Method and apparatus for handling requests for content in a network data processing system

• US 20020152286A1
• Filed: 04/12/2001
• Published: 10/17/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyndryl Incorporated
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Peddu, Rajesh, Sanchez, David Eugene
• Granted Patent: US 6,931,428 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation

Abstract

A method, apparatus, and computer implemented instructions for handling a request for content in a data processing system. The request for content is received. A content source is identified from a plurality of content sources using the request to form an identified content source. The content is retrieved from the identified content source. A template is applied to the content to generate a web page, wherein the template is a template associated with the identified content source from the plurality of content sources.

Claims

1. A method in a data processing system for handling a request for content, the method comprising:

receiving the request for content;

identifying a content source from a plurality of content sources using the request to form an identified content source;

retrieving the content from the identified content source; and

applying a template to the content to generate a Web page, wherein the template is a template associated with the identified content source from the plurality of content sources.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

sending the Web page to a requester originating the request.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the Web page is a Java server page.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein template is a particular template associated with the identified content source and associated with a user originating the request.

5. A method in a data processing system for handling a request, the method comprising:

receiving the request, wherein the request contains a universal resource identifier;

obtaining navigation information using the universal resource identifier;

retrieving content from a particular content source from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource identifier;

selecting a template from a plurality of templates using the universal resource identifier; and

generating a Web page using the template, the navigation information, and content.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising:

generating session information using information within the request.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein selecting step includes selecting the template using the session information in addition to the universal resource identifier.

8. The method of claim 5, wherein the obtaining step comprises:

obtaining navigation information using the universal resource identifier; and

creating a navigation object.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the retrieving step comprises:

retrieving content from a particular content source from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource identifier; and

creating a content object.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the generating step comprises:

generating the Web page using the template, the navigation object, and content object.

11. The method of claim 5, wherein the Web page is a Java server page.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the build page process is initiated after the navigation information and the content are retrieved.

17. The data processing system of claim 16 further comprising:

sending means for sending the Web page to a requester originating the request.

18. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein the Web page is a Java server page.

19. The data processing system of claim 16, wherein template is a particular template associated with the identified content source and associated with a user originating the request.

12. A content server system for comprising:

a get navigation process, wherein the get navigation process obtains navigation information using a universal resource locator;

a get content process, wherein the get content process obtains content from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource locator;

a build page process, wherein a page is created using the navigation information and the content; and

a request process, wherein the request process initiates the get navigation process, the get content process, and the build page process in response to receiving a request.

14. A data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a communications unit connected to the bus system;

a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes as set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive the request for content;

identify a content source from a plurality of content sources using the request to form an identified content source;

retrieve the content from the identified content source; and

apply a template to the content to generate a Web page, wherein the template is a template associated with the identified content source from the plurality of content sources.

15. A data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a communications unit connected to the bus system;

a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes as set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit executes the set of instructions to receive the request, wherein the request contains a universal resource identifier;

obtain navigation information using the universal resource identifier;

retrieve content from a particular content source from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource identifier;

select a template from a plurality of templates using the universal resource identifier;

generate a Web page using the template, the navigation information, and content.

16. A data processing system for handling a request for content, the data processing system comprising:

receiving means for receiving the request for content;

identifying means for identifying a content source from a plurality of content sources using the request to form an identified content source;

retrieving means for retrieving the content from the identified content source; and

applying means for applying a template to the content to generate a Web page, wherein the template is a template associated with the identified content source from the plurality of content sources.

20. A data processing system for handling a request, the data processing system comprising:

receiving means for receiving the request, wherein the request contains a universal resource identifier;

obtaining means for obtaining navigation information using the universal resource identifier;

retrieving means for retrieving content from a particular content source from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource identifier;

selecting means for selecting a template from a plurality of templates using the universal resource identifier; and

generating means for generating a Web page using the template, the navigation information, and content.

21. The data processing system of claim 20, wherein the generating means is a first generating means and further comprising:

second generating means for generating session information using information within the request.

22. The data processing system of claim 20, wherein selecting means includes means for selecting the template using the session information in addition to the universal resource identifier.

23. The data processing system of claim 20, wherein the obtaining means comprises:

first means for obtaining navigation information using the universal resource identifier; and

second means for creating a navigation object.

24. The data processing system of claim 23, wherein the retrieving means comprises:

first means for retrieving content from a particular content source from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource identifier; and

second means for creating a content object.

25. The data processing system of claim 24, wherein the generating means comprises:

first means for generating the Web page using the template, the navigation object, and content object.

26. The data processing system of claim 20, wherein the Web page is a Java server page.

27. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for handling a request for content, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for receiving the request for content;

second instructions for identifying a content source from a plurality of content sources using the request to form an identified content source;

third instructions for retrieving the content from the identified content source; and

fourth instructions for applying a template to the content to generate a Web page, wherein the template is a template associated with the identified content source from the plurality of content sources.

28. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for handling a request, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for receiving the request, wherein the request contains a universal resource identifier;

second instructions for obtaining navigation information using the universal resource identifier;

third instructions for retrieving content from a particular content source from a plurality of content sources using the universal resource identifier;

fourth instructions for selecting a template from a plurality of templates using the universal resource identifier; and

fifth instructions for generating a Web page using the template, the navigation information, and content.