PRO-ACTIVE HTTP CONTENT DELIVERY

• US 20070143484A1
• Filed: 10/26/2006
• Published: 06/21/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Drouet, Francois-Xavier, Truntschka, Carole
• Granted Patent: US 8,447,830 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/227
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/1859 adapted to provide push services, e.g. data channels
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services

Abstract

A method and systems for multicasting web content to users is disclosed. According to the invention, the behavior of Internet users is analyzed for determining user profiles. The data accessed by a user are multicast to all the users sharing the same profile. Optionally, information relative to the number of access to the document is provided to the users to whom data are multicast.

Claims

1. A method for multicasting data to users in a network environment from a proxy server comprising a set of predetermined user profiles, the method comprising:

receiving at least one request from a user;

accessing data requested by the user;

determining a profile of the user among the set of user profiles;

if the profile of the user is recognized among the set of user profiles,

storing the accessed data within the proxy server;

associating the stored data with the user'"'"'s profile;

accessing all the data associated with the user'"'"'s profile; and

,

transmitting all the accessed data associated with the user'"'"'s profile to the user,

else, if the profile of the user is not recognized among the set of user profiles,

transmitting the accessed data requested by the user to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein a set of requests is associated with each profile of the set of user profiles, and wherein determining the profile of the user among the set of user profiles further comprises:

comparing the at least one request of the user with the set of requests associated with each profile of the set of user profiles.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the set of requests associated with each profile of the set of user profiles is ordered, and wherein determining the profile of the user among the set of user profiles further comprises:

comparing a sequence of requests of the user with the set of ordered requests associated with each profile of the set of user profiles.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

erasing the data associated with at least one profile of the set of user profiles.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the step of erasing the data associated with at least one profile of the set of user profiles further comprises:

for each data associated with the at least one profile of the set of user profiles,

determining a percentage of users corresponding to the at least one profile of the set of user profiles who are accessing the data; and

,

if the percentage is less than a predetermined threshold, erasing the data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the accessed data requested by the user, to the user, if the profile of the user is not recognized among the set of user profiles, further comprises:

storing a user identifier and the at least one user'"'"'s request.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

for each profile of the set of user profiles and for each data associated with the profile, determining a percentage of users corresponding to the profile who accessed the data.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

transmitting the determined percentage with the data.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the method is implemented within a service provider server.

10. An apparatus for multicasting data to users in a network environment from a proxy server comprising a set of predetermined user profiles, comprising:

a system for receiving at least one request from a user;

a system for accessing data requested by the user;

a system for determining a profile of the user among the set of user profiles;

a system for storing the accessed data within the proxy server, associating the stored data with the user'"'"'s profile, accessing all the data associated with the user'"'"'s profile, and transmitting all the accessed data associated with the user'"'"'s profile to the user, if the profile of the user is recognized among the set of user profiles; and

a system for transmitting the accessed data requested by the user to the user, if the profile of the user is not recognized among the set of user profiles.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein a set of requests is associated with each profile of the set of user profiles, and wherein the system for determining the profile of the user among the set of user profiles further comprises:

a system for comparing the at least one request of the user with the set of requests associated with each profile of the set of user profiles.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the set of requests associated with each profile of the set of user profiles is ordered, and wherein the system for determining the profile of the user among the set of user profiles further comprises:

a system for comparing a sequence of requests of the user with the set of ordered requests associated with each profile of the set of user profiles.

13. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a system for erasing the data associated with at least one profile of the set of user profiles.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the system for erasing the data associated with at least one profile of the set of user profiles further comprises:

a system for determining a percentage of users corresponding to the at least one profile of the set of user profiles who are accessing the data, for each data associated with the at least one profile of the set of user profiles; and

a system for erasing the data, if the percentage is less than a predetermined threshold.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the system for transmitting the accessed data requested by the user, to the user, if the profile of the user is not recognized among the set of user profiles, further comprises:

a system for storing a user identifier and the at least one user'"'"'s request.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, further comprising:

a system for determining a percentage of users corresponding to the profile who accessed the data, for each profile of the set of user profiles and for each data associated with the profile.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, further comprising:

a system for transmitting the determined percentage with the data.

18. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the apparatus is implemented within a service provider server.

19. A program product stored on a computer readable medium for multicasting data to users in a network environment from a proxy server comprising a set of predetermined user profiles, the computer readable medium comprising program code for:

receiving at least one request from a user;

accessing data requested by the user;

determining a profile of the user among the set of user profiles;

if the profile of the user is recognized among the set of user profiles,

storing the accessed data within the proxy server;

associating the stored data with the user'"'"'s profile;

accessing all the data associated with the user'"'"'s profile; and

,

transmitting all the accessed data associated with the user'"'"'s profile to the user,

else, if the profile of the user is not recognized among the set of user profiles,

transmitting the accessed data requested by the user to the user.