Method and system for dynamically varying intermediation functions in a communication path between a content server and a client station
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1. A method comprising:
- operating an intermediation system within an HTTP communication path between a content server and a client station;
maintaining at the intermediation system default intermediation logic that defines intermediation triggers and intermediation actions;
receiving into the intermediation system an HTTP message that is passing along the HTTP communication path; and
carrying out at the intermediation system the functions of;
(i) detecting an intermediation-variance instruction within the HTTP message, (ii) in response to the intermediation-variance instruction, varying the default intermediation logic so as to establish variant intermediation logic, wherein varying the default intermediation logic comprises adding at least one intermediation action to the intermediation actions and wherein the at least one intermediation action comprises embellishing web content that is being sent from the content server to the client station, to insert into the web content an indication of a price for hyperlinked content, (iii) applying the variant intermediation logic to at least the HTTP message, and (iv) stripping the intermediation-variance instruction from the HTTP message before sending the HTTP message along the HTTP communication path.
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Abstract
A method and system for dynamically varying intermediation functions in a communication path between a content server and a client station. An intermediation system within the communication path receives an HTTP message and detects an intermediation-variance instruction within the message. In response, the intermediation system varies a default set of intermediation logic, such as by removing, changing or adding one or more intermediation triggers and/or intermediation actions. In turn, the intermediation system applies the variant intermediation logic in response to the HTTP message and/or in response to subsequent HTTP messages.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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operating an intermediation system within an HTTP communication path between a content server and a client station; maintaining at the intermediation system default intermediation logic that defines intermediation triggers and intermediation actions; receiving into the intermediation system an HTTP message that is passing along the HTTP communication path; and carrying out at the intermediation system the functions of;
(i) detecting an intermediation-variance instruction within the HTTP message, (ii) in response to the intermediation-variance instruction, varying the default intermediation logic so as to establish variant intermediation logic, wherein varying the default intermediation logic comprises adding at least one intermediation action to the intermediation actions and wherein the at least one intermediation action comprises embellishing web content that is being sent from the content server to the client station, to insert into the web content an indication of a price for hyperlinked content, (iii) applying the variant intermediation logic to at least the HTTP message, and (iv) stripping the intermediation-variance instruction from the HTTP message before sending the HTTP message along the HTTP communication path. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An intermediation system disposed within an HTTP communication path between a content server and a client station, the intermediation system comprising:
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a network interface for receiving and sending HTTP messages along the HTTP communication path; default intermediation logic that defines intermediation triggers and intermediation actions; and intermediation-variance logic for detecting an intermediation-variance instruction in a given one of the HTTP messages and for responsively varying the default intermediation logic so as to establish variant intermediation logic, wherein varying the default intermediation logic comprises adding at least one intermediation action to the intermediation actions and wherein the at least one intermediation action comprises embellishing web content that is being sent from the content server to the client station, to insert into the web content an indication of a price for hyperlinked content, wherein the variant intermediation logic is applied to at least the given HTTP message, and wherein the intermediation-variance instruction is stripped from the given HTTP message before the network interface sends the given HTTP message along the HTTP communication path. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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