Method and apparatus for configuring a client to redirect requests to a caching proxy server based on a category ID with the request
First Claim
1. A computer network, comprising:
- a first client computer to direct a request having categories;
a first caching proxy server coupled to the first client computer, the first caching proxy server to receive a first data and to transmit the first data to the first client computer; and
a destination computer coupled to the caching proxy server, the destination computer to transmit the first data to the caching proxy server, the first data to indicate which categories of the request the client computer will redirect to the caching proxy server.
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Abstract
A computer network including a client, at least one caching proxy server, and a destination computer is described. In a specific embodiment, a client computer may request particular types of information by including a category ID in request messages. In order to reduce network traffic, the destination computer may redirect the client'"'"'s request messages to a caching proxy server, which is preferably located behind the same firewall or gateway as the client. The destination computer may initiate the redirection of client computer requests after receiving an HTTP proxy-- GET request message from the client. The destination computer sends a message to the caching proxy server specifying the categories of request that the client computer will direct to the caching proxy server. The proxy server forwards this message to the client computer. The client computer uses the information contained in this message to direct requests messages to a specific caching proxy server based on a category ID.
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15 Claims
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1. A computer network, comprising:
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a first client computer to direct a request having categories; a first caching proxy server coupled to the first client computer, the first caching proxy server to receive a first data and to transmit the first data to the first client computer; and a destination computer coupled to the caching proxy server, the destination computer to transmit the first data to the caching proxy server, the first data to indicate which categories of the request the client computer will redirect to the caching proxy server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of request handling, comprising:
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receiving a first data by a caching proxy server from a destination computer; transmitting the first data from the caching proxy server to a client computer, the first data to indicate which categories of a request the client computer will redirect to the caching proxy server; and directing the client request of the client computer to the caching proxy server based on the transmitted first data. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An article of manufacture comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code means for redirecting a client computer request of a destination computer to a caching proxy server of the client computer, all of which communicate via a network, comprising:
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a first code segment for receiving a first data by the caching proxy server from the destination computer; a second code segment for transmitting the first data from the caching proxy server to the client computer, the first data to indicate which categories of the request the client computer will redirect to the caching proxy server; and
a third code segment for directing the client request of the client computer to the caching proxy server based on the transmitted first data. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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