METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DISPLAYING REMOTE CACHE INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for providing status indicators associated with information requested from a website to one or more devices, said method comprising the steps of:
- sending a request for information from the website from a browser operating on one of the devices;
receiving said request at a gateway;
processing said request at said gateway and transmitting said request to the website;
receiving information from the website and storing said received information in a cache at said gateway;
generating one or more status indicators associated with said received information stored in said cache; and
making said one or more status indicators available to the one or more devices.
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Abstract
A method and system for providing one or more status indicators associated with a request from a device for information from a website. According to an embodiment, information received from the website is stored in a cache, and the status indicators are generated based on the information in the cache. In response to a request from the device one or more of the status indicators are downloaded or otherwise transmitted to the device. According to an embodiment, the request is generated by a user activating an HTML link at the device. The HTML link is associated with an HTML file which stores the status information, and in response to activation, one or more of the status indicators from the HTML file are transmitted to the device.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for providing status indicators associated with information requested from a website to one or more devices, said method comprising the steps of:
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sending a request for information from the website from a browser operating on one of the devices; receiving said request at a gateway; processing said request at said gateway and transmitting said request to the website; receiving information from the website and storing said received information in a cache at said gateway; generating one or more status indicators associated with said received information stored in said cache; and making said one or more status indicators available to the one or more devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system for providing status information associated with a request for information from a website received from a device in a communication network, said system comprising:
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a browser running on the device and being responsive to an input for generating the request for information; an intermediary server coupled to the communication network and being responsive to the request for information and having a component for transmitting the request to the website; said intermediary server including a cache for storing information received from the website, and a component for generating one or more status indicators associated with the information received from the website, and a component for transmitting one or more of said status indicators to the device. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A mechanism for providing status information associated with a request for information from a website, said mechanism comprising:
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a cache for storing information received from the website; a component for generating one or more status indicators associated with said information received from the website; a file for storing said one or more status indicators; and a component responsive to a status request from the device for transmitting one or more of said status indicators to a device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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