Management of a web site that includes dynamic protected data

• US 20070186153A1
• Filed: 02/09/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Hind, John R., Li, Yongcheng, Pogue, Steven W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,826,119 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A solution for managing a web site that includes dynamic protected data is provided. After receiving a request for a web page from a requesting system, the invention determines if the requesting system can be identified as a browser system. If not, then a public web page that does not include dynamic protected data is obtained. Otherwise, a redirect message that includes an alternative address for the web page can be provided, and a protected web page that includes the dynamic protected data can be obtained after authenticating a user.

Claims

1. A method of managing a web site that includes dynamic protected data, the method comprising:

receiving a request for a web page from a requesting system;

determining if the requesting system can be identified as a browser system; and

obtaining a public web page when the requesting system is not identified as a browser system, wherein the public web page does not include dynamic protected data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the public web page for processing by the requesting system.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the obtaining includes:

querying a data store for dynamic public data; and

generating the public web page based on the dynamic public data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining includes obtaining a value for a User-Agent field in the request.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a redirect message that includes an alternative address for the web page for processing by the requesting system when the requesting system is identified as a browser system.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the redirect message is a temporary redirect message.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving a request for the web page at the alternative address from the requesting system; and

authenticating a user of the requesting system.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising obtaining a protected web page that includes dynamic protected data based on the authenticated user.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing the protected web page for processing by the requesting system.

10. A system for managing a web site that includes dynamic protected data, the system comprising:

a system for receiving a request for a web page from a requesting system;

a system for determining if the requesting system can be identified as a browser system; and

a system for obtaining a public web page when the requesting system is not identified as a browser system, wherein the public web page does not include dynamic protected data.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the system for obtaining includes:

a system for querying a data store for dynamic public data; and

a system for generating the public web page based on the dynamic public data.

12. The system of claim 10, further comprising a system for providing a redirect message that includes an alternative address for the web page for processing by the requesting system when the requesting system is identified as a browser system.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising:

a system for receiving a request for the web page at the alternative address from the requesting system; and

a system for authenticating a user of the requesting system.

14. The system of claim 12, further comprising a system for obtaining a protected web page that includes dynamic protected data based on the authenticated user.

15. A program product stored on a computer-readable medium, which when executed, enables a computer infrastructure to manage a web site that includes dynamic protected data, the program product comprising computer program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to:

receive a request for a web page from a requesting system;

determine if the requesting system can be identified as a browser system; and

obtain a public web page when the requesting system is not identified as a browser system, wherein the public web page does not include dynamic protected data.

16. The program product of claim 15, wherein the program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to obtain enables the computer infrastructure to:

query a data store for dynamic public data; and

generate the public web page based on the dynamic public data.

17. The program product of claim 15, further comprising program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to provide a redirect message that includes an alternative address for the web page for processing by the requesting system when the requesting system is identified as a browser system.

18. The program product of claim 17, further comprising program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to:

receive a request for the web page at the alternative address from the requesting system; and

authenticate a user of the requesting system.

19. The program product of claim 17, further comprising program code for enabling the computer infrastructure to obtain a protected web page that includes dynamic protected data based on the authenticated user.

20. A method of generating a system for managing a web site that includes dynamic protected data, the method comprising:

providing a computer infrastructure operable to;

receive a request for a web page from a requesting system;

determine if the requesting system can be identified as a browser system; and

obtain a public web page when the requesting system is not identified as a browser system, wherein the public web page does not include dynamic protected data.