Method and an apparatus for transforming content from one markup to another markup language non-intrusively using a server load balancer and a reverse proxy transcoding engine
First Claim
1. A system for collaborative exchange of Web based content information between and among disparate and unrelated content sources, the system comprising:
- at least a web content server, disposed at a facility, the facility belonging to a particular content provider, the provider providing content through the web server;
a server appliance, electronically disposed between the web server and a wide area communication network, the appliance terminating a HTTP session directed to the web server and initiating a HTTP session with the web server as a substitute; and
a content collaboration engine, the engine hosted on the server appliance, the content collaboration engine further comprising;
a content recognition engine, the recognition engine receiving content from the web server in response to the HTTP session initiated by the appliance, the recognition engine converting received content to DOM, the recognition engine further classifying content in accordance with XML recognition rules; and
a content mapping engine, the mapping engine extracting content definition fields from classified content and requesting related content from collaborating sites, the requested content having content definition fields including values substantially the same as the extracted content definition fields.
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Abstract
A system for collaborative exchange of Web based content information between and among disparate and unrelated content sources includes a content server, and a server appliance, electronically disposed between the content server and a network which terminates HTTP sessions directed to the content server and initiates a HTTP session with the content server as a proxy. A content collaboration engine, hosted on the server appliance, suitably includes a content recognition engine which receives content from the server, converts received content to DOM, and classifies content in accordance with XML recognition rules. A content mapping engine extracts content definition fields from classified content and requests related content from collaborating sites, the requested content having content definition fields including values substantially the same as the extracted content definition fields. A content category structure defines the format for categorizing all content sources collaborating in the exchange of content within a consortium. A request for information protocol defines a format for identifying valid content fields a content provider can be queried against in order to identify and recover content from a specific category categorized by the content category structure definition. The content category structure also identifies members of the consortium against which queries may be directed.
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23 Claims
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1. A system for collaborative exchange of Web based content information between and among disparate and unrelated content sources, the system comprising:
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at least a web content server, disposed at a facility, the facility belonging to a particular content provider, the provider providing content through the web server;
a server appliance, electronically disposed between the web server and a wide area communication network, the appliance terminating a HTTP session directed to the web server and initiating a HTTP session with the web server as a substitute; and
a content collaboration engine, the engine hosted on the server appliance, the content collaboration engine further comprising;
a content recognition engine, the recognition engine receiving content from the web server in response to the HTTP session initiated by the appliance, the recognition engine converting received content to DOM, the recognition engine further classifying content in accordance with XML recognition rules; and
a content mapping engine, the mapping engine extracting content definition fields from classified content and requesting related content from collaborating sites, the requested content having content definition fields including values substantially the same as the extracted content definition fields. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. In a system for exchanging Web based content information between and among disparate and unrelated content sources, a method for collaborative exchange of related content, the method comprising:
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providing content through at least a web server, disposed at a facility, the facility belonging to a particular content provider;
electronically disposing a server appliance between the web server and a wide area communication network, the appliance terminating a HTTP session directed to the web server and initiating a HTTP session with the web server as a substitute; and
receiving content from the web server in response to the HTTP session initiated by the appliance;
converting received content to DOM;
classifying content in accordance with XML recognition rules; and
extracting content definition fields from classified content. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. In a system for exchanging Web based content information between and among disparate and unrelated content sources, a method for collaborative exchange of related content, the method comprising:
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establishing a consortium of content sources;
defining a content category structure;
establishing a request for information protocol; and
wherein the content category structure definition comprises a format for categorizing all content sources collaborating in the exchange of content within the consortium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A system for collaborative exchange of Web based content information between and among disparate and unrelated content sources, the system comprising:
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at least a web content server, disposed at a facility, the facility belonging to a particular content provider, the provider providing content through the web server;
a server appliance, electronically disposed between the web server and a wide area communication network, the appliance terminating a HTTP session directed to the web server and initiating a HTTP session with the web server as a substitute;
a network client, the client operatively responsive to user input commands and coupled to communicate over the wide area communication network; and
wherein the server appliance including means for simulating said network client to said content server without intervention by the user. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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