Method and system for caching role-specific fragments

• US 20080005273A1
• Filed: 09/13/2007
• Published: 01/03/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Arun Iyengar, George Copeland, James Challenger, Mark Linehan, Rajesh Agarwalla, Subbarao Meduri
• Original Assignee: Arun Iyengar, George Copeland, James Challenger, Mark Linehan, Rajesh Agarwalla, Subbarao Meduri
• Inventors: Agarwalla, Rajesh, Linehan, Mark, Challenger, James, Copeland, George, Iyengar, Arun, Meduri, Subbarao
• Granted Patent: US 7,987,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9574 of access to content, e.g. by caching
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/025 Coordination of plural reservations, e.g. plural trip segments, transportation combined with accommodation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/288 Distributed intermediate devices, i.e. intermediate devices for interaction with other intermediate devices on the same level
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/568 Storing data temporarily at an intermediate stage, e.g. caching
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

A method, a system, an apparatus, and a computer program product are presented for a fragment caching methodology. After a message is received at a computing device, a fragment in the message body is cached. Cache ID rules from an origin server accompany a fragment to describe a method for forming a unique cache ID for the fragment such that dynamic content can be cached away from an origin server. A cache ID may be based on a URI and/or query parameters and/or cookies that are associated with a fragment. After user authentication, a cookie containing the user'"'"'s role may be used in subsequent requests for role-specific fragments and in the cache identifier for role-specific fragments, thereby allowing requests from other users for role-specific fragments to be resolved in the cache when the users have the same role because these users would also have the same cookie.

Claims

1. A method for processing objects within a data processing system in a network, the method comprising:

storing a content object in a cache using a cache identifier for the content object that is based on a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) for the content object and a cookie value associated with the content object;

receiving a request containing the URI and an associated cookie having the cookie value;

retrieving the content object from the cache using the URI and the cookie value; and

returning a response containing the content object.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the cookie value is associated with a user role.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the content object is a role-specific fragment.

4-14. -14. (canceled)

15. An apparatus for processing objects within a data processing system in a network, the apparatus comprising:

means for storing a content object in a cache using a cache identifier for the content object that is based on a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) for the content object and a cookie value associated with the content object;

means for receiving a request containing the URI and an associated cookie having the cookie value;

means for retrieving the content object from the cache using the URI and the cookie value; and

means for returning a response containing the content object.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the cookie value is associated with a user role.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 wherein the content object is a role-specific fragment.

18-28. -28. (canceled)

29. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for use within a data processing system in a network for processing objects, the computer program product comprising:

instructions for storing a content object in a cache using a cache identifier for the content object that is based on a URI (Uniform Resource Identifier) for the content object and a cookie value associated with the content object;

instructions for receiving a request containing the URI and an associated cookie having the cookie value;

instructions for retrieving the content object from the cache using the URI and the cookie value; and

instructions for returning a response containing the content object.

30. The computer program product of claim 29 wherein the cookie value is associated with a user role.

31. The computer program product of claim 30 wherein the content object is a role-specific fragment.

32-42. -42. (canceled)