wherein the identifier writing circuitry adds the identifier to an absolute pass, the absolute pass indicating the intermediate server device, and associates the identifier and the absolute pass with the reference to the resource, and stores the association between the reference and the resource and the identifier and the absolute pass locally at the intermediate server device;

document transmission circuitry configured to transmit the document and the absolute pass and the identifier to the client;

wherein each of a plurality of generated identifiers is associated with the absolute pass; and

resource transmission circuitry configured to receive a new request for a new resource and

detect whether the new resource request has a same resource request by checking if the request includes the absolute pass.

2. The intermediate server device according to claim 1,

wherein the identifier writing circuitry adds the identifier to an original identifier.

3. The intermediate server device according to claim 1, further comprising resource precedent distribution circuitry configured to count the number of association of the identifier with the reference to the resource and associate the resource estimated to be frequently used on the basis of the number with the identifier to transmit the resource to the client before the request.

4. The intermediate server device according to claim 3,

wherein, in a case where the resource estimated to be frequently used is a program, the resource precedent distribution circuitry precompiles the program and then transmits the program to the client.

5. The intermediate server device according to claim 1,

wherein the identifier includes a hash calculated on the basis of content of the resource.

6. The intermediate server device according to claim 1,

wherein, before the identifier is generated, the document transmission circuitry transmits, to the client, the document in which a dummy identifier is associated with the reference to the resource and, after the identifier is generated, the document transmission circuitry transmits, to the client, information that associates the identifier with the dummy identifier.

7. A client device, comprising;

request transmission circuitry configured to transmit a request for a document to an intermediate server;

document reception circuitry configured to receive from the intermediate server, the document including a reference to a resource in the document, the document being transmitted from the intermediate server in response to the request, and configured to receive an identifier that is associated with the reference to the resource and is unique to content of the resource;

wherein the identifier includes an absolute pass, the absolute pass indicated the intermediate server device, and the identifier and the absolute pass are associated with the reference to the resource, and the identifier and absolute pass are stored locally at the intermediate server as having an association to the reference to the resource, and

cache determination circuitry configured to determine whether or not the resource is stored in a cache on the basis of the identifier.

8. The client device according to claim 7,

wherein the document reception circuitry receives the document including the reference to the resource with which not only an original identifier but also the identifier are associated.

9. The client device according to claim 7, further comprising resource precedent reception circuitry configured to receive the predetermined resource associated with the identifier from the intermediate server before the request and store the received resource in a cache.

10. The client device according to claim 9,

wherein, in a case where the predetermined resource is a program, the resource precedent reception circuitry receives the precompiled program and caches the received program.

11. The client device according to claim 10,

wherein the resource precedent reception circuitry caches the received program in a storage area that is different from a storage area for a resource other than the program.

12. The client device according to claim 7,

wherein the identifier includes a hash calculated on the basis of content of the resource.

13. The client device according to claim 7,

wherein the document reception circuitry receives, from the intermediate server, the document in which a dummy identifier is associated with the reference to the resource and then receives, from the intermediate server, information that associates the identifier with the dummy identifier.

14. The client device according to claim 13,

wherein, in a case where the resource is referred to in a state in which the dummy identifier is associated with the reference to the resource, the cache determination circuitry realizes a function of transmitting a request for the identifier to the intermediate server.

15. An information processing method, comprising:

receiving a request from a client for a document;

acquiring the requested document, the document including a reference to a resource;

resource acquisition circuitry configured to acquire the resource and to store the resource in a local cache of an intermediate server device;

generating an identifier unique to content of the resource which was detected in the acquired document;

associating the identifier with the reference to the resource in the document;

wherein the identifier writing circuitry adds the identifier to an absolute pass, the absolute pass indicating the intermediate server device, and associates the identifier and the absolute pass with the reference to the resource, and stores the association between the reference to the resource and the identifier and the absolute pass locally at the intermediate server device;

transmitting the document and the absolute pass and the identifier to the client;

wherein each of a plurality of generated identifiers is associated with the absolute pass; and

receiving a new request for a new resource and detect whether the new resource request has a same resource request by checking if the request includes the absolute pass.

16. A non-transitory tangible recording medium having a program recorded thereon, the program causing a computer to realize a function of:

transmitting a request for a document to an intermediate server;

receiving from the server, the document including a reference to a resource in the document, the document being transmitted from the intermediate server in response to the request, and configured to receive an identifier that is associated with the reference to the resource and is unique to content of the resource;

wherein the identifier includes an absolute pass, the absolute pass indicating the intermediate server device, and the identifies and the absolute pass are associated with the reference to the resource, and the identifier and the absolute pass are stored locally at the intermediate server as having an association to the reference to the resource; and

determining whether or not the resource is stored in a cache on the basis of the identifier.